I have vegetable bed that is clay soil. It hasn't been used for years.

Which vegetable can I plant in it at this time of year?

Steve

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Stephen Wolstenholme wrote in
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I have vegetable bed that is clay soil. It hasn't been used for years.

Which vegetable can I plant in it at this time of year?

Steve


Depends how big the plot is.
I would sow some first early potatoes NOW, to harvest in Nov. or Dec. and
also plant spring cabbage in 2 or 3 weeks time to harvest from March as
greens.
You will have to buy these from local sources, or from the internet.
You can also sow broad beans and peas in late November for a crop in June
next year.

Baz

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Stephen Wolstenholme wrote in
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I have vegetable bed that is clay soil. It hasn't been used for years.

Which vegetable can I plant in it at this time of year?

Steve


Depends how big the plot is.
I would sow some first early potatoes NOW, to harvest in Nov. or Dec.

iirc SW lives in Manchester, likely to have potatoes killed by frost
before then.

Janet

On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 12:33:14 +0100, Janet wrote:

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Stephen Wolstenholme wrote in
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I have vegetable bed that is clay soil. It hasn't been used for years.

Which vegetable can I plant in it at this time of year?

Steve


Depends how big the plot is.
I would sow some first early potatoes NOW, to harvest in Nov. or Dec.

iirc SW lives in Manchester, likely to have potatoes killed by frost
before then.

Janet

Actually I live about 10 miles South of Manchester in sunny, tropical
Cheshire

Steve

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I have vegetable bed that is clay soil. It hasn't been used for years.

Which vegetable can I plant in it at this time of year?


Plant them in tubs and move the tubs into your sunny tropical greenhouse
when the finishing of the tomatoes makes room for them, hopefully before the
first frost.

Steve

Plant them in tubs and move the tubs into your sunny tropical greenhouse
when the finishing of the tomatoes makes room for them, hopefully before
the first frost.

Steve

Nothing sunny or tropical in my bit of south cheshire today.
Pete - Nantwich

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On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 12:33:14 +0100, Janet wrote:

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Stephen Wolstenholme wrote in
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I have vegetable bed that is clay soil. It hasn't been used for years.

Which vegetable can I plant in it at this time of year?

Steve


Depends how big the plot is.
I would sow some first early potatoes NOW, to harvest in Nov. or Dec.

iirc SW lives in Manchester, likely to have potatoes killed by frost
before then.

Janet

Actually I live about 10 miles South of Manchester in sunny, tropical
Cheshire

and when is your first frost date? Because once it happens the
potatoes will lose all their leafy topgrowth and stop growing potatoes.

Janet

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Stephen Wolstenholme wrote in
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I have vegetable bed that is clay soil. It hasn't been used for years.

Which vegetable can I plant in it at this time of year?

Steve


Depends how big the plot is.
I would sow some first early potatoes NOW, to harvest in Nov. or Dec.

iirc SW lives in Manchester, likely to have potatoes killed by frost
before then.

Janet

NO. Don't start your negative "information"

Baz

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Janet wrote in news:MPG.2c6306599dfc5d1989912
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Stephen Wolstenholme wrote in
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I have vegetable bed that is clay soil. It hasn't been used for years.

Which vegetable can I plant in it at this time of year?

Steve


Depends how big the plot is.
I would sow some first early potatoes NOW, to harvest in Nov. or Dec.

iirc SW lives in Manchester, likely to have potatoes killed by frost
before then.

Janet

NO. Don't start your negative "information"

YES

http://www.keirg.freeserve.co.uk/diary/tech/frost.htm

Janet

On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:53:21 +0100, Janet wrote:

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On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 12:33:14 +0100, Janet wrote:

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Stephen Wolstenholme wrote in
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I have vegetable bed that is clay soil. It hasn't been used for years.

Which vegetable can I plant in it at this time of year?

Steve


Depends how big the plot is.
I would sow some first early potatoes NOW, to harvest in Nov. or Dec.

iirc SW lives in Manchester, likely to have potatoes killed by frost
before then.

