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Autumn/Winter vegetables...

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  • 23-09-2008 12:46pm
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    kelly1
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    Hello all,

    rather than leave my veg patch idle like I did last year, I'd like to grow some veg over the autumn/winter.

    Could people advise me on what can be grown at this time of year?

    Thanks,
    Noel.


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    lucylu
    Registered Users Posts: 2,111 ✭✭✭lucylu


    garlic, overwintering onion and shallots and cabbage plants are a few that can be sown now


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    The Sweeper
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    Check out some of the bean varieties as well - if you go to a rack of veggie seeds at your local supplier, you can read the backs of the packets to see when the optimal planting time is.

    Alternatively, keep your veggie patch in tip top condition for early spring planting by sowing some 'green manure' - a mix of beans, peas, sunflowers, lucerne and alfalfa, for instance, which you sow quite thickly and then, when it's three feet high, you dig it back into the veggie patch. Water well after digging in, then cover the patches with cardboard to prevent weeds, and let the worms do their work. When you take the cardboard covers off after the worst of the winter has passed, you'll have fertile earth that you don't have to weed and dig through and break down after it's been ravaged by frosts for months.


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    CJhaughey
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    I have Leeks, various cabbages,Kales , Spinach and Broccoli planted out for winter.
    The spinach is flying now, hopefully the rest will start to take off.
    The winter could be better than the summer!


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    kelly1
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    Minesajackdaniels wrote: »
    Check out some of the bean varieties as well - if you go to a rack of veggie seeds at your local supplier, you can read the backs of the packets to see when the optimal planting time is.

    Alternatively, keep your veggie patch in tip top condition for early spring planting by sowing some 'green manure' - a mix of beans, peas, sunflowers, lucerne and alfalfa, for instance, which you sow quite thickly and then, when it's three feet high, you dig it back into the veggie patch. Water well after digging in, then cover the patches with cardboard to prevent weeds, and let the worms do their work. When you take the cardboard covers off after the worst of the winter has passed, you'll have fertile earth that you don't have to weed and dig through and break down after it's been ravaged by frosts for months.

    Thanks MAJD. Can you buy ready-mixed packs of green manure, do you know?

    Well I went to the local garden centre yesterday and bought cabbage and broccoli plants and got them planted so that's a start.


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    kelly1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,026 ✭✭✭kelly1


    CJhaughey wrote: »
    I have Leeks, various cabbages,Kales , Spinach and Broccoli planted out for winter.
    The spinach is flying now, hopefully the rest will start to take off.
    The winter could be better than the summer!

    Hello CJ, did you grow you plants from seeds and if so when did you plant them?

    Would it be too late now to sow kale seeds?


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