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This video explains succession planting and how sowing crops at intervals helps provide a steady supply of fresh vegetables. I cover planning sowing times, spacing, crop rotation ideas, and simple scheduling methods that improve productivity and reduce gaps in harvests. It is helpful for gardeners wanting longer harvest periods and a more organised growing plan throughout the season.
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successional planting welcome to
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Gardening with Ben today we're going to
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talk about successional planting now
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this is a perfect time to be starting
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successional planting if you started all
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your plants around March April time from
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seed etc you will be getting harvests
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coming soon like your radishes your peas
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your lettuce they'll all start producing
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soon so what you need to do is start
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some marov start some mar seeds off
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ready for the months ahead and they can
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fill in gaps where you've been
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harvesting your vegetables
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already you'll be harvesting your
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garlics and your winter onions around
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now so there'll be spaces to fill in so
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there's certain plants that you can
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start now which will still produce and
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still get harvests from so the certain
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things that you can grow will be like
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beetroot spring onions chard lettuce
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runner beans there's so many things that
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you can still start now and we have done
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a video on that if you've not checked
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out what can be sewn in June go and
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check that video out and you will be
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able to find out all the things that you
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can grow and keeping things growing
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throughout the year at intervals we'll
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keep getting you harvests throughout the
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year so you could start some off now and
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then start some more off in August and
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you'll still be harvesting around
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October into November before the cold
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frost weather comes and you'll be able
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to get some great vegetables growing as
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well as like you'll be harvesting your
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potatoes soon get some more potatoes in
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now they'll take about 20 weeks in the
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ground so you can get some more potatoes
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in now obviously not many shops sell
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seed potatoes around now but I've grown
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them from supermarket potatoes yes you
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can get diseases easily but I've had
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fantastic crops from supermarket
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potatoes and for your Christmas potatoes
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you'll be wanting to sew them in August
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but you'll want to sew them in tubs and
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have them outside and then bring them
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into the greenhouse or poly tunnel
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around end of October November time
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because the cold weather will kill them
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off so you need to keep them in the poly
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tunnel until Christmas time and that is
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when you will be harvesting them so if
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you're wanting successional growing get
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things sewn now and you will continue
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that harvest all the way through the
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year and keep vegetables growing that is
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how I keep my beds filled all the year
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round so that there's something that I
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can always pick and harvest as things
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will be ready at different times of year
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unfortunately things aren't all ready at
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the same time so you'll be harvesting
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all at the different periods of time
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radish is a great one as well if you've
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got room for radish sprinkle some in
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between the gaps of vegetables and you
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will get some radish harvests as well uh
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there's always things that can fill gaps
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in and spaces and just keep on sewing
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that is all I say like spring onions are
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a good one as well and obviously lettuce
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you don't want them all to be ready at
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the same time cuz they all end up
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tending to be ready at the same time and
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they'll all bolt at the same time if you
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don't pick them in time so sew lettuce
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every few weeks and you will get
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harvests all the way through the year
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and you can always do with lettuce in
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your salads and your sandwiches it's
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always a good one to have so if you're
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wanting harvest throughout the year keep
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successional growing and keep sewing on
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a regular basis for those harvests all
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the way through the year and for
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delicious crops in your a lotments and
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gardens so I hope you've enjoyed that
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video on successional growing make sure
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you give us a follow to stay up to date
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with all our videos down here at the a
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lotment until next time everyone
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remember keep smiling keep shining and
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keep gardening with Ben two one
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