what can i sow/plant now to fill space in raised beds

Need to know the best time to plant?

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as I am starting to harvest veg grown in my small raised beds and pots wondering what kind of things can I grow from now to fill in the spaces and utilise the space -maybe should have been growing things from seed a while back i realise but this is first time growing veg and didn't think about how quickly would use stuff and therefore how quickly space would be available thanks
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Hi You'regettingtoknowmoreallthetime

Things to sow now could include
French beans
beetroot
Swiss chard
lettuce (sow on a cool day only)
bunching (salad) onions
radish
courgette (worth a try for a late crop)
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Glad to hear you have veen enjoying your first crops - well done. I would add carrots to Alan's list. One of the quick growing varieties such as Early nantes or Amsterdam Forcing. I've just sown some myself.


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Green manure, green manure and more green manure. Or beans, carrots and lettuces. I have been digging up spuds and, as my leek seedlings have all died, I have sown Phacelia Tanacetifolia. I also have small brassica plants which are going to go in where I have just dug up the garlic. Brassicas take up a lot of room, but it does no harm to sow green manure in the meantime and hoe it in when the brassicas get sizeanle.
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I keep forgetting something in answering posts about this topic: CORIANDER. This plant actually quite likes cooler weather and if sown in August - maybe even early September, should produce a crop before winter sets in.
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