23 Crops You Need to Sow in August | Last Chance
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Here is my sowing list for August, the last chance to get seeds in the ground for this year (in my region). Maximise your garden yield and get as many roots in the ground for winter as possible! And at the end, I share a little experiment I'm doing this year with Purple Sprouting Broccoli.
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Good to see Im not the only one with tomatoes that are just turning.
Same!
Have one red and one just turning weather has been terrible so much rain here in North East 🇬🇧
Same here, tomatoes just not got going,wish they wouldnt play god with the weather, skies full of chemtrails, then low grey cloud for days.
Oh you will love purple sprouting broccoli. Mine survived minus 20F under cover for an abundance in spring.
that stuff is resilient!
It isn't too late for carrots if you plant a winter carrot, such as the Kyoto Red. They get sweeter after frost and prefer winter's cool weather. I love growing Daikon Radish in the Fall, and any that aren't pulled for eating are left as a winter cover crop to open the soil. Bunching onions can be planted in the fall and left to grow over the winter for very early green onions in the Spring.
That's great to know!
Walking onions; are they the same as bunching onions.
Usually we plant all onions & onion seeds now and manage to gain several harvests throughout the year, even with the south coastal wet weather. Often leaving some in the raised beds to harvest as & when.
@@helnyson4694 No, they are not the same. Walking Onions are perennials, that keep multiplying. Bunching onions are also called Spring Onions or Green Onions, and they are eaten green. Bunching Onions do not form bulbs.
It depends where you live and what kind of weather we're going to have. It's definitely too late for me and Kyoto red are unavailable here anyhow.
@@lksf9820 Are you in the UK? They are available there, and grow well there.
Insects destroyed all cabbage, broccoli, despite insect netting.
Animals ate half the raspberries, blueberries, tomatoes (tomatoes despite protective net bags over tomatoes-they chew thru the bags!).
Animals ate 100% of corn, despite extensive netting.
Beets in summer developed severe fungus.
Potato beetle issues
Zone 5b, partial sun (a clearance in the woods)
Very difficult year
sounds like my season, up north the snails and slugs have had a party everything i had has been destroyed.
@@jtwin1000 same, I've heard that neem may prevent them destroying everything (I have some neem + diatomaceous earth solution) so I'll try it and see how it goes.
Hey Huw. I've sown purple sprouting broccoli early September last year and I had a very nice crop in May and June this year! Also, I didnt get a chance to cut down the plants and one of them is flowering again now!! 😮 So I'll have another crop in a week or so.
This time I sown some seeds second half of July, but I didn't get a chance to repot them yet, so they're too small 🤦🏻♀️ so God knows what I'll get next year 😂😂
I always make note of 'What to sow now ' then completely forget to sow them...duh! I have time today to sow much of what you've mentioned...just checking my seed box.
Thanks Huw x
First part of your comment makes me laugh 😅
Same! haha
All these suggestions are very specific to your unique temperate climate. I live in Wisconsin, northern midwest usa, so temps are 30s in the summer and negative 30 in the winter at times zone 4, so believe it or not, my kale is dead by christmas typically but everything bolts in summer
Me too, here in Nova Scotia 🙄. Such a bummer. Wish it was more moderate here. But we do cover with plastic so kale keeps going until December and starts up again in March. Parsley, lettuce and spinach overwinter under there well too.
WELCOME BACK HUW!!!!! We missed you while you were out on break.
Thx for this amazing video. We must consider zones while absorbing your advice. One commenter mentioned that it's not too late to plant carrots however, you are sharing cold frame and polythene visuals so thank you. I get it. You're appreciated!!!!!!❤
Hello from west coast of Ireland. So pleased to have accidentally found your channel. 👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👌🏻
I live in totally different zones than yours. Your abundant garden makes me wishes to buy a plot of land which is so expensive here😢.
Nothing is impossible.. follow your dream/destiny. I wish you all the best❤️🌱🍃🌿
Ooo I’m on time
You never seem to have any insect or slug damage, nor any fungus disease.If I grew Kohlrabi without a net, the white cabbage butterfly would ecimate the leaves with caterpillars, thousands of them. From Germany
I went out every 2-3 days and inspected the leaves for yellow eggs and removed them. Prevented a lot of them just from that. I would check for worms and pinch them off. I found growing nasturtium right next to these crops really seemed to help. You can use a net but still check that under the net. There’s a spray called BT spray that is harmless to us but shuts down worm digestion if they start to eat the leaves. It really minimizes the damage. It’s really about being diligent and checking them. If they are neglected that’s when the cabbage worm takes over.
