Am i too late?

So i planned, planned and planned again; but havent really planted enough!

Some of what i have planted hasnt been successful. Broccoli bolted, turnips dug up by the neighbours cats and peas just didnt do anything.

What can i plant still from seed? I do not have a greenhouse but i do have a very sunny south facing back garden. I live just outside of Newcastle upon Tyne. I have more seeds than the average garden centre. I have shallow raised beds to plant in.

Thank you in advance.

 

More peas and carrots, spring onions, kale, turnips, radish, beetroot, lettuce, direct sow leeks, chard, perpetual spinach, spring cabbage and runner beans.. been looking myself as I got a bit more room to play with.

 

Thanks. Beds are not deep enough for carrots, but yes to beet, i can try peas again, and try leek. Is it too late to try broccoli, turnip again?

 

According to my Fothergill pack you can sow turnip from mar- jul.. Not got broccoli seed myself was given plants off someone who had too many, sorry. What about short stumpy carrots? I got a variety called Paris market and I know theres another called parmex

 

Yes - will try that thanks.

 

Check out the round rooted carrots GYO newbie.

 

The advice we give in this thread is general. It is up to you to take it and adapt it to your own regional growing conditions.

The way I would do it is to separate the crops into three groups depending on how long they take to mature and become usable:

a) up to 40 days;
b) up to 70 days;
c) over 70 days;

Plant more than you need in order to hedge your bets in case of crop failure. You can always thin them down if required.

If you want food on your table asap then, with some vegetables, you have to change your expectations of the end product. For example, with root vegetables like radish, beetroot and turnips, aim for the leaves instead of the root.

People who have never really known hunger are quite wasteful, especially when it comes to root vegetables. They harvest only for the root part and throw the rest away! This is what I regularly observe from the newbie members of our community garden.

Did you know that there is even an Indian curry recipe for pumpkin leaves?

For the 70 day crops, I would recommend some of the Chinese vegetables like gai choy (mustard greens), gai lan (Chinese broccoli), chrysanthemum greens (Glebionis coronaria), bok choy and choy sum.

Once the crop is mature enough, be sure to harvest it and then plant out the next crop bearing in mind the forthcoming seasonal changes.

 

No. Or yes. It depends.

Turnip, when grown commercially, is a stupidly big and bland waste of space. But it's most delicious when it's about golf ball size. You have plenty of time to grow it to that size. And the leaves, often discarded, are delicious. You can sow it right into about mid august if you're happy with delicious but small roots and plentiful young leaves for salad.