Vegetables for shade?

moneymabel

Thinking in advance for next year! I only have a small veg patch and one end of it is in a corner between a hedge and a fence. This year I have grown runner beans in this space but the plants that are back into the corner are a lot smaller than the ones at the front of the wigwam that have sun part of the day. Just wondering what i can grow there next year instead.
I am growing runner beans, cucumber,carrots, broad beans, and sweetcorn in the rest of the patch and new potatoes in bags ...would any of these work in partial shade?

Thanks for any help

moneymabel

have been told carrots and loose leaf lettuce will work..any thoughts?

janibrown

lettuce works well, also rocket I also think beetroot too mine has done well hope this helps
xxx

moneymabel

Thanks Jani..oooh i hadnt thought of beetroot yummy!

angelavdavis

As well as those mentioned, I have had success with:

Broad beans (I know not everyone likes them)
Spring onions
Garlic
Onions
Potatoes
Chard

cjb02

I grow lettuce in the shade very well and fully recommend. I also grow rhubarb in a shady spot, well it gets a little sun up to about 11am is.

Bunnygirl

Kale and sprouts do well for me

moneymabel

Brill thankyou! Perhaps I'll move my broad beans to that bit then..or onions..or rhubarb..too many choices thankyou!

cjb02

moneymabel wrote: »

Brill thankyou! Perhaps I'll move my broad beans to that bit then..or onions..or rhubarb..too many choices thankyou!

If you want to see my lettuce that I grow in the shade. here is my webpage wiki entry on them.. click here

The shots are dated, so you can see the progress. They are grown down the side of the garage and get very little sun. They were started off in pot though.

Orange_King

Rhubarb, lettuce and spuds do well in the shade I have found this year.

Planted garlic in the shady plot and some in the sunny plot and the sunny side ones were much healthier than the shady side! Also, beetroot did ok in the shade.

valentina

I think raspberries would be ok in partial shade, and redcurrants (not veg I know)