There's no slugs in Wales due to Drakefords new speed limits
@@elmafudd5645 LOL 🤣🤣🤣
Nice! Thank you*
most of my pok choi, cauliflower, radish, cabbages basically everything is being eaten by caterpillars, help
Your green vegetables are so nicely grown and mine wasn't like that , what is solution to grow clean and nice ?
This year on my plots has been a nightmare!. A grow in the northwest of England, we,very had drought now drowning. We are now overrun with slugs and snails and catapillars, beetroot haven't grown, turnips plug plants eaten, a few beans are now growing after the third sowing. And we now have blight on the plots. I grow the no big way and spread about 3 tons of home made compost on plots. But this year has left me speechless. We have our annual veg show in two weeks, and we're wondering if anyone will have anything to show?. Very envious of your success in grows clean and beautiful veg. I seem to remember you published a book, is it still avaliable? And how much? And how do I get one. Cheers .
A similar experience to mine in Notlob, going to try winter spinach and more kale last throw of the dice
Same in Ireland, 3 weeks of drought followed by 5 weeks of monsoon rain! Fingers crossed for a late summer 🙏
I'm in northwest too,got my back garden and mostly veg are planted in container,all are slowly growing and got lots of slugs and snails compared last yr,they all eaten the leaves of my seedlings and not giving a chance to let it grow more,got leaf miners problem too...first time to plant something for overwinter,hopefully will get good crops next yr
@@jonnyreggae100 can we grow leaf beet spinach or perpetual spinach (Erbette) this time of year. Every spinach we've grown has withstood snow and heavy rain.
Last time we had to actually plant seeds for this was a good few years ago, it's lasted well but unable to recall whether we did it with our late summer seeding or early-mid autumn seeding. Any advice would be valued immensely re fog-brain lol.
I’m I’m trying, it will survive over winter unless it’s very cold
Just a question of getting them going- it’s raining again here
Slugs are winning but leaf beet is pretty tough once it gets going
How come you never seem to have to take off netting 😂... It's like pests completely avoid your garden 😢
Right!?
Some great suggestions so thank you very much Huw. Kind regards. Gary
I am not familiar with ANY of the of the three leafy greens you mentioned: But the first eludes me. Is the LATIN "Plutonia" or was it "Flutonia"? I assumed that was the Latin, but I can find NAUGHT on any leafy green so named. It seems conclusive that I misheard. Could you please correct me/and or add a list of the plants above, for those of us who are likewise linguistically challenged? Thank you. [Later EDIT] I image searched the plant which followed your words, and it says this is Claytonia perfoliata, commonly known as miner's lettuce, Indian lettuce, or winter purslane, is a flowering plant in the family Montiaceae., which APPARENTLY is a different plant than the "lamb's lettuce" (listed second), as Google says the latter is Valerianella locusta, commonly called mâche or mache; common cornsalad; or lamb's lettuce, is a small, herbaceous, annual flowering plant in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae. I rather assumed the photos was "lamb's lettuce", but it seems that, too, was incorrect. IF anyone (Besides Huw) could educate me, it would be greatly appreciated. Again, thanks.
as well as the usual staples, I like to grow crops with a story; peas and beans developed 200 years ago in the local area, native American trail of tears beans etc. after watching an earlier video I managed to source some Rhondda black runner beans, and in this video i see huw is growing Ceredigion variety (which seems to be available in Ireland!) any ideas about relative taste?
Just curious, do you sell your beautiful vegetables and flowers at market? ❤
What kind of soft close hinges did you use for this hoop bed Huw?
Ooohhhh….tatsoi……I tended my seedlings with love, planted them out in a bed which has historically been a slug free zone….carefully protected….ALL eaten!😱
and .. thats gardening :) many blessings!
Me too!
Huw where can you buy seed potatoes in August in Ireland. Love your programmes.
if you can’t get your hands on any seed potatoes, shop bought ones work just fine! make sure they’re organic and let them chit before planting out
Was that Reisetomate? I'm growing those this year.
Translates as Travelling Tomato. It's a "tear and share" type, from what I understand.
I believe it was.
I grew them last year. Great fun to pull off a lobe to munch whilst working in the polytunnel. 🤗
I wonder if it would be too complicated for Huw to describe this from more of an international perspective. Like, if you’re in zone such and such you could sow this or that now. I think it must be or he’d be doing it for his viewers around the globe. Just a thought. Still, a great video though some of what he describes doesn’t apply to my climate…
that's a great idea!
? He told you he’s in Zone 8 in this video.
See im looking to try veg for over the winter but I don't like onions or raddish or spring onion but love cabbage sprouts broccoli cauliflower runner beans swede. From what's ive been reading the only thing that will finish this side of Christmas is potatoes,is this correct??
Very interesting
Can you directly plant seed in the ground rather than pots
Yep!
Everything that i had growing has been decimated by slugs and snails, the non stop rain and poor weather really took its toll this year.
