Another excellent and informative video. Brassica succession advice is invaluable. I have now switched over to using module trays (as per your recent sowing videos) for sowing and, once you get serious about self sufficiency, it is the best option- easy planting with little root disturbance. Always something to learn here...!
Thanks Steve, I'm determined to grow more stuff over winter this year and your monthly guides always prod me to get on with it! Sorting my seeds TODAY 😊 Take care
@@SteveRichards I agree these days, but well you know.....apart from tomatoes!! I think we will have a 12 month supply for the first time in 21 years 😀
Thank you Steve. Excellent video. I might try elephant garlic for the first time if it can be used like leeks. We put 100 leeks in tubs and they are thickening up but probably best in the spring.
They are better than leeks in that they are perennial and if you don’t use them as leeks they can be left for the bulbs and of course they follow leeks
Just start with one bulb and build up your supply over a couple of years from cloves and bulbils, you can also save the seed of course. I'd never suggest though that you grow Elephant Garlic instead of leeks, just as a follow on crop for when your leeks have gone to seed : All the best - Steve
Thank you Steve, excellent info as usual. Just sorted my seeds today and hoping to grow some winter produce this year. No polytunnel , just an old greenhouse, so not as warm and will all be in containers but we will see what happens. Going to try some outside field beans too. Best wishes
Just ordered a poly tunnel after watching your review from 3 years ago. It was very helpful and changed my mind on the doors. Cant wait to get started.
I am just starting to explore your massive thus really well organised info - It's worth so much for me as I just switch from 25m2 raised beds and a half decent conservatory to a 200m2 NoDig with a poly tunnel coming up. Big thank you‼and I make sure to drop some coffee beans ❇
👍👍👍, Great stuff, Thank you for this, I have my first batch of Tough ball sown 80 ish now and trial of main crop onions as seen in my latest video, Take care.
Main crop's now Ronald, rather than February, is an interesting experiment. Main crops don't start to bulb until day length gets to 16 hours, which is in mid-May, whereas Toughball starts to bulb at 14 hours, ie mid-April. That extra month means that Maincrops have plenty of time to grow from a February sowing, when sown now they are often too big by May and hence they usually go to seed, but that's just the general case. You might have special variety that grows fine, or weather conditions that make it work. I'm getting some trial varieties of early red bulbing onions arriving soon, they are a bit late arriving from the US.
@@SteveRichards Hi Steve, If you're interested watch the first 40 seconds of this video, the size of these onions are amazing. ua-cam.com/video/HZurXbFJQLQ/v-deo.html Let me know what you think please
Good morning Steve. This is in regard to green garlic. I am planning to grow some green garlic from about 100 Bulbils that I saved from the last harvest by sacrificing 2 chesnok/music. I am growing them from bulbils because I can't afford $25/lb of garlic seed just to harvest them early as green garlic. I was wondering if you or anyone in this community ever grew them this way. Thank you in advance!
I've not tried it myself, but I don't see why it won't work, might take two years to build up your stock. We don't buy bulbs, we just save them from last year. I must point out though that green garlic shouldn't be considered an inferior crop to cloves, we much prefer it. Rather than a single bulb and fiddly cloves, you get a beautiful mono bulb, that are much easier to cook with and you get the whole stem as well. It it were possible we wouldn't bother with garlic bulbs, but of course they are useful for storage : All the best - Steve
@@SteveRichards yea that's very true, I forget u do so many more then most people, I'm going to try and leave them, I always get the urge to pot on haha
Another useful timely video Steve thankyou. With overwintering brassica do you use seed compost to slow growth or normal compost? Had an awful year with both peppers and aubergines in the greenhouse...they are only now starting fruit as we run out of light and warmth. Regards Fiona
I find that peppers continue to ripen quite well into early October, so you might be ok. I start in seed compost, for the first 6-8 weeks, but then I repot into a more nutrient dense compost in October/November, so they are well established by Jan/Feb when I plant most of them. By winter they are growing pretty slowly : All the best - Steve
Carrots are so tricky, depends of weather and variety, you might be lucky and get a harvest before they go all hairy and go to seed. Much more reliable is July for carrots in April and Late October for carrots in May. But other dates sometimes work
Another excellent and informative video. Brassica succession advice is invaluable. I have now switched over to using module trays (as per your recent sowing videos) for sowing and, once you get serious about self sufficiency, it is the best option- easy planting with little root disturbance. Always something to learn here...!
Modules are essential if you have limited space, you get at least one extra succession from the same ground and sometimes two : All the best - Steve
Thanks Steve, I'm determined to grow more stuff over winter this year and your monthly guides always prod me to get on with it!
Sorting my seeds TODAY 😊
Take care
If you have the right setup it really is one of the best times to be gardening! : All the best - Steve
@@SteveRichards I agree these days, but well you know.....apart from tomatoes!!
I think we will have a 12 month supply for the first time in 21 years 😀
Thank you Steve. Excellent video. I might try elephant garlic for the first time if it can be used like leeks. We put 100 leeks in tubs and they are thickening up but probably best in the spring.
