Vegetable Seeds to Sow in July
July is the time for sowing autumn and winter vegetables and continuing with the veg harvests.
Pests and diseases – Continue to check plants as the summer goes on especially near to harvest time.
Watering – How often do you water in heatwaves? find out below.
Fancy sowing flowers to add to your Vegetables? Sow cornflower or calendula this month or try sowing Pansies and forget-me-nots for spring.
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Sowing in Raised Beds
Sow Autumn Radish
Autumn Radish or Daikon are colourful radishes from India. They are very cold hardy, but when cut open show a firework of colour in pinks or purples.
Sow Autumn Carrots
Last chance to sow Carrots before winter. Sow now and harvest in Spring.
Sow Kale
There are so many different types of Kale to choose from like black kale (pictured) to curly kale and leafy kale. Sow in July and harvest in September/October.
Planting in July
Plant Xmas Potato Tubers
If you want new potatoes at Christmas, plant 1st early potato tubers in July for a harvest in October to November. These are best in large containers.
Buy Veg Plug Plants
Have you forgotten to sow seeds or want to get ahead with plants? Buy plug plants from online suppliers.
What to Plant Next after Garlic & Onions?
Here is a few options for sowing and planting
Jobs To Do in July
Keep Sowing
You might be fed up of sowing seeds and just want to enjoy your garden. You absolutely should enjoy it with all its harvests, BUT don’t stop sowing seeds now! Keep sowing for lettuce, spinach, radish and autumn & winter vegetables.
Keep Watering
YOUR PLANTS NEED YOU !
Keep Watering during hot or extreme heat periods. You may need to water daily for surface soaks or once every two days for deep soaks.
Keep Harvesting
Keep harvesting your veg so you get some more. Once the veg or fruit is picked, the plant starts making more energy to concentrate on the next harvests.
Seed Sowing Updates from Jan to June
The Veg Garden in July
Massive Pumpkins plants
If the size of the leaf on my pumpkin plant is anything to go by I am hoping for great sized pumpkins this year.
Peas half way up the Pea Wall
Peas have made it through the heatwave and high winds and are clinging onto the netting on the pea wall. Peas are now flower and have pea pods.
Mini Melons – Finally Growing
It’s our second year of growing Mini melons. This year I have a baby water melon and an heirloom cantaloupe mini melon. Can’t wait to see them grow!
Bumper Berry Harvests
Loganberry, Raspberry, Blueberry and Blackberry are having a bumper harvest this year. Never before have we had to freeze the fruit so that it doesn’t spoil.
June was definitely Harvest Month
Shallots, Garlic, elephant garlic, carrots, beetroot, spinach and lettuce was harvested in June. I wonder what we will harvest in July?
1st Early Potatoes Harvest
Not the greatest harvest of 1st early potatoes, but the pots were in nobodies way, doing their own thing. We have enough new potatoes for a weeks worth of salad dinners.
Harvests in July
Shallots
The best thing about grown growing Shallots is they multiply! Plant 1 shallot and get at least 3 more. Shallots are milder onions that lend themselves to being caramelised.
Elephant Garlic
It’s time to harvest the huge bulbs that are Elephant Garlic. They were not wrong, they are big, here’s a size difference.
I’m looking forward to cooking with the larger bulbs.
Courgettes
The first courgette has arrived!
You’ll only have to blink and you’ll miss the rest, so keep checking your plants and harvest courgettes.
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