July vegetable planting

Wondered if members had any suggestions re veg I could plant in my garden now. I already have brussel sprouts for the winter, and late planted new potatoes (which I find are still good to dig at Christmas, by the way), and am about to replant rocket and spinach. Any suggestions for any other quick turn around crops which I could plant this late and still be able to enjoy before end of August, say???? I've found in the past that you can often plant succesfully out of the alleged season, and wondered if members had any of experiences of this that they would share.

 

hi and welcome blackdown jane, I have just a balcony got a few tomato plants growing ok but i cant help any further than that, other members with more experience will be able to help you.
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crosco Blackdown Jane Do,nt do a lot of veggies, but there are plenty here that do and are most willing to help. enjoy

 

WELCOME to GC

 

Only 6 weeks until the end of August Blackdown Jane so you'll not find many veg that will mature in such a short time. You'll manage radishes, maybe some quick growing lettuce but I can't think of much more. If you want to think about a bit longer term you should still manage to crop carrots, silverskin onions, perhaps early peas at a stretch.

 

Thanks everybody. Do you really think I cld plant peas and carrots now, Dave W. That wld be great.

 

I planted winter squash a week ago and they're massive already, if the hot weather continues you should be ok with some of them. Heartless lettuce I just planted is also doing well.

 

If you sow an early variety of pea now you stand a good chance of getting a crop provided we don't get an early cold autumn.
If you go for stump rooted short carrots that do not need a long growing season you'll certainly get a crop.Only problem this time of year is keeping the seed beds moist.

 

I'm planting and sowing:

Onion Cipolla Rossa Savonese (Franchi) (for overwintering - sow by mid-August)
Broccoli Raab
Cabbage Wheelers Imperial
Cabbage Wintergreen
Choy Sum, purple Flowering
Gai Lan (Chinese Broccoli)
Kale, Red Russian
Komatsuna (Mustard Spinach)
Dwarf Bean
Pole Bean
Salsify
Spring Onion
Mizuna
Shungiku Greens
Swiss Chard (Leaf Beet)
Parsley
Beetroot
Chicory
Lettuce
Radiccio
Rocket, wild

You can sow carrots and beet until September.
It's time to transplant leeks and brassica now - plant them through plastic mulch to suppress the weeds whilst you carry on digging? Sow onion seed for overwintering by mid-August.

A good supplier of veg plugs if you want an instant solution - they supply the well-known seed companies, so you may as well buy from them direct (or visit their nursery where plugs can be as little as 5p each):
www.organicplants.co.uk

Happy gardening

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