[m1ckz]

i got this email today
Planting now in December for the United Kingdom - warm/temperate zone
Dwarf beans
(also French beans, Bush beans)  Sow in garden. In Grow-bags in a glasshouse or heated propagator Minimum temperature 10-12C (50-55F).  Harvest from April. 
Potato  Plant tuber. In large pots in a heated glasshouse. Minimum 10-12C (50-55F).  Harvest from June
can this be right i wonder

[mumofstig]

No, the bit about french beans in the garden is a fib!

The others will grow in a heated greenhouse as stated - if you can afford the fuel to keep them warm enough

[solway cropper]

Potatoes in a heated greenhouse in winter does sound a bit extravagant!

I know they've gone up in price in the shops this year but they'd have to be £1 each to make it worthwhile keeping a greenhouse at 10˚ in mid winter!

And I'd like to meet the person in England who's harvested french beans in April.

[gavinjconway]

My first early potatoes will be ready in June and they get planted end of March.... 12 weeks to be ready so June... potatoes in the GH now would be a total waste of money to be spent on heating...

I think there must be a town called United Kingdom in some warm / temperate zone in Africa somewhere!! Who was the Email from... they need to be shot at dawn or left in the frost to catch a tan in the warm zone in December!!            

[m1ckz]

from      gardenate.com
they email u monthly with planting reminders  lol

[DD.]

It looks like it's you that's selected warm/temperate for the UK, rather than temperate/cool. There is that option.

If you do so the beans disappear!

The spuds are still there though, but it's theoretically possible, if costly.

[Aunt Sally]

Exactly so Double D.

I live in Kent (both south and east UK) and would definitely call it cool/temperate at this time of year.

[pdblake]

The only things I sow in December are onions, and they don't always make it

[JayG]

For those who haven't already seen it the effect that soil temperature has on germination rates and times is here (with a special mention in dispatches for onion seeds.)

[Willow_Warren]

I got an email through from somewhere telling me what I should be doing in the gardn in December, I didn't read it - option for keeping snug and warm in front of the fire instead!

Hannah

[mumofstig]

For those who haven't already seen it the effect that soil temperature has on germination rates and times is here (with a special mention in dispatches for onion seeds.)

I can get onions to germinate ok - it's keeping them alive afterwards that I have the problem with  They're nearly as bad as cucumbers IMO 

[Aunt Sally]

I got an email through from somewhere telling me what I should be doing in the garden in December, I didn't read it - option for keeping snug and warm in front of the fire instead!

Hannah

At last ...
... a sensible gardener 

[m1ckz]

arrrrrr ok     so
where would the warm/temperate for the UK be

[mumofstig]

in the SE, in the summer - in a good year LOL

[m1ckz]