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Winter veg planting?

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Slimemonster · 22/11/2020 21:26

New to gardening, started a little veggie patch in March to save my sanity with 2 young kids in lockdown.
Did OK, harvested some stuff, bell peppers didn't grow at all, slugs ate my lettuce.
So what can I plant now!?
I've got some winter potato's, Charlotte variety I think, onions, and garlic and strawberry plants are still going strong.
I've planted spring flowering bulbs for the first time too.... Anything else I can plant?
Is it actually possible to have veggies to harvest all year around?
If so... How!?
Thanks x

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MereDintofPandiculation · 23/11/2020 11:21

Is it actually possible to have veggies to harvest all year around? It is, but things grow very slowly in the winter, so they will have been planted in summer or before, and come pretty well to maturity in winter. Winter harvested veggies are mainly cabbage family and root crops, so cabbage, purple sprouting, kale, brussels sprouts, then carrots and parsnips. Also leeks and things like swiss chard.

What's called the "hungry gap" is actually in the spring - you've eaten all the cabbages and your stored potatoes, and you're still waiting for the broad beans to arrive. The "hungry gap" is a bit more difficult to fill. It coincided with Covid lockdown this year, and as DH was shielding, I resorted to padding out salads with garlic mustard, bittercress and other garden "weeds".

Difficult to plant anything in the winter. It's probably not going to germinate, and if it does, growth will be really slow, not just the cold but also the lack of light. Now's the time to be browsing catalogues, researching varieties, and planning how you're going to use the ground next year. If the urge to grow is too strong, try beansprouts on the kitchen windowsill.

BlueChampagne · 27/11/2020 16:11

I think you could still put broad beans in to overwinter.

InTheFamilyTree · 27/11/2020 16:28

I read the title as 'winter vag planting' Grin

That is all

deplorabelle · 28/11/2020 16:02

You can plant garlic now if you can get hold of any. That's definitely worth doing IMO.

You can start broad beans and peas for an early start next year but if you leave it all till spring you would only be a couple of weeks behind so it doesn't really matter. I like to start some at this time of year because it's a shot to nothing and I know I can grow more in spring

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