What to sow right now??

[Veg Learner]

Hi All,

Hope we are all well and not suffering manic depression with this awful weather.

My question is i'm keen to get some things sown now for leaving in the ground over winter which will keep me covered until spring. I know i can sown spring cabbage right now but i'm afraid thats all I know.

If anyone has a previous thread link or a list of veg to sow in August/September that would be fantastic.

Cheers

Ross
Sunny Gretna

[Matt94]

well im having a go at sowing some more kale this afternoon, you can also sow japanese onions now. and in a few months you can sow some broad beans and plant some japanese onion sets to overwinter

[Samurailord]

We sowed some seeds last weekend - spinach, turnips and pak choi.

We have some more oriental leaves to go in this weekend - Mizuna if I remember correctly.

There are always more overwintering brassicas, and you could also try chard if you can protect it a bit from the worst of the winter.

Andy

[shona_b]

I'm going to try my luck with kale and chard this week. I don't think its too late for rocket, pak choi, mizuna, wong bok etc as they don't like it too warm anyway. Then nothing until November when I plant broad beans, garlic and japanese onion sets.

[greenfingers23]

Sown lettuce and Rocket in the last couple of days and planted strawberries for a crop next year.

GF

[Chocolate8me]

Ross I'm so glad you asked this question as I was wondering what to do with my raised bed now it's half empty.

I sown some more radish last week in a pot because that only takes a few weeks to grow.

[bazzaboy]

VL, “Garden Organic” are excellent at listing suggestions (at Garden Organic - celebrating 50 years of organic growing - organic gardening, farming and food ) - here’s their sowing list for August! Never a dull (or spare!) moment....

Chinese cabbage - Until end of August
Spring cabbage - Sow in seedbed to transplant in Sept/Oct
Chicory, red and sugar loaf - Until end of August
Coriander - For leaf production
Florence fennel - Last sowings early August
Fenugreek - For leaf production.
Kohl rabi - Try Azure Star.
Lamb's Lettuce or Corn salad - Very hardy winter salad with a soft texture and mild flavour. Lasts well throughout the winter, and when it flowers next spring the flowers can be eaten too.
Land cress or American cress - Makes an excellent substitute for watercress and is very hardy, usually surviving even the toughest winter.
Winter Lettuce - Sow winter varieties for harvesting in November and December.
Autumn sown (Japanese) onions - Sow seed in August. Try Senshyu Yellow, or Keepwell to harvest next June. Sets can be planted in September.
Salad onions - Winter varieties from August onwards
Oriental greens - A whole range of these useful crops can be sown now.
Pak choi - Until end of August. China Choi has thick white stems and contrasting dark green leaves.
Peas - Last chance for autumn harvest. Sow a quick, 'early' variety such as Douce Provence or Meteor
Radish, mooli - Until end of August
Radish, winter - Until end August. Sow winter varieties such as China Rose and Black Spanish Round
Rocket - An August sowing of rocket will last well into the autumn and sometimes survive the winter in mild conditions or with some protection.
Spinach, perpetual - Until mid August, or end of August under cover.
Chard - Until mid August, or end of August undercover. To brighten up your winter plot, try the variety 'Bright Lights'. Stems can be orange, yellow, red, bright pink or white.
Turnip - Early varieties till end August; maincrop varieties till August. One of the easiest vegetables to grow. Try White Globe or Purple Top Milan.
Winter purslane, claytonia, Miner’s lettuce - A very hardy winter salad. Produces small, mild tasting, succulent leaves. Sow direct until end of the month.

Just when you thought things were quietening down...



[Likac66]

I've planted some endive and some choy sum (whatever that is - oriental type I think!) this week as well as autumn sowing onion seeds and some quick growing calabrese. You can also plant those big white radishes - mooli?

I have some broad beans that are autumn sowing that will go in at the end of September.

I'm wondering if I might still get some baby carrots if I sow now.

[Vince G]

So thinking ahead here. I've got tons of toms in the poly at the mo. If I were to sow chard and winter lettuces on the windowsill for transplantation into the poly for late automn/winter eating, when would they be ready to transplant, and would I have torn our my tom plants by then?

[lottie dolly]

vince,if you remove the bottom leaves of your toms,you will have space to put them,then when your toms are done,cut them down into the soil till you can remove the roots,in desporation to try and grow a few beans this year,thats what i have done,things are fine,plus by removing the lower leaves,it lets the air circulate,so by allowing space for the new crops to find what light is left,give it a try,you got nothing to loose,

[Rhona]

We're sowing Senshyu onions, fenugreek (green manure), and some late carrots. I'll probably try some kind of spinach too, if I can find the right one.

[Jamesy_uk]

We're sowing Senshyu onions, fenugreek (green manure), and some late carrots. I'll probably try some kind of spinach too, if I can find the right one.

Viroflex Giant winter spinach should do you Rhona.

[kentishgal]

Yesterday I filled up some empty tubs with late carrots, winter radish and mooli and also some perpetual spinach in the beds...also going to grow corn salad and winter onions once Ive got some more space.
Then its just some lettuce for the blowaway and I think Im done for the year!

[maytreefrannie]

Don't forget the potatoes in bins or pots - and don't forget to protect them from frost in winter.

[flopsy]

i have some all year round cauliflower seeds which can be sown in september