[spudkins]

This is my first year on my allotment.....very addictive I have to say....anyhow, is it worth putting in some salad stuff or am I too late?

[kosh42|EFG]

As I type this I'm eating a salad from seeds sown four weeks ago, so I'd say worth it... I have a mixed leaves (from a Sutton's "Speedy Veg" packet), baby rainbow chard  and radishes...

Cheers,


Kosh

[mumofstig]

not at all...look at your seed packets, as a few don't like being sown at this time of year, but there are lots that don't mind at all

Try to sow in the cool of the evening and place somewhere out of direct sun while it's this hot.
Very hot temps stop lettuce from germinating

[kosh42|EFG]

These are the speedy leaves, the others are standard seeds: http://bit.ly/n7XJ2Q

[tosca100]

If you like more flavour in your leaves over winter, T&M do a really nice spicy mix. It grows really quickly and is cut-and-come-again. Don't sow too much at a time in warm weather though, it goes to seed quite quickly. Mind you, some of the seeds are really scrummy!

[lazza]

Salad leaves and radishes will work, in my experience. I planted some rocket the weekend before last and it's already germinated and about an inch high and the radishes I planted a week before that should be ready while I'm on holiday in a couple of weeks!! 

And I'm a lot further north!

Usually I plant salad leaves every two weeks until they stop growing. And after the leaves start getting tough, I try to leave as many as possible to go to seed to collect the seeds for the following year, so even those seeds that I plant too late to get any crop don't cost anything...

[Sue33]

at the weekend i sowed some rocket, lettuce, radish, beetroot and carrots so give it a go 

[spudkins]

Thanks guys!  I will definately give it a go especially as Salad bits cost a fortune in the supermarkets at the moment.

I will keep you posted on how it goes!!