![]() My top 10 below refers Autumn Vegetables and Autumn planted overwintering vegetables, we'll deal with (and remind you if you follow us on facebook) the Spring planted varieties in a later post. Sprouts, for example will need to be sown before the end of April to ensure you can force feed them to your family and friends at Christmas time while the latest you can sow leeks is mid June though you probably don't think of them until the Autumn. These crops have a long growing season and are ready in the winter months but require a bit of forward planning to have them ready in time. Spring planted overwinter vegetables tend to be the ones everyone thinks of as and the ones novice growers usually get caught out on. You can also overwinter broad beans and peas for a crop about a month before your neighbours if you are of an impatient disposition. Crops in this category include Spring Cabbage, Autumn planted garlic, Autumn onion sets and Swiss Chard. ![]() Overwintering vegetables are planted in the early Autumn and will spend the Winter dormant in the ground to (hopefully) spring back into life when temperatures increase again in March and April. Autumn garden plants like quick growing turnips, salads, spinach and radish can be planted in August/September and will provide a worthwhile crop and are handy to make use of otherwise bare ground following a previous harvest. The idea with Autumn vegetables is to plant quick growing crops that are ready to harvest before growth stops around mid November. There are really 3 main groups of autumn winter vegetables and it's handy to understand the plan here and the plants which fall into the three groups: Unless you have a greenhouse or polytunnel (which I'd highly recommend) once the Winter sets in there won't be any growth outside with short days and cold temperatures. Fear not though, there are still plenty of vegetables to grow, I've listed my personal top 10 below but you can view our full range of our vegetables to sow in Autumn in our vegetable seedling section here.Īugust and September are still very productive months in the vegetable garden with growth slowing considerably in October only to grind pretty much to a halt in November. As little or no growth occurs in mid winter it's all about either planting in Autumn to harvest in winter or planting to harvest the following Spring.īeginner vegetable gardeners may not realise that although brussels sprouts, leeks and parsnips are traditionally Winter vegetables they are actually sown much earlier in the year. When temperatures drop and the soil cools below 5 degrees celsius in November there won't be any growth until March / April the following Spring. Of course I'm delighted as we do a great range of vegetables for autumn planting from our online nursery but I often think many novice gardeners have unrealistic expectations from overwinter planting. ![]() We always get loads of calls in August / September looking for overwintering vegetable seedlings. ![]()
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