[Dantheman]

HI

Is there anything apart from lettuce that I can plant in between veg like sprouts etc, that doesn't need a long grow time.

Thanks

[mumofstig]

Rocket, spinach, radish ..... err can't think of any more 

[beesrus]

Turnips work well and don't take very long at all.. 9 or 10 weeks in ideal conditions from now.
Early variety carrots only take 12 weeks from seed to harvest, earlier for babies, but one would have to net.
I have also undersown sprouts with green manures from the legume family.

[gobs]

I do plant smaller, faster growing brassica in between larger ones.

[pigguns]

I did turnips, radish and Chinese Gun lai (brocolli).  Also Pak choi which likes the shade.

[Dantheman]

Thanks for your answer think I might give turnips a go I've also heard they keep couch grass at bay.

[Madame Cholet]

Nasturtiums

[Goosegirl]

Dwarf French beans, onions, leeks, parsely and small caulis unless you are doing crop rotations.

[mudlark]

I was considering doing this in between a couple of my rows of spuds once I've done the final earthing up. Is there any reason why I shouldn't do this? And could i get away with planting Onions or should I stick to radish, lettuce etc

[mumofstig]

Once the potatoes are grown the foliage will cover the 'gaps' between the ridges

[diospyros]

I was considering doing this in between a couple of my rows of spuds once I've done the final earthing up. Is there any reason why I shouldn't do this? And could i get away with planting Onions or should I stick to radish, lettuce etc

I wonder if you could plant out sunflower plants if they were tall enough to see over the foliage from the outset?

[Yorkie]

I think that is taking intercropping too far.

Sunflowers have a long growing period and require firm soil to prevent them toppling over.

You are likely to need to dig up spuds before the sunflowers have finished flowering, and cannot provide sufficiently firm soil without jeopardising the spuds.

[gobs]

I was considering doing this in between a couple of my rows of spuds once I've done the final earthing up. Is there any reason why I shouldn't do this? And could i get away with planting Onions or should I stick to radish, lettuce etc

Unless you planted them a mile apart, nothing shall grow under the potato foliage, not weeds even.

[mudlark]

Thanks all! Bit over ambitious then!

[Snoop]

Hi, can I just about growing turnips amid sprouts: won't it disturb the sprout roots when you lift the turnips and so make it more likely that your sprouts will blow?

I've been looking at an option for growing between sprouts and had thought about overwintering cabbage, as discussed on a previous thread.