They are better than leeks in that they are perennial and if you don’t use them as leeks they can be left for the bulbs and of course they follow leeks
@@SteveRichards leeks are really cheap.to grow from seed though. I will shop.around and see what bulbs are on offer.
Just start with one bulb and build up your supply over a couple of years from cloves and bulbils, you can also save the seed of course. I'd never suggest though that you grow Elephant Garlic instead of leeks, just as a follow on crop for when your leeks have gone to seed : All the best - Steve
@@SteveRichards I was just thinking about saving bulbs and building up a supply. Thank you xx 🤗
Thank you Steve, excellent info as usual. Just sorted my seeds today and hoping to grow some winter produce this year. No polytunnel , just an old greenhouse, so not as warm and will all be in containers but we will see what happens. Going to try some outside field beans too. Best wishes
Greenhouses are warmer than polytunnels Louise, so you should do fine : All the best - Steve
Just ordered a poly tunnel after watching your review from 3 years ago. It was very helpful and changed my mind on the doors. Cant wait to get started.
Thanks for your feedback Derek, I hope you get it up in time do grow for winter! : All the best - Steve
I am just starting to explore your massive thus really well organised info - It's worth so much for me as I just switch from 25m2 raised beds and a half decent conservatory to a 200m2 NoDig with a poly tunnel coming up. Big thank you‼and I make sure to drop some coffee beans ❇
Thanks for the lovely feedback, lots more information to come this winter, provided I get a few rainy days!
@@SteveRichards Wonderful, I am looking forward to this and also to some more rain!
Thank you. Very helpful video.
Thanks Carol, final plan for October and draft for November coming on the 1st : All the best - Steve
Thank you for the information. I dont have pollytunnel or green house so what can you suggest .What can I grow in winter apart from garlic. .
If you watch the video, or click on the link in the description it tells you what you can plant outside
👍👍👍, Great stuff, Thank you for this, I have my first batch of Tough ball sown 80 ish now and trial of main crop onions as seen in my latest video, Take care.
Main crop's now Ronald, rather than February, is an interesting experiment. Main crops don't start to bulb until day length gets to 16 hours, which is in mid-May, whereas Toughball starts to bulb at 14 hours, ie mid-April. That extra month means that Maincrops have plenty of time to grow from a February sowing, when sown now they are often too big by May and hence they usually go to seed, but that's just the general case. You might have special variety that grows fine, or weather conditions that make it work. I'm getting some trial varieties of early red bulbing onions arriving soon, they are a bit late arriving from the US.
@@SteveRichards Hi Steve, If you're interested watch the first 40 seconds of this video, the size of these onions are amazing. ua-cam.com/video/HZurXbFJQLQ/v-deo.html Let me know what you think please
Good morning Steve. This is in regard to green garlic. I am planning to grow some green garlic from about 100 Bulbils that I saved from the last harvest by sacrificing 2 chesnok/music. I am growing them from bulbils because I can't afford $25/lb of garlic seed just to harvest them early as green garlic. I was wondering if you or anyone in this community ever grew them this way. Thank you in advance!
I've not tried it myself, but I don't see why it won't work, might take two years to build up your stock. We don't buy bulbs, we just save them from last year. I must point out though that green garlic shouldn't be considered an inferior crop to cloves, we much prefer it. Rather than a single bulb and fiddly cloves, you get a beautiful mono bulb, that are much easier to cook with and you get the whole stem as well. It it were possible we wouldn't bother with garlic bulbs, but of course they are useful for storage : All the best - Steve
Great video, I want to get my carrots in again round October, need to do another lot of seeds, with your onions seedling when do u pot them on?
I don’t. I sow them in modules and they stay in them until planting time
@@SteveRichards oh ok, I might try the same then I normally pot them on
In my opinion it’s a waste of time and they never look as healthy potted on. Also try potting on 600 onions
@@SteveRichards yea that's very true, I forget u do so many more then most people, I'm going to try and leave them, I always get the urge to pot on haha
Very helpful thank you.
Another useful timely video Steve thankyou. With overwintering brassica do you use seed compost to slow growth or normal compost? Had an awful year with both peppers and aubergines in the greenhouse...they are only now starting fruit as we run out of light and warmth. Regards Fiona
I find that peppers continue to ripen quite well into early October, so you might be ok. I start in seed compost, for the first 6-8 weeks, but then I repot into a more nutrient dense compost in October/November, so they are well established by Jan/Feb when I plant most of them. By winter they are growing pretty slowly : All the best - Steve
Do those over winter brassica need lights?
No they don't Nilah : All the best - Steve
I sowed carrot seeds a week ago....in troughs, indoors. Did I start too early Steve?
Carrots are so tricky, depends of weather and variety, you might be lucky and get a harvest before they go all hairy and go to seed. Much more reliable is July for carrots in April and Late October for carrots in May. But other dates sometimes work
@@SteveRichards oh, I will try some in October then.