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This video explains which vegetables can still be sown in late summer and how planting later affects growth and harvests.
It covers suitable crops, timing and simple methods to keep gardens productive beyond the main growing season. Late sowing can extend harvests and make better use of garden space.
Suitable for gardens, raised beds, containers and small growing spaces.
Suitable for UK and international gardeners in temperate climates.
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What vegetables can you plant in August?
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Well, we're halfway through August and
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if you've not sewn these plants, you can
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still sew them now as obviously it might
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start getting cooler now. Who knows, we
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could have another heat wave. But these
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are the vegetables that you can sew this
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month down at your a lotment or in the
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garden. So, let's get a notepad and jot
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down all these what you can grow. First
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up is lettuce. Now, the best variety to
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grow is the cut and come again lettuce.
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So that you can just keep snipping it
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off as and when you are ready to grow
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it. So don't grow the iceberg. Grow the
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cut and come again lettuce. Now next up
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is spinach. Another good vegetable to
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keep snipping off and using as and when
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you need it. And obviously now that is
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getting a bit cooler, it will grow
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better now rather than in the main
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summertime. Spring onion. Now, you need
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a winter hardy variety to grow at this
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time of year. So, have a look around,
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check your packets, make sure that it's
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a hardy variety, and get sewing some
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spring onion throughout the winter
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period. Next up is radish. A good fast
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growing vegetable. Now, you can be
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harvesting these in 8 weeks, as fast as
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that. So, if you wanting a quick crop,
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get some radish in now before it does
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start to get cooler. Next up is k robbi.
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Not something that I've tried before,
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but I'm always willing to give it a try.
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So, I may possibly sew some myself to
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see what they like and how they taste.
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I've never actually grown them myself.
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So, let me know in the comments if
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you've grown colabi before. Next up is
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pack choy. Another one which is where
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you can cut it and use it as and when
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you actually need to grow, eat it.
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Turnips. Another autumn winter veg that
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will grow fast. So if you want it in
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some turnips in your Sunday dinner, get
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sewing some now and you will be
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harvesting them later on in the year.
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Finally is corn salad. Another great
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variety to try. And yeah, there's a few
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there what you can try and see how you
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get on with. Now if you've got a poly
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tunnel or greenhouse, you can actually
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grow some things inside there throughout
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the winter period. And these are the
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ones that you can actually use to grow.
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Now up is a winter lettuce. So if you've
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got a poly tunnel or a greenhouse, get
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some winter lettuce in and keep them
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crops growing all the way through the
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winter period. Then you can actually try
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chard as well. Grow that indoors and
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keep that growing throughout the winter
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period until it gets really cold when
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it'll probably die off. But try giving
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chard a try and add that to your salads.
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Undercover is spring cabbage. Now, if
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you're wanting some cabbages in early
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springtime, get sewing them now to plant
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out and get growing. Vegetables that you
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can plant out now to get growing
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throughout the winter period. So, that's
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planting them outside. They need to be
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ready plants and these are first off are
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leaks. Leaks can grow through the winter
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period and you can get a great crop. The
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cold weather does help some of the
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plants grow. So, have a look at the
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varieties and you can grow some leaks
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through the winter period. Is kale. Kale
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is a fantastic hardy crop which can grow
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well in cold weather and keep that
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produce growing throughout all the
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winter period and it's absolutely
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delicious however you cook it and it
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will add some vegetables to your Sunday
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dinner as well. So there's a few
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varieties of kale. There's curly kale,
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there's purple kale, there's green kale,
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there's loads of varieties of kale out
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there. So give them a try and see which
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one is your favorite. Next up is autumn
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cauliflower. Now, obviously the name
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comes from it. It's an autumn variety.
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Get planting those out now and you can
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have some cauliflowers throughout the
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autumn period is Calibrize broccoli. Get
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planting that out now and you can keep
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the crops coming throughout the autumn
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and the winter period. So, those are the
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vegetables that you can plant in August.
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Give them a try. Let me know what you're
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trying down in your a lotment and your
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garden. And yeah, give us a follow to
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