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This video explains which vegetable seeds can be sown in late summer and how to plant them successfully for strong growth and reliable harvests.
I cover suitable crops for cooler conditions, sowing depth, spacing, and simple care tips that help seedlings establish before temperatures drop. These methods work in garden beds, raised beds, and containers.
Ideal for gardeners wanting to extend their growing season and make the most of late summer planting opportunities.
This video can support articles about late summer vegetable planting, seeds to sow before autumn, extending the growing season, crop planning, and beginner gardening advice.
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What seeds can you sew in August for a
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autumn crop? Welcome to Gardening with
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Ben. And in today's video, we're going
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to share with you the seeds that you can
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sew this month in August ready for
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growing throughout the autumn period.
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So, make sure you've got a notebook and
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make a note of this. Also, click the
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save button to save it to watch back
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later. and feel free to share it to
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anybody into a lotment groups, gardening
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groups, so that more people get sewing
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this month. So, first up on the list is
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Christmas potatoes. Now, Christmas
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potatoes are amazing. Before they didn't
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used to have seed potatoes at this year,
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but it's getting more and more popular
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to grow Christmas potatoes. So, have a
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look online, look in the garden centers,
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and purchase some Christmas potatoes.
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Now what you need to do is you need to
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sew them in tubs inside a poly tunnel as
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the cold will kill them when it gets to
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late September, October time when the
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late nights and the cold nights get
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frosty and you don't want them killing
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off the plants. So sew them in tubs and
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keep them in the poly tunnel. Keep them
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watered and you will be harvesting a
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crop at Christmas time.
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Next up is beetroot. Now you need a fast
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growing variety because the warmer
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weather is starting to go towards the
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end of August, September time. So you
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need a fast variety that will grow like
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bolt tarde which is absolutely amazing.
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Next up is radish. Now radish always
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grows really fast. So, if you're wanting
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to add something to your salads, sew
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some radish and you will be able to get
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some great crops in just a few weeks.
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Next up is spring onion. Now, spring
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onion will grow fast. If you sew some
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now, you will be harvesting them pretty
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soon. They don't take ages to grow.
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Hopefully, you'll get a harvest by end
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of September, October time, and you will
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be able to have them in salads. They
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might not be massive, but you will
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certainly get a good crop of spring
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onions.
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Next up is turnips. Now turnips are
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quite fast at growing. So you'll be able
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to harvest them around the end of
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October, November time. So if you want
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if you love your turnips, get some sewn
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because now is the perfect time to grow
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your turnips.
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Next up is spinach. Now spinach usually
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likes to bolt during the hot weather
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time. So as it's starting hopefully
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it'll start cooling down towards the end
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of August time. But you can sew some
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spinach now and you will be able to keep
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getting continuous leaves for your meals
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if you like spinach. Next up is lettuce.
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Now you need to pick a a late variety of
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seeds if you're wanting to grow some.
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There's plenty of winter varieties of
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lettuce out there. So if you wanting
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some lettuce before the end of the year,
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get sewing some now and you will be able
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to get some winter lettuce. Next up is
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pack choy. that I've never actually
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tried growing myself. But I might give
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it a try this month and see how we get
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on with it. See if we get some good
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crops from it and see what it tastes
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like as I've never tasted pack choy
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either. So yeah, if you're wanting to
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try something new, give it a try and let
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me know how you get on. Up another one
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that I've not tried, but I have ordered
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some seeds. So we're going to give it a
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try this August time because I don't
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usually grow much through the winter
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period. Usually, it's just like garlic
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and Christmas potatoes. But next up is
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Chinese cabbage. Now, this sounds very
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nice and it's good for the colder
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weather. It's good for um through the
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autumn winter period. So, if you're
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wanting to try something, give it a try
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and let's grow together and see if we
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can get some Chinese cabbages growing.
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And last up is kale. Now, kale can grow
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through the winter period. It is a tough
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plant and you can get great crops from
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it throughout the winter period. So if
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you're wanting to try something, give
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kale a go. It's a great vegetable and it
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can be used in many ways and it tastes
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absolutely delicious as well. So give it
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a try and try kale and see how you get
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on. Now I just mentioned garlic. We
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won't be planting our garlic till
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October time. So, if you're wanting to
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get ready, get some ordered and get it
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ready for planting out in October. So,
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this has been your video sharing with
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you what you can sew in August. And
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yeah, like I said, feel free to share it
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out and give it a save. Leave a comment
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below and let me know what you're sewing
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this month down at the alotment garden.
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Until next time, everyone, remember,
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keep smiling, keep shining, and keep
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gardening. Bad ass one.
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