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    I am trying to figure out what to do with my little 'garden' of pot plants and veg. I am half torn between ripping the tomatos down now and making green tom chutney, and moving the chillis all indoors for ripening and prep for overwintering. However this would leave the back of our house looking significantly different and it would be sad to see it all go - I'd like to plant more stuff but i just don't know what!

    So, what can you plant, in containers, to grow over winter? I do not have a green house as such, only a small plastic one. They need to be suitable for container growing, and not need full sun. I was thinking of either ordering some small fruit shrubs, or growing from seeds. I have space for about 6 large (30L containers), or several smaller ones.

    So what goes in the ground now? What you all planting?

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    How about some Garlic? You don't have to take up precious space in your greenhouse, in fact Garlic need a period of cold to trigger the process that splits the bulb into cloves.
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    • #3
      Originally posted by HotStuff View Post
      How about some Garlic? You don't have to take up precious space in your greenhouse, in fact Garlic need a period of cold to trigger the process that splits the bulb into cloves.
      Thanks! I was considering this, and upon doing some research, I found you can plant each clove in a 5cm pot, and it won't need transporting. Perfect for my small garden! It is also wind free at mine, although we dont get an awful amount of sun, but I'm sure it will be fine.

      Are there any types of winter garlic that prefer pots? I found this one for sale, I'm guesing it will be fine

      Garlic Provence Wight (Autumn Planting) at Unwins

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      • #4
        Garlic is fine at this time of the year, and you could also try some overwintering onion sets.

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        • #5
          I'm trying Garlic for the first time this year and some are in pots. I bought 10 early purple garlic cloves from Ebay for £1.24.

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          • #6
            Nice Sarah! I didn't think to look on ebay for seeds/bulbs etc.

            It says on the website I'm looking at that you will get an average of around 40 cloves of garlic, does it store well if I don't want to use all of them? I'm gonna have LOTs of little pots lying about full of garlic and strawbs, nom nom nom

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            • #7
              Originally posted by rustylady View Post
              Garlic is fine at this time of the year, and you could also try some overwintering onion sets.
              I've been looking at Radar onion sets, but I'm thinking I don't really have enough room. It says that to get a decent crop, I'd need to plant quite a lot in what sounds like a massive pot, so I'm not sure if onions are quite right. As come spring, my tomato plants will need housing and I won't have enough room with lots of onions sitting about in large pots

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              • #8
                A random thought, others might know better, but what about winter lettuce in pots??

                We have 10 from Homebase for 99p but they are in our polytunnel, however, I think it might grow enough in a pot to allow you to pick some leaves at least.

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                • #9
                  How about Mantanghong (chinese radish) ?? I would guess at 100-150mm dia pot
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                  • #10
                    Wicked suggestions Thanks guys

                    I found a website with more info on general winter salad leaves - and it says they are fine in pots. Some of them need protection, but there is pleanty of room in my greenhouse if I move all of the strawbs outside (where they belong)...problem is, they say to sow seeds in august/september - I'm guessing there will be some I can sow a bit later though?

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                    • #11
                      Maybe start them in a heated propagator,that should reduce the germination period
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by bearded bloke View Post
                        Maybe start them in a heated propagator,that should reduce the germination period
                        What about a normal propagator, or on a warm windowsill? I don't have a heated one

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by buzzingtalk View Post
                          What about a normal propagator,on a warm windowsill?
                          That should work I would have thought
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by bearded bloke View Post
                            That should work I would have thought
                            excellent - I shall give this a go. Its worth a try

                            Thanks for your help

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by buzzingtalk View Post
                              So what goes in the ground now? What you all planting?
                              Overwintering peas and broad beans. Also putting in raspberry canes and planting strawberries out.

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