Posted by Carly Jean on February 11, 2010 at 8:14am
does anyone know if it is too late to plant brussel sprouts from seed? the lady in mitre 10 told me it was but i think she just wanted to sell me the seedlings!
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It would be too late for me to sow seed now, i don't think a lot of that gardengrow site sorry Megan,they are way out with there planting times for many veggies for my climate
hello Richard, is there any part of their planting guides that I can rely on? The layout is really easy to follow and until I get a bit more experience, was hoping that I could use it as a reference. Have started a diary of when I sow and harvest but this year the weather was so much colder in spring, none of my notes were relevant. At this rate, it'll take me at least 4-5 years to get any reliable data!
Depends where you are i think Megan,i dont know about the (sub tropical) so much, so i couldnt offer any advise there,but for Carly i can because she has a climate a lot like mine.
In that (cool climate and maintain)it said -
Beetroot-"harvest through winter"most winters my beetroot would be killed by frost,so harvest before winter, i keep mine in a chilly bin through the winter and keeps well
Broad beans -"plant now and pick through winter",no way ,plant now and they will die in winter as in if they are too tall going into winter the frost gets into the stems and they will start fall over and die,its best to plant them end of March to early May
It also says that we can leave onions in the garden through winter,once again frost will affect them,may not kill them but the outside of the onion goes a bit mushy
Cauliflower-it says to plant now also,but again the frost would make short work of them even with leafs bent over the head,in our climate best planted Dec -Jan for April - May picking
Penny Guy > Richard WatsonFebruary 21, 2010 at 2:43am
The gardengrow site has recommendations for three different climate zones: temperate, cool mountain and subtropical. I use the temperate recommendations and find them about right for where I am (20km out of Tauranga, halfway up the Kaimais).
Am in Queenstown which gets pretty cold. I guess I'll have to perservere with my planting diary and pick the brains of local gardeners. A few of my shallots had mushy outer layers, must have been the late frosts that we had in January.
Hello Carly, in the newbie discussion of this group, Vicki recommended a really useful site http://www.gardengrow.co.nz/ where it says that brussel sprouts can be sown from March thru May so the lady in Mitre 10 was right.
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In that (cool climate and maintain)it said -
Beetroot-"harvest through winter"most winters my beetroot would be killed by frost,so harvest before winter, i keep mine in a chilly bin through the winter and keeps well
Broad beans -"plant now and pick through winter",no way ,plant now and they will die in winter as in if they are too tall going into winter the frost gets into the stems and they will start fall over and die,its best to plant them end of March to early May
It also says that we can leave onions in the garden through winter,once again frost will affect them,may not kill them but the outside of the onion goes a bit mushy
Cauliflower-it says to plant now also,but again the frost would make short work of them even with leafs bent over the head,in our climate best planted Dec -Jan for April - May picking