Suggest a vegetable to plant NOW?

[GMB27]

Hi guys, I've just had a great big harvest of lettuce and now have a big empty bed that I dont like the look of! Can anybody suggest a vegetable that can go in now and be ready in the summer or autumn?

[greenfingerbag]

i am planting marrow

[Husker]

Hi GMB27. I finished my lettice last week and am planning on planting bush green beans next week. The past 2 years my later beans have done better than the ones I plant in the spring. Last year it was 14 gal. so that might be something for you to try.

[johnmichael]

From seed,early pea variety,carrot,radish,turnip,kohlrabi.+ leek seedlings if you can find any at garden centres.

[Nicola_D]

Beetroot, pak choi or what about more lettuce?

[Mikey & Annie]

We sowed some early nantes carrots - the seed packet says you can sow until late July, although I suspect that is in the South of England. These would be ready to harvest about October.

We also sowed some boltardy beetroot.

Once the temperatures cool you can sow spinach leaf.

[golden14]

At a push you could try artichokes, they would be about a month late but could be worth ago, all depends on where you live, I am in the Isle of Wight and so about a month ahead of the mainland

[John B]

Peas,Carrots,Spuds(early varieties),Little Gem and Winter Density lettuce,Beetroot,and Winter and spring Cabbage,which you can get from Garden Centres,who should also be able to supply Kale plants.JB.

[vegetable-gardener]

Kale, Cabbage, spinach, chicory, rocket.