hi another novice question!
i would like to grow winter veg this year, carrots parsnips, turnips,swedes, ect i have no room left to plant seeds (producing a bumper summer crop!
what should i do?
thanks in advance
getting ready for winter
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A couple of suggestions....
Do you have some early maturing crops that will be out in the late summer, and will free the ground up for later crops? I follow early spuds with maincrop leeks as an example.
Also, it is possible to plant some crops in modules, and grow them on until the ground is free. I do this with spring cabbage and Swede. I am sure that there must be others.
Parsnips actually need to planted in the spring, so I think that you are out of luck with those this year, but you can plant an early variety of carrots such as Early Nantes in pots, and get a good crop that way.
One final word of caution. As well as the winter crops, leave room for some of the overwintering crops such as onions and broad beans, which give an earlier crop in the next season. Marshalls for one do an autumn catalogue which might give you some ideas.
Happy gardening
Do you have some early maturing crops that will be out in the late summer, and will free the ground up for later crops? I follow early spuds with maincrop leeks as an example.
Also, it is possible to plant some crops in modules, and grow them on until the ground is free. I do this with spring cabbage and Swede. I am sure that there must be others.
Parsnips actually need to planted in the spring, so I think that you are out of luck with those this year, but you can plant an early variety of carrots such as Early Nantes in pots, and get a good crop that way.
One final word of caution. As well as the winter crops, leave room for some of the overwintering crops such as onions and broad beans, which give an earlier crop in the next season. Marshalls for one do an autumn catalogue which might give you some ideas.
Happy gardening
bear in mind that early nantes carrots are early because they are quick growing, whereas the maincrop carrots need a longer growing period . so the early nantes can be sown in mid summer and will give a crop in the autumn. try greyhound cabbage , "early peas" etc , anything that has a short growing season. some protection from early frosts, cloches or fleece, can help