The seed sowing thread 2014!!

[bario1]

Beetroot Sanguina
Carrot Red Giant
Pak choi

[Bren In Pots]

Mixed lettuce and 3 pots each containing a pinch of spring onion seeds.

[Noosner]

Filled in a few gaps with some more mange tout and Boltardy beetroot. Sowed Ubraciona and Paris Cos lettuce. And sowed some red kale. Horribly late, but the sunshine is so consistent that I'm beginning to believe it'll never end.

[Bren In Pots]

Garlic chives, Coriander, Cress, Dill and Rocket don't you just love free seeds

[Trix]

Garlic chives, Coriander, Cress, Dill and Rocket don't you just love free seeds

Snap!

I was afraid it was too late in the year to plant them but stuck them in anyway.

[Penellype]

Certainly not too late for coriander and rocket, both of which are less likely to bolt if sown after the longest day. Cress is very quick anyway. Not sure about garlic chives and dill.

If you want something niice and crunchy in your salad that grows in about a week, try sprouting alfalfa seeds. You can grow them all year round in a jar in the house.

[MrsCordial]

I sowed coriander for the windowsill a couple of days ago. Today I sowed a mild and a hot mustard green and kohl rabi.

[Florence Fennel]

Coriander, parsley, beetroot (Chioggia, free with GYO September) and more French beans as the other dwarf beans have been well and truly snugged.

[MrsCordial]

That's interesting Florence - is there still time to sow beetroot? Did you sow straight into the ground or into cells? My beetroot have done nothing this year and I'd love another go.

[veggiechicken]

Just sowed a trough full of Tendersweet carrots - so that I could join in this thread again

[Dorothy rouse]

Just sowed a trough full of Tendersweet carrots - so that I could join in this thread again

Are you growing these carrots in a trough in your greenhouse ?

Was thinking of sowings some, but they'd be outside, isn't too late for outdoor carrots?

[veggiechicken]

Its outdoors Dotty. Could move it into the GH if they don't do much before the cold sets in.
Just sown some beetroot outdoors and scattered some old carrot and radish seeds in spare bits of ground. If they grow its a bonus - if not, nothing lost.

[Tripmeup]

took a punt on some more Pak Choi...............
seeing as the last lot bolted as usual
...every bloomin year

[vegboi]

Sowed Florence fennel, more kohl rabi, and some cabbages to overwinter.

What is Kohi Rabi - I've seen seeds in garden seeds but no idea what it is or what it tastes like


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[mothhawk]

What is Kohi Rabi - I've seen seeds in garden seeds but no idea what it is or what it tastes like

It's a brassica that develops a swollen stem a bit like celeriac. Best picked when the stem is between golf and tennis ball size, after that it starts to get a bit woody. You can cook the leaves like kale, and the stem can be eaten raw in salads, or cooked, it's good roasted or steamed or lightly boiled. The leaves taste pretty much the same as kale, the stem bit is sweet and tender and mild flavoured. if you've ever nibbled the stalks of broccoli that's the flavour it has.