What to plant next?

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  1. Boghopper

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    I've just pulled up the mange tout, broccoli and broad beans, the spuds are coming to the end now so I'm going to have space in my two tiny veg plots.

    Any suggestions for what to plant next? Winter greens perhaps?
     
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    Pak choi and turnip raab, chinese cabbage... Apparently they benefit from being planted after midsummer and the broccoli raab and pak choi I've got have grown very quickly:
    Vegetable Seeds: Broccoli or Calabrese, & Rapini
    I got the 60 day raab but I'm sure it's taken about 40 days. Some of the thicker stems are a bit tough but the rest is good.

    http://realseeds.co.uk/orientalgreens.html
    The yellow pak choi has also been very quick. The chinese cabbage is underway and looking good.

    Liz
     
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      Liz, how do you keep the slugs off the pak choi seedlings? Mine all germinated very quickly, but were rapidly devoured by the slugs. The strawberries and turnips in the same area were left alone and are still going strong.
       
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      Mr Lumphammer is the usuall way apart from slug pellets.
       
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      Going off the subject here chaps:rolleyespink:! Stil waiting for one of you erudite bods to tell me what to plant next! Please!
       
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      This is a good time to sow overwintering varieties of some vegetables, which should be ready next spring, helping to fill the 'hungry gap' when fresh vegetables are in short supply.
      I have successfully grown the following by sowing them around this time;
      Lettuce Arctic King
      Spring Onion White Lisbon Winter Hardy
      Spinach Giant Winter
      Winter greens are a possibility, also some varieties of spring cabbage can be sown up to the end of August.
       
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