I planted a row of radishes fairly early on, all have now grown to full
size. I have eaten some, but others have started to rot - they are
brown/black inside and some have had crawly things in them ! I presume I
have left in the ground too long.
Anyway, I plan to dig the rest up, eating what I can but binning the
rest. Is there anything that can be planted in their place at this late
stage ?? Or have a missed the boat ?/ When does garic generally go in ?

NC wrote:
[...]
When does garic generally go in ?

Too late now, I'm afraid. You can put some early ones in in October
(not earlier, or it'll try to grow too soon), but the main planting is
in winter -- late January. One school of thought, which I always
believed blindly, says plant on the shortest day, but I can't remember
the upshot of discussions we've had here. Note, while I'm here, that
you may not get decent results from supermarket garlic: that's from
varieties suitable for Spain, so you have to get cricket-playing
British-style bulbs from the garden centre.

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Mike.

One school of thought, which I always
: believed blindly, says plant on the shortest day,

Naaaaaaaaa you have to plant in autumn so that the garlic has started
growing and has a hard cold winter to go through (this year for the first
time in decades)..imo
Gardening in Plymouth www.rraa.moonfruit.com

More radishes; lettuce, broad beans, spinach, cabbage, broccoli,
cauliflower, peas, beetroot, runner beans, French beans, will all be
fine planted now.You could even plant some potatoes.

It's usual to plant at staggered intervals so that cropping spans a
longer period.


I think I might go for spinach, however many of my other veg appear to
have little holes in the leaves and I fear that any spinach would go
the same way. The others are mainly root veg, so I dont see the leaf
holes as an issue; but spinach would be another matter.

Any ideas what would be causing this ?? We eat a good amount of
spinach, so growing it would be a great idea.

I know I should have staggered the planting - this is my first year
growing veg so I'm learning all the time ! I've also planted sprouting
broc, carrots, beetroot, parsnips, potatoes and have a couple of
rhubarb crowns growing madly. Most are root veg so will store when
ready to harvest.

Robert wrote:
One school of thought, which I always
: believed blindly, says plant on the shortest day,

Naaaaaaaaa you have to plant in autumn so that the garlic has started
growing and has a hard cold winter to go through (this year for the first
time in decades)..imo
Gardening in Plymouth www.rraa.moonfruit.com

Joy Larkcom agrees with you. Apparently some varieties actually need
four to six weeks below freezing to break dormancy. Thanks for inducing
me to look it up.

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Mike.

writes
More radishes; lettuce, broad beans, spinach, cabbage, broccoli,
cauliflower, peas, beetroot, runner beans, French beans, will all be
fine planted now.You could even plant some potatoes.

It's usual to plant at staggered intervals so that cropping spans a
longer period.


I think I might go for spinach, however many of my other veg appear to
have little holes in the leaves and I fear that any spinach would go
the same way. The others are mainly root veg, so I dont see the leaf
holes as an issue; but spinach would be another matter.

Why? Spinach cooks down to a pulp - you wouldn't even see the holes!


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Kay