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What vegetables can you plant in
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September for a lotments and gardens for
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growing throughout the autumn and winter
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period and into the springtime? Welcome
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to Gardening with Ben. We're going to
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share with you what you can. So, this
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month, September, ready for growing
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through the autumn and the winter
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periods. So, first up on the list is
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spinach. Now, if you're growing spinach,
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you can grow fast varieties and make
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sure you get a hardy variety so that it
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can grow throughout the colder periods
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in the ground. So, first up was spinach.
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Next up is lettuce, and it needs to be a
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hardy variety as well. Look for winter
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varieties like Arctic King, which can be
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grown outside during the colder weather.
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Next up is radish. Radish is a fast
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growing vegetable. So you may be able to
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get a harvest before the cold weather
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and the frosts appear. So if you get it
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in fast, get it growing and hopefully a
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harvest before the cold weather. Next up
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is turnips. Another fast growing
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vegetable which will be ready in the
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autumn time, ready for those stews. Next
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up is pack choy. Again, you might be
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able to get some harvests off before the
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cold weather comes and before the frost
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arrives, which will kill it off. So if
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you wanted to get something in fast, get
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some pack choy to give it a try. Next up
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is rocket and any other salad leaves.
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Again, like I said, get it in now before
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the frost comes. You'll be able to get
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some harvests off it before the frost
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comes and kills the plants off, but get
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some in now and you can be harvesting it
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all the way up to the first frost, which
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might not be until end of October. So
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see if you're lucky and get some salad
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leaves growing. vegetables that you can
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grow indoors. If you've got a poly
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tunnel, if you've got a greenhouse and
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you plan on continuing growing
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throughout the winter period, these are
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the vegetables to give a try. First up
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is carrots. Now, it needs to be an early
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variety of carrot. You'll probably be
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able to get some baby carrots around
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springtime. So, if you've got a poly
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tunnel or greenhouse and you've got
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raised beds in it or you're going to
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grow them in containers, give it a try
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and see if you can get some carrots
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growing. Next up is beetroot. Now, you
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won't get any beetroot because uh it's
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not the sort of time to grow the
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beetroot, but you'll be able to get some
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beetroot leaves and you can use them in
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the salads. You can actually eat
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beetroot leaves. So, if you're wanting
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to add some vibrant color to your
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salads, get growing some beetroot leaves
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and yeah, see what they turn out like.
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Next up is herbs. Now, the only two
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herbs that you can grow indoors in the
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cooler periods are parsley and
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coriander. So, if you're wanting to keep
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those spices flowing throughout the
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autumn period and the winter period to
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add to your spice rack, try growing
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parsley and coriander and dry it out and
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use it in your meals. And last but not
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least, what you need to start thinking
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about ordering ready for planting in
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October or towards the end of September
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are garlic, which I usually say
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obviously order it either online uh the
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actual garlic bulbs or go to a
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garden center or if you're planning on
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growing a supermarket varieties, stick
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to the UK varieties as obviously they're
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used to the UK climates when they've
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So you've better chance of growing them
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in the UK. Don't get any from any exotic
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countries as they may not necessarily
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grow here well in the UK. Next up is
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onions. Now these need to be the autumn
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bulb variety which are winter hardy and
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grow out throughout the winter period
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and they usually ready around June time.
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So have a look around. Most garden
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centers will be selling them. They're
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usually in a little bag and you get
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plenty of sets in them. Usually about
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between 50 and 100 bulbs and yeah, get
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them planted end of September, beginning
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of October. And last but not least is
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Again, another onion variety. Start
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thinking about planting them towards the
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end of September into October, ready for
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growing throughout the winter period,
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ready for harvesting around June time.
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a little joke to end up with, but I hope
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Until next time everyone, remember keep
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