[tali]

What can i plant now that will be good over the autumn and winter would spinach be ok already put my cabbages in would any more carrots come up now?

thanks oh oracles of all that is green!!!!!!!!!!!!

[shaun]

onion sets and garlic tali also you can sow some broad beans

[tali]

ooooooooooooooo broad beans lovley thankyou Shaun  

[DD.]

Too late for carrots, don't forget winter caulis.

[tali]

cheers digger winter cauliflower its is!!!!!!!

[Bigbadfrankie]

Broad beans , yukkkkkkkkkkk better to let the gound go to weeds  

[tali]

i just wanna grow stuff all year round i am obsessed with it all now!!!!!

[Bigbadfrankie]

over winter lettuce   you can dig in the ones you do not need.

[muntjac]

brocoli purple sprouting , cauli's ,perpetual .......... blooming ell i done it .... spinach.... brussels sprouts carrots under cloches .... turnips ....

[helluvatractor]

the brassicas you mention munty: would you sow the seeds straight in the ground this time of year or bring them up to small plants in the greenhouse or a propagator then plant out?

[crowndale]

Broad beans , yukkkkkkkkkkk better to let the gound go to weeds  

I'm not huge fan of broad beans myself, memories of school dinners with broad beans in parsley sauce sitting congealing next to the cold ham spring too easily to mind!  But I saw an ad on tv for m&s food and it showed broad beans in a condition I had never seen them before- green!  and small and looking very tempting, so next year I am going to plant a few just to try them out while they are still very young and if they still bring up school memories then my ground will just have to go weedy over winter too!!

[muntjac]

in a greenhouse or propagator you need them to plant out asap  

[Smudgeboy]

Munty, I was thinking of trying to get some broccoli and spinach going by starting them off in a propagator in the greenhouse.

What sort of size should I let them get to before planting out? Surely at this time of year it's a balance between how ribust the plants are and how cold/damp the soil is?

Not to mention snails and slugs.

What's your opinion?

[WG.]

I was thinking of trying to get some broccoli and spinach going by starting them off in a propagator in the greenhouse.

You've wasted 25 minutes already!  Get 'em in the soil pronto.  Don't let them get anyways soft growth.

[muntjac]

yups as wg says .get em in asap .plant em out end october so make em grow fast by keeping em warm n tlc'd