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Posted by The_Grub Sydney (My Page) on Wed, Mar 9, 05 at 21:02
| Chokos and Kohl Rabi are the two new crops I will have after the tomatoes are finished in a month or so. I also plan to get a new salad bed going, with tatsoi and other interesting leaves. But that's all I can think of to follow my tomatoes. Any other ideas? What are you growing going into winter?
Someone mentioned beans the other day but I thought they were a summer crop? That's right, that's right, I am definitely going to try broadbeans on tepees. My experience with peas has been pretty terrible, though, even despite sweetening the soil with potash. I could plant some carrots again. And I had good luck with parsnips... after 20 weeks. How about potatoes?
I'm rambling. Any and all ideas welcome so I can ponder all the options and buy seeds if needs be. |
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RE: Cool Season Crops
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| I've just sown turnips and swedes (not many but enough for a few soups/roasts aver winter) and a few more cylindrica beetroot. |
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| I'm putting in ( have started) red cos lettuce, ( because I want the seed more than anything else) buttercrunch lettuce before it gets too cold, lambs broad beans, cabbage, cauliflowers, broccoli, leeks, brussels sprouts for later - a bit too late for planting carrots here now - but I got them in last month so we'll do well as they are growing on well - you will do well with beets too because you problably have warmth still in your soil. A bit late in Tassie unless we get a warm up. Parsnips! - lucky you - the strike rate is so pathetic I gave up on these. The artichokes are ready for planting now - grew them from seed and potted them on - experimental - also celeriac instead of turnips which i hate. These are for an experiment - haven't a clue when they'll be ready. I am also doing a fast crop of assorted asian greens including my favourite japanese komatsuma - nice and peppery - Pak Choy, Bok Choy and english spinach as soon as the ground cools off. I love autumn planting there are so many choices. Cheers
Linda |
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Just about to put in some spinach, silver beet, beetroot, carrots, snowpeas and green peas, lettuce and shallots. Asian greens sound like a good idea, I can hear the sizzling of a good winter stir fry now. :)
Eve |
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| for me it's all the root vegies. Silverbeet do well in winter. I got potatoes to grow last year, and broccoli. |
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| Hi Linda where did you get your celeriac seeds from? If you hate turnips have you tried kohl rabi? Sweeter than turnips and you can eat the greens and are another cool winter crop helen |
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| Wow, you are all so organised! All my garden beds are still full of summer crops that are slowly finishing. Time to have a serious gardening session out there, I think. Linda, have you tried Chantenay Red-Cored carrots? They are great for autumn sowing. They won't germinate if it's too warm. Grub, have you tried Shungiku, Corn Salad, Purple Mustard, etc. for greens in winter? |
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| I like the winter greens and I'd like to try kohlrabi, also Japanese turnip, which is supposedly sweeter than the standard. Helen, Phoenix Seeds have celeriac listed. Only one variety though, and I know there are, at the very least, two varieties. |
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Japanese Turnip? Where would one get seeds for that?
Ray, have you got Kohlrabi seeds? I've ordered fresh ones and could spare a few, if you'd like to try some. |
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| I ordered Kohl Rabi last year but didn't put them in, after all the rave reviews I'm going to give them a go this winter I think. |
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Well I'll be boring and say that broad beans sown staggered from the sunny end of the tommy patch, to the shady end. I love broad beans and I figure that they will enrich the soil. When the beans at the sunny end of the patch are finished, I will start preparing that bed for the tommys that will go in first as they will need the sun in early spring. As the sun gets higher and hotter I will plant toms in the more shaded spots.
Its a plan at least!!
This years plan was to grow the toms in bottomless pots, as I do in the greenhouse, and to put a shade sail over the patch. The plan worked as I got more tomatoes from plants outside the greenhouse than ever. Actually, I would rarely get any toms from outside plants.
I love plans :=) |
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| Helen, I got the celeriac seeds from Eden seeds. They really took well with just about 100% germination. I've kept them a bit starved in the seeds trays so they will develop good roots before I plant them out. I wil definitely try the Red hearted Chantenay carrots if you don;t think its too late. Anything with lots of red pigment is anti-carcinogen so goes in my juice. I do daily carrots.
Spatz - there is a USA website www.evergreenseeds that had Japanese turnips. There is a red turnip I'm keen to source. |
Here is a link that might be useful: This site has Asian Veg and good pictures
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Are the Japanese Turnips a Daikon ...they have many types of Daikon and basically Dai means large and Kon means root...for example Hatsuka daikon...it means 20 days root...and please keep any pathetic jokes to your selves ...is pure and simply a radish
I have seen large turnip shaped Daikon but they taste like a giant radish (I think)
Is Maki here to clear this up for me
cheers
peter |
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| Thanks for all your suggestions. I will work my way through them and make a list. I can't keep a tomato on the vine now for furit fly. Every single fruit has been hit. I threw a bag weighing about 6kg into the garbage bin this morning after a weekend away. I will try winter greens, broadies, silverbeet and Kohl Rabi for starters. Anyone want KR seeds just email me. I bought a bulk lot, so no shortage. Also noticed my mandarin, lemon and lime have leaf minor and aphids and sooty mould is on my one zuke. Some work ahead this weekend. Patch is a bit run down. |
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