What can you plant now?
by Diane - July 10th, 2012.Filed under: Thompson and Morgan.
pak choi, beetroots, carrots, turnips.
In august plant your Arctic king and ‘all year round’ lettuce – keep it under a cloche in winter and you should have good crops.
You can sow peas again – all maincrop, mangetout and sugarsnap can be planted from now until end of July. Time to get another row or two in if you have some room.
When the weather is like it has been the plants are as confused as anything else by the hot, cold, wet, dry weather mix so just keep trying things.
If you can provide cloche cover then Komatsuna, Mizuna, Mibuna, Pak Choi, Choy Sum, Chinese Cabbage and any other oriental brassicas you can find will produce a winter harvest.
Mini cloches at T&M:
New item today at Thompson & Morgan
Mini Greenhouse Cloche – 1 pack of 2 cloches, pegs and 2 ends £34.99
Protect your crops from frosts and animal pests with these robust tunnel cloches. Easy to set up, the thick, rigid walls provide protection for seedlings and young plants, whilst the integral rainwater collection reservoirs mean that the plants can also enjoy natural rainwater. One cloche size – 80cm/31in long x 40cm/16in wide x 22.5cm/9in high. Each sturdy ends will add 15cm to the length of the cloche.