Seeds from overseas

[JohnN]

As the southern hemisphere seasons are reversed to ours I presume that lettuce, radish, beans etc out in OZ are planted in, say, October and harvested in their summer, ie Dec-May. If "their" seeds are planted in October in Britain and kept at the right temp, will they grow and crop through our winter?
John N

[oldherbaceous]

Dear JohnN, I don't think it matters where the seeds have arrived from, or when you plant them, come to that.
But what does matter is having the right temparature and correct amount of daylight.
Both these factors can be overcome with a heater and the use of growlights.

I'm not being a little gullible here am i.

[JohnN]

I bow to your superior knowledge on this OH. I always thought "our" seeds had some built in gene which prevented them growing outside their proper season. Last year I bought some Spring Onions for planting in April. None came up and when I read the packet I saw that they were for autumn planting - I hadn't read the small print!
John N

[oldherbaceous]

Dear JohnN, i have been giving the Southern hemisphere seeds some more thought, and one problem that might arise, is that the roots might grow out the top of the pot and the leaves out of the bottom.

[JohnN]

Yeah, good thinking OH. But my cunning plan would be to plant the seeds upside down!!
John N

[oldherbaceous]

A cunning plan indeed JohnN.