Veg Plants To Plant Now, September.

[grandpajoe]

I've Googled it but not with much success.

All I want to do is grow something over winter in me four council re-cycling boxes. I have just pulled the onions from this Summer so require something to grow to be reaped next April. Any thoughts folks ? Cheers Chris

[woofgang]

I have just put in runner beans to overwinter and sugarsnap peas. I will get a harvest of pea shoots to have in salads and stir fries and maybe a small harvest of actual peas if we get a long autumn and mild winter. You can put in fast growing salad leaves, lettuce, lambs lettuce rocket and so on, maybe some spring onions.

[alavahalf]

Back to basics ... you shouldn't be sowing more onions in the same soil as you grew them in this year otherwise you may have problems.
You can still put in seed potatoes and have new potatoes for Xmas. I will definitely start some broad beans as the early start means they won't be bothered by black fly.

[Maydup]

I suggest some winter greens. Maybe lovely crisp kale to collect in the frosty weather - the more you pick the more it grows.

[Clanad]

Plant parsnips... a wonderfully flavored and often overlooked garden vegetable. Great in stews and as a stand-alone side dish. I suspect it's overlooked simply because it's slow growing. Plant it now and it'll be available for harvest in the spring. Hopefully your wether will produce a frost over winter because the moderately cold temperatures will improve the sweetness of the tuber significantly.

Good luck!

[Buenchico]

Quotes:
1. "Biennial leafy crops such as chard and flat-leaved parsley, which are usually sown in spring for autumn harvests, can be sown later in late summer for harvests in spring"

2. "Oriental salad leaves such as mibuna, mizuna, mustard, turnips and rocket germinate well in autumn and may withstand the winter with a cloche for protection and recommence growth as temperatures rise in spring"

3. "Sow spring cabbage in late summer for transplanting in autumn and harvests from mid-spring. Sow 15cm (6in) apart and thin out every other plant for spring greens in March, leaving the rest to mature"

4. "Sow corn salad and land cress in mid- to late summer; cover with a cloche in autumn for higher quality leaves"

5. "Hardy lettuces can be sown outdoors in early autumn in mild gardens and will stand the winter with protection, hearting up in mid-spring".

6. "Broad beans can be sown outdoors in late autumn in the south or indoors in February for transplanting out in early spring; with luck this may yield crops at the end of spring"

Source:
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=708

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[grandpajoe]

Thank you all, Chris