Sow, Grow & Harvest in September 2024 – Timeline

30th Sep 2024

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September 2024 Weather

Daylight Hours in September in UK: 11 Hours and 39 minutes.

Find out your daylight hours by Town in the UK.

Weather in September 24: Very Mild with temperatures approx 20 degrees centigrade for the first few weeks, with thunderstorms and rain in the third week. Temperatures taking a tumble in the last week of Sept to 15 degrees centigrade daytime and 5 degrees at night. Some of the UK got an early frost.

September Stats

18 Days of Sun/Cloud and 12 Days of Rain. Average high temperature 18 degrees and average low temperature is 12 degrees.

Growing in the Greenhouse in September

Spring Cabbage ‘April’ seedlings, sown 6th September.
Chive plants overwintering.

Raised Bed 1 – Squash

The tomatoes have been cleared and the squash is getting larger. Raised Bed now ready for Shallots or Garlic.

Raised Bed 2 – Cauliflower & Kale Cage

This raised bed was empty waiting for soil replenishment and winter brassicas.

Raised Bed 3 – Brussels Sprouts & Kale

Sweetcorn plants have been harvested and cleared, soil replenished and the winter brassicas planted.

Raised Bed 4 – Parsnip & Leeks

Parsnips better wider, Leeks are now ready to harvest.

Vegetable Growing Weekend Diary:

Weekend 7 – 8 September 24

🌽 Sweetcorn ‘Goldcrest F1’ HARVEST
🍈 Mini Melon ‘Minnesota Midget’ Final HARVEST
🌶️ Sweet Pepper ‘Napia’ Final HARVEST
Sweet Pepper ‘Tangerine Dream’ Final HARVEST
🍅 Tomatoes ‘Orange Cherry’ HARVEST
🥔 Christmas Potatoes ‘Red Duke’ leaves just coming through, topped up to the top of the pots with compost.
Spring Cabbage ‘April’ seeds sown in pots in the greenhouse.

Weekend 14 – 15 September 24

🥕 Carrot ‘Yellowbunch’ sowed in my daughter’s Veg Patch.

Weekend 21 – 22 September 24

PREP – Raised Bed 2 and 3 Soil preparation, digger over due to compaction and replenishment of nutrients by adding 2 bags of peat free compost.
🐛 PEST – Caterpillar removal from cauliflower, Brussels sprouts and kale plug plants in the greenhouse.
PLANT OUT – Plant out Cauliflower ‘All Year Round’, Kale ‘Cavolo Nero’ and Brussels sprouts ‘Evesham Special’ plants grown on for 3 weeks. ! Important – Check for caterpillars before planting under netting.
Squash ‘Jester F1’ – second squash growing larger and getting characteristic markings in squash. The baby squash has stopped growing unfortunately.
Brussels Sprouts ‘ – bigger sprouts forming.