Some folk will remember my giant cold frame that I built last year, this year it has given me early spuds from March, blight free toms, a few early carrots, basil, and cucumber. I have recently cleared part of it and sewn some carrots and late mixed lettuce seed, surprise surprise it has germinated and quite well too given it was sewn late september.
What crops can I expect if any. will the lettuce give me anything over the winter. I guess the carrots won't do much till march time, but I would welcome others experiences with similar sewings I guess a polytunnel would have similar results?
Compo
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you will do ok with carrots, especially the stump rooted ones, lettuce are suprisingly hardy and succumb to wet more than cold but its whether or not they will cope with the low light levels and damp. I did ok with artic king. A sowing of springers is also worth doing, they do very well inm my tunnels over winter.
Hello Compo
I think that it'll be touch and go with the carrots. They are biennial and so from about next Jan onwards they will stop making root and will start to run to seed. So whatever you can get over the next few months will be your crop.
Lettuce should do well though. It depends what variety you've got. They might not heart up but should give you plenty of cut and come again stuff. A lot of the oriental greens do very well in frames in the winter - Mibuna and Mizuna are good ones to start with.
Herbs like Parsley and Mint can be potted up and will overwinter nicely in frames - giving good pickings through the winter.
John
PS On holiday in West Wales and just checking in to KG forum on the laptop. How really sad is that?
I think that it'll be touch and go with the carrots. They are biennial and so from about next Jan onwards they will stop making root and will start to run to seed. So whatever you can get over the next few months will be your crop.
Lettuce should do well though. It depends what variety you've got. They might not heart up but should give you plenty of cut and come again stuff. A lot of the oriental greens do very well in frames in the winter - Mibuna and Mizuna are good ones to start with.
Herbs like Parsley and Mint can be potted up and will overwinter nicely in frames - giving good pickings through the winter.
John
PS On holiday in West Wales and just checking in to KG forum on the laptop. How really sad is that?
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Dear John, i think having a holiday in West Wales is not sad at all. 
Kind Regards, Old Herbaceous.
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