I wish someone would do a what to sow for a zone 2 not the warm zones.
Yikes! That’s chilly. What about kale, cilantro, lettuce, spinach, peas, cabbage. All cold hardy and a bit of plastic can keep things going longer.
@@spoolsandbobbins Thanks. I will give them a try!
I‘d switch to hunting seals 😂😂😂 Just kidding, sorry! That is COLD! I‘d be very curious to hat grows successfully ☺️
Gardening In Canada has recs for around zone 3
I always love your videos. From SE Texas
austrian sythes. I've got one love it. great garden. thank you
Yep!,basically have been good, though a little munched. Lots of things have bolted😢,onions of course, garlic,beetroot and even my chard which had been a real surprise.
Good morning from Ontario Canada 🇨🇦!
Sow nothing here in 100 degree heat as you are waisting your time, wait for September. Relax and enjoy the sun, plenty time to grow new crops for Christmas.
When should spaghetti squash be harvested (mine still look like the one at the beginning of this video)?
Also wondering this!
Everything I'm sowing outside is being destroyed by flea beetle... I've had to resort back to sowing in greenhouse 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤷♀️
@kreativekatevlog Try dusting the plants with basalt rock powder (Urgesteinsmehl in Germany). It really helps against flea beetles. Just make sure to replenish it after each rain shower
@ingela1767 I put diatomaceous earth around new seedlings but unfortunately with all the rain we've been having its been hard to keep on top of it. I have several things growing well in green house so hopefully soon the plants will be strong enough to withstand those little plant munchers 😊
@@kreativekatevlog I totally get that. It has been raining everyday here as well, which, unfortunatelly has led to an explosion in slug numbers... Good luck with your baby plants!
My radishes have been completely wiped out by flea beetle. I’ve put 2 yellow sticky traps which have caught a lot but I should have done more. I don’t understand how you can grow brassica outdoors without net protection from cabbage butterflies. I’ve hundreds trying to get in and they even then they lay thru the netting. I cover everything and don’t have any tunnels but join canes together with plastic bottles then cover with scaffold netting. Last year I covered the carrots with netting but even then caterpillars ate all the tops so now I buy them. 🙄
What I found works against them is mix sieved wood ash with insecticide powder, and sift a fine layer of it around and ON your plants, early morning while there is still dew on the leaves. No, it doesn't burn them.
You can use just the ashes, or ash+fine rock powder as well. You'll have to repeat after every rain, sadly.
If I plant peas or sugar snaps now in raised bed, open to the elements? Just moved in, cauliflower overwinter for April? Any tips please
I second this!
can we do cauliflower to eat over winter then? for 'christmas' type thing?
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Is Kohlrabi actually worth it? I heard that it’s just essentially broccoli stem? 🤙🏻👍🏻
Actually, I think it's worth it. It's like a small cabagge, but tastes even better. I love it!
Absolutely worth it. Very delicious, similar to broccoli stem maybe a little crisper.
The leaves sauted are wonderful
Crunchy with a fresher flavour than broccoli stems. Great raw in a salad, for example
in Germany we sometimes eat it like a carrot. it tastes like a sweet cabbage
i have autumn king carrots transplanted , they are okay through autumn until winter right ?
Yes, but you don't transplant carrots.
I wish my veg looked half as good as yours
The camera may not show the bad ones, just sayin'...
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Thanks!
That was great! Thanks!
What does 'run to seed' mean?
It means the plant starts flowering and then producing seeds. In many plants we want that of course, because we eat the fruit, such as tomatoes or courgettes. However, leafy greens it often means the leaves become tough or change taste and the plant becomes basically inedible for us 😅
I hope that helps 😊
What about celery in hightunnel
Is that Galaxy NOTE in ur pocket ?
Or are you just pleased to see me?
I've got a question, which someone might know the answer to. Last year I grew yellow French beans. I saved the seed and sowed and planted them this year. Only this year they are purple. As far as I know French beans do not cross pollinate, so I was expecting yellow ones again this year. My neighbour on the plot next to me at my allotment did grow purple ones but the plants were a good 20m apart. Not one of the plants is yellow, they are all purple. Any clues?
Likely you planted a hybrid or F1 bean initially
Means the next generation isn’t true to type, you get a throw back to one of the ‘parent’ plants that were cross bred to make the hybrid bean
@@abbycomery4829 you made a good point, so I checked where I got the seeds from in 2022 and they are open pollinated. However they do say on their website that that particular variety can stay green depending on soil type. I will write to them to see what they say.
French beans do cross pollinate…
@@cecileblase9588 Thank you
nice
I didn’t know Jack Whitehall loved gardening
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💚 Thanks Huw. Your garden looks SO beautiful, as always!💚
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