I'm a newbie veg grower. I have been busy on other garden & DIY
projects this year and was starting to think I might be too late to
plant some veg. this year (potatoes, carrots, green beans).
But might this wet period work in my favour?

What if I waited for the ground to dry out a bit and planted then?

Bruce

wrote:
I'm a newbie veg grower. I have been busy on other garden & DIY
projects this year and was starting to think I might be too late to
plant some veg. this year (potatoes, carrots, green beans).
But might this wet period work in my favour?

What if I waited for the ground to dry out a bit and planted then?

Bruce

What use will they be if you don't plant them, go on give it a try,
you've nothing to lose.

bruce_phipps wrote ...
I'm a newbie veg grower. I have been busy on other garden & DIY
projects this year and was starting to think I might be too late to
plant some veg. this year (potatoes, carrots, green beans).
But might this wet period work in my favour?

What if I waited for the ground to dry out a bit and planted then?

There are potatoes that are grown late for Christmas cropping so give it a
try.
Carrots are OK, we plant successionally anyway.
Beans should still give a crop, just late.
Don't leave it much longer though.

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
17mls W. of London.UK

On 29 Jun, 14:52, " bruce_phi...@my-
deja.com wrote:
I'm a newbie veg grower. I have been busy on other garden & DIY
projects this year and was starting to think I might be too late to
plant some veg. this year (potatoes, carrots, green beans).
But might this wet period work in my favour?

What if I waited for the ground to dry out a bit and planted then?

Bruce

Here is a link about christmas new potatoes

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening...gkitchen07.xml

And here's another one with pics just to illustrate it really does get results.

http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/plant_...sow_august.asp

In article , (Bob
Hobden) wrote:

Beans should still give a crop, just late.

Yes, early July is my time for sowing dwarf beans underneath the Broad
Beans. In a couple of weeks time, the broads are finished and I cur them
down to reveal the dwarves just starting to shoot. Cropping in
September.

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com
A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/

Steve Harris wrote:
In article , (Bob
Hobden) wrote:

Beans should still give a crop, just late.

Yes, early July is my time for sowing dwarf beans underneath the Broad
Beans. In a couple of weeks time, the broads are finished and I cur
them down to reveal the dwarves just starting to shoot. Cropping in
September.

Oh, now that's a handy tip!