Janet

Actually I live about 10 miles South of Manchester in sunny, tropical
Cheshire

and when is your first frost date? Because once it happens the
potatoes will lose all their leafy topgrowth and stop growing potatoes.

Janet

I've no idea and neither does anyone else. The Met Office don't know
either.

Steve

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iirc SW lives in Manchester, likely to have potatoes killed by frost
before then.

NO. Don't start your negative "information"

YES

http://www.keirg.freeserve.co.uk/diary/tech/frost.htm

And remember that is average. The earliest frost hard enough to
kill potatoes that I have seen in Cambridge was in early September,
and the latest in January.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:53:21 +0100, Janet wrote:

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On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 12:33:14 +0100, Janet wrote:

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Stephen Wolstenholme wrote in
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I have vegetable bed that is clay soil. It hasn't been used for years.

Which vegetable can I plant in it at this time of year?

Steve


Depends how big the plot is.
I would sow some first early potatoes NOW, to harvest in Nov. or Dec.

iirc SW lives in Manchester, likely to have potatoes killed by frost
before then.

Janet

Actually I live about 10 miles South of Manchester in sunny, tropical
Cheshire

and when is your first frost date? Because once it happens the
potatoes will lose all their leafy topgrowth and stop growing potatoes.

Janet

I've no idea and neither does anyone else. The Met Office don't know
either.

Gardeners first and last frost dates mean, the date at which you can
(roughly) anticpate frost in your area and plan accordingly.

http://www.keirg.freeserve.co.uk/diary/tech/frost.htm

Janet

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Janet wrote:
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iirc SW lives in Manchester, likely to have potatoes killed by frost
before then.

NO. Don't start your negative "information"

YES

http://www.keirg.freeserve.co.uk/diary/tech/frost.htm

And remember that is average. The earliest frost hard enough to
kill potatoes that I have seen in Cambridge was in early September,
and the latest in January.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Lucky you, just south of Stoke-n-Trent we had a frost early June that
finished off half the spuds in our allotment, the other half were untouched.

On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 19:01:51 +0100, Janet wrote:

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On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:53:21 +0100, Janet wrote:

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On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 12:33:14 +0100, Janet wrote:

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Stephen Wolstenholme wrote in
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I have vegetable bed that is clay soil. It hasn't been used for years.

Which vegetable can I plant in it at this time of year?

Steve


Depends how big the plot is.
I would sow some first early potatoes NOW, to harvest in Nov. or Dec.

iirc SW lives in Manchester, likely to have potatoes killed by frost
before then.

Janet

Actually I live about 10 miles South of Manchester in sunny, tropical
Cheshire

and when is your first frost date? Because once it happens the
potatoes will lose all their leafy topgrowth and stop growing potatoes.

Janet

I've no idea and neither does anyone else. The Met Office don't know
either.

Gardeners first and last frost dates mean, the date at which you can
(roughly) anticpate frost in your area and plan accordingly.

http://www.keirg.freeserve.co.uk/diary/tech/frost.htm

Janet

That's based on a year before 1930. The weather isn't the same every
year.

Steve



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Stephen Wolstenholme wrote in
:

I have vegetable bed that is clay soil. It hasn't been used for years.

Which vegetable can I plant in it at this time of year?

Steve


Depends how big the plot is.
I would sow some first early potatoes NOW, to harvest in Nov. or Dec.

iirc SW lives in Manchester, likely to have potatoes killed by frost
before then.

Janet

Actually I live about 10 miles South of Manchester in sunny, tropical
Cheshire

and when is your first frost date? Because once it happens the
potatoes will lose all their leafy topgrowth and stop growing potatoes.

Janet

I've no idea and neither does anyone else. The Met Office don't know
either.

Gardeners first and last frost dates mean, the date at which you can
(roughly) anticpate frost in your area and plan accordingly.

http://www.keirg.freeserve.co.uk/diary/tech/frost.htm

Janet

That's based on a year before 1930. The weather isn't the same every
year.

Then in answer to your original question, I suggest now would be a
great time for you to plant bananas. Baz is the banana expert.

Janet