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["wenshidi@yahoo.co.uk" <wenshidi@yahoo.co.uk>]

This blog is blocked where I am but I would really appreciate if someone 
could repost as i am going to HK tmrw to do some shopping for winter veg 
seeds.

Thx very much in advance.

Chris



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An interesting and informational blog from Pakistan. I found this in
the Fukuoka-Farming mailing list.

Farming & Agriculture: Top 10 vegetables to grow over winter
http://pakagri.blogspot.com/2008/11/top-10-vegetables-to-grow-over-winter.html

Farming & Agriculture
http://www.pakagri.blogspot.com/
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On 9/26/2011 6:08 AM, wenshidi@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> This blog is blocked where I am but I would really appreciate if
> someone could repost as i am going to HK tmrw to do some shopping for
> winter veg seeds.

1 BROAD BEANS
I always autumn-sow broad beans. As well as having more time than I do
in spring, it stops nutrients leaching through otherwise fallow soil,
which allows its structure to deteriorate. They are ready a good month
earlier than those sown in April, and they don't get black fly. If the
beans are in an exposed position and grow too tall (above a foot ) over
winter, they can wave around and split just above ground level, so put
in canes or sticks and string if necessary. Good autumn varieties are
Aquadulce Claudia (AGM) and Super Aquadulce. Don't forget, broad bean
tops are delicious wilted with butter. If you pick out some tops to cook
before the pods are formed you will delay pod production, which can help
stagger your crop. Small pods are delicious cooked and eaten whole.
2 ASPARAGUS
Asparagus varieties are now available for autumn planting, which helps
them establish that bit quicker. Thompson & Morgan is offering Ariane,
Guelph Millennium, Pacific 2000 and Purple Pacific. Although a common
perception is that asparagus beds are hard work, in my experience if you
get the bed weed-free, as with other perennial vegetables, they take far
less work than annual vegetables. You do wait for two years before you
can cut them, but it is a small price to pay for a gourmet extravaganza.
3 PEAS AND PEA SHOOTS
For a late spring crop, it's worth trying sowing seeds now, especially
in mild areas. If you sow direct into the ground, plant them one inch
deep and relatively closely at about one inch apart, to make up for a
higher loss rate.
Plant in groups of three lines all 12in apart to form thick rows, and
make each thick row 18in apart. With peas, don't forget the pea shoots
are tasty: just pick off the tips and add to stir fries and salads for
that intense, delicious fresh pea flavour. Meteor is a first early
variety and overwinters well. To speed up germination, put seeds on a
wet kitchen towel on a plate and sow (in modules) when the root starts
to develop.

4 GARLIC
This is the easiest crop to grow. Plant the cloves individually to a
depth of 2.5in deep on light soils and a lot less deep on heavy soils,
but always a minimum of one inch below the surface. The distance should
be about one foot apart each way. If you suffered from rust this year,
in addition to rotation try hoeing in sulphate of potash in February/March.
Otherwise, spraying with a sulphur-based compound helps. Solent Wight is
a trusty variety (stores well and has large cloves), but this year I am
putting in a new variety, Province. It is available from The Garlic Farm
(www.thegarlicfarm.co.uk) and has huge cloves.
5 ONIONS, SPRING ONIONS AND SHALLOTS
There are quite a few varieties of onions from sets that can go in now.
This is the easiest way to grow onions, and they can be harvested
earlier on in the year. Electric is a good red set, Radar a good yellow
and Shakespeare is a highly reliable white. Sow some spring onions now:
White Lisbon Winter Hardy (from T&M) is a good one. Many garden centres
have shallots available for planting now, Jermor is out there already -
normally I plant these in December or after Christmas, but I will pop
some in and see. Shallots, with their sweet, subtle flavour, are
becoming trendier, and they store well.
6 WINTER LETTUCE
My cut-and-come again varieties, such as Niche Mixed, were sown a few
weeks ago. But you can still sow a really hardy variety, Meraviglia
d'Inverno San Martino, and plant it out under fleece or a perforated
polythene sheet. I have picked it right through the winter in previous
years, and in milder winters left it unprotected once it establishes.
Winter Gem is a good new variety from T&M, and can be sown right through
the winter till January in a cold frame.
7 LAMBS LETTUCE
This is a good filler: it's undemanding, easy to grow and useful for
bulking out the salad bowl. It is useful in that it does not need high
light levels and tolerates low temperatures, and so can be sown up until
the end of October outside; it can be picked until December or into the
new year with some fleece or milder weather. It can be a cut and come
again or left as a singleton. If you are short of space, you could
broadcast some in between your spring cabbage plants. Seeds of Italy
(www.seedsofitaly.com) offers Verte de Cambrai and D'Olanda; T&M offers
Cavallo.
8 SPINACH
This is another vegetable that is very popular now. We pick it younger
and just wilt the leaves rather than ruin it with overcooking. Great in
salads, too. Useful varieties that will tolerate being sown now until
the end of October are Riccio d'Asti and Merlo Nero (Seeds of Italy).
The big advantage of autumn sowing is that there is no tendency to bolt.
9 SUGARSNAP PEAS
Although not usually known for sowing now, if you choose a variety such
as Snow Pea Gigante Svizzero (Seeds of Italy) you can get slow growth
(as with all the peas) over winter to produce a crop of smallish, edible
pods earlier next year. Sugarsnap peas are a firm favourite of mine: you
get far more of that great fresh pea flavour than you do from just using
the pea, and they are highly versatile.
10 SPRING CABBAGE
If you ring around your local garden centres, you might well find some
spring cabbage plants left. Plant 12in apart each way and earth up the
soil around their stems after they have got going to help them against
the cold. If it gets icy in colder areas, fleece or cloches can help.
You can thin early plants for spring greens and leave the rest to heart
up. Watch out for pigeons.
Original Post Here:
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