What I'd like to grow next year, achievable?

[spamvindaloo]

Fair comment about the cabbages and the sprouts but I just meant with his limited space he needs to give something up and because cabbages etc are monopolising so much of his plot for a long time, he could grow a greater percentage off the other stuff in exchange for that space.

If he's got the space and doesn't mind sacrificing something else then that's fine.

I'm a she ��

Sorry about that I still think you need to have a good rethink though

[veggiechicken]

Many of us are of unknown gender here. It doesn't really matter - a gardener's a gardener, be they male or female
I'm guessing Spamvindaloo's a lion!

[sparrow100]

I'm a bird

[veggiechicken]

........so am I

[Bigmallly]

I'm guessing Spamvindaloo's a lion!

I think he/she/it's a hot spicy bit of stuff..................

[Bigmallly]

...............and I'm not really a Gorilla.................

[maverick451]

Hi

I just dont think you will have enough space, I have a 125 square metre allotment and I think id be lucky to grow half that, the brassicas take up alot of space

A few suggestions

Re the tomatoes

I reckon you would need about 30 plants but they would have to be grown to near perfection, they would need to be started off indoors and Id only grow something like crimson crush that wont get destroyed by blight.

Cucumbers,
I grew a variety called mini green fingers and it was brilliant, I got 13 off a plant grown outdoors, pray for a good summer

Peppers
I find they struggle outdoors in this country to ripen in time before the wet weather comes in, again they need to be started early indoors and personally Id put these in the greenhouse.

The rest I dont see a problem with growing wise but I just dont think you will have the space, I think it would be a good idea to built a large brassica cage or you wont get any cabbages at all, they will all get eaten.

[Chris11]

I'm a she ��

And I'm Brian, and so is my wife

[Newbiegrower1970]

Thanks for all the replies. I grew quite a few peppers this year in my garden althougj all stayed green. I even got 1 aubergine grown outside. I have 13 cabbages in already along with onions, shallota and broad beans so i hope to get a head start on the produce for bext year.

[Bigmallly]

I have 13 cabbages in already along with onions, shallota and broad beans so i hope to get a head start on the produce for bext year.

That's the point I was trying to make regarding successional sowing. You are going to have 13 Cabbages ready roughly at the same time, I would have been tempted to sow maybe 4 then a few weeks later another 4 and so on, changing the varieties as you go along to suit the seasons.

[Alison]

That's the point I was trying to make regarding successional sowing. You are going to have 13 Cabbages ready roughly at the same time, I would have been tempted to sow maybe 4 then a few weeks later another 4 and so on, changing the varieties as you go along to suit the seasons.

It does depend though, i don't successionally sow / plant winter cabbage as they stand well so at the moment I gave a decent sized bed of them that are all ready to harvest. They won't spoil until spring so are fine. With spring cabbage it doesn't really work either as the weather is too variable although you can pick some as spring greens. Really bad idea to do that with the likes of lettuce though

[Newbiegrower1970]

That's the point I was trying to make regarding successional sowing. You are going to have 13 Cabbages ready roughly at the same time, I would have been tempted to sow maybe 4 then a few weeks later another 4 and so on, changing the varieties as you go along to suit the seasons.

I bought them as plants in autumn. I understood cabbages would sit quite happily for a while. I plan to pick a few early while small and then the rest as they grow

[Bigmallly]

Sounds a good idea. I have about 6 or 7 Spring Cabbages all at the same stage so will probably be doing the same.

[Cadalot]

Thompson & Morgan had what looked like a good idea and then completely screwed it up. During the Wyevale 50p Seed Sale I picked up a pack of their All Season Brussels Sprouts and All Season Cabbages multipacks. I thought what a great concept, three different varieties that take different amounts of time to grow and it can extend the cropping over 18 weeks for the cabbages & 26 weeks for the sprouts.

But although a huge pack with two slots for hanging, showing the three different varieties on the front what you get is not a pack of seeds for each variety but one seed packet with all in. And they expect you just to plant them all at once! or at usual spacing around 13 square metres worth.

See Alans Allotment: T&M All Season Sprouts and Cabbages

As you will see I did get in contact with them, but they just could not see why gardeners actually want to know what they are actually growing and think that planting 36 sprouts or cabbages in one go is normal for allotment holders.

[Alicante]

Hi, that is certainly an ambitious list! And I wish you good luck with it.
It is also possible to grow two crops on the same piece of ground at the same time. I did this very successfully this year with broad beans and cucumbers and I suppose it would work other crops.