veg to sow in july

[Nik]

hiya guys & gals

just a bit more advice really.....again i hear you all say o no not nik with his newbie questions lol

iv got a bit of room in my herb bed where im gonna take a strawberry bush out,now its finished bearing fruit and give it to one of my neighbours,im looking to plant a vegetable of some sort have any of you guys any idea what i can plant at this time of the year.....

plus i wanted to know can you grow the likes of carrots and potatoes all year round or just at certain points of the season.im dying to grow some pots infact wanting to grow staple veg like potatoes is what got me into veg/herb gardening in the 1st place

my little growing space is about 2 foot square where i want to grow something else........like potatoes.

cheers for any replies


p.s its time i started having a few vegetable seed banks in my favourites....again have any of you guys got any good reasonably priced ,trustworthy suppliers you can recomend

Nik.

[tom_thumb]

I'm reasonably new to this myself, but a 2ft square sounds like a bit of a small space to do much with - that would be a single potato plant I think. I think you may be best off using a small space like that for salad leaves - that should yield a decent harvest in that sort of space.

As for suppiers - I recently found one on ebay that I think is the bees knees. I've placed a couple of orders with them now & the seeds are top quality - germination rates alo seem very high with them, everything I have sown so far has come up. They also have a great range & delivery takes only a couple of days:
Premier seeds direct

Tom

[Lady of Shallots]

There are quite a lot of things you can grow this year. Salad leaves are a great idea in a small space, I have shallow terracotta pot and two growbags with different lettuces and spinach in, and at the moment that's enough for my partner and I. They just keep on growing as you pick them so they're really economical too! If you've got space for some containers you can grow carrots, spinach, beetroot, chard, cabbage, fennel, spring onions at this time of year! I've only got containers and growbags at the moment and I've got all these things at the moment - only been at it about 2 months. I also have a mini greenhouse, they take up very little space and are only about £25, and I've got peppers, chillies, cucumbers, basil, coriander and strawberries in there! Things like cabbage and fennel can actually grow individually in smaller pots too, if you're short of space!

[Plantmaster4000]

Originally Posted by Lady of Shallots

There are quite a lot of things you can grow this year. Salad leaves are a great idea in a small space, I have shallow terracotta pot and two growbags with different lettuces and spinach in, and at the moment that's enough for my partner and I. They just keep on growing as you pick them so they're really economical too! If you've got space for some containers you can grow carrots, spinach, beetroot, chard, cabbage, fennel, spring onions at this time of year! I've only got containers and growbags at the moment and I've got all these things at the moment - only been at it about 2 months. I also have a mini greenhouse, they take up very little space and are only about £25, and I've got peppers, chillies, cucumbers, basil, coriander and strawberries in there! Things like cabbage and fennel can actually grow individually in smaller pots too, if you're short of space!

So would you recommend growing salad leaves this time of year? And sorry if this is a novice question, but what do you mean by mini green house?

[Lady of Shallots]

Originally Posted by Plantmaster4000

So would you recommend growing salad leaves this time of year? And sorry if this is a novice question, but what do you mean by mini green house?

Absolutely, as far as I know you can grow them right through the summer and into the autumn. This page might be helpful! Just check the date on the seed packets when you buy them, and make sure they're a summer variety.

Grow your own salad leaves - Features - Seasonal food - BBC Good Food

The mini greenhouse is made by Gardman, here it is...

Gardman 4 tier mini greenhouse propagator: Amazon.co.uk: Garden & Outdoors

I would love a proper greenhouse but no space (or £££s!) for one! This does the trick though, and if plants get big you can remove the shelves too so quite versatile!

Hope that helps!

[heskie]

I succession-sow salad leaves every 2 or 3 weeks from spring right through summer - definitely to be recommended.

You may also be interested in a post I just did on my blog about a late sowing collection of seeds I have just bought to try out. (the link is in my signature line below).

If you have a bare bit of soil, put something in there (trying at the same time tp stick to a rotation to avoid pests and diseases building up and improving soil fertility) - you never know, if it's a mild autumn you may get a bonus.

[paulsherwin]

There are some veggies you can plant now and harvest in the spring and early summer. I'm planning to do this with some purple sprouting broccoli.

With regard to seeds, have a look in your local branch of Netto. They sell a range of flower, veg and herb seeds for only 19p a packet, so they're cheap enough to just buy lots and experiment. The ones I've tried have been good quality with high germination rates.

Paul

[Katiekins]

If this helps today I have planted:

Purple Sprouting Broccoli for next year
Dwarf Kenya beans
Basil

And more:
Lettuces
Radishes
Spring onions
Carrots
Beetroot

And planted out some brussels sprout seedlings from the farm shop.

[Nik]

hi guys

thanks for all your replies

i have now planted some onions and more carrots,along side my coriander,basil and spring onions....although i hope it stops raining for longer than an hour as my coriander is starting to look a bit droopy lol

when all these have been grown and pulled out the soil im thinking of turning the whole bed into a potato plot untill next spring

again thanks guys

Nik