Fruit and Veg help?

Star123

Is there any fruit and veg I can plant this time of year either in the ground or in a greenhouse?

Farway

Spuds for Christmas if you are really quick, in pots, ready to move into greenhouse come October / before frost

Use an early or salad spud, like Charlotte, I use eating ones from Lidl, but have a look around other supermarkets, time is off the essence here

Maybe Chinese type veg, such as Pak Choi in greenhouse? Or overwinter salad leaves, greenhouse again

Poosmate

Farway, I don't have a greenhouse but I have a garage with a south/west facing window. Do you think I could grow spuds in pots on the counter there? The top of the pot would be level with the bottom of the window so they'd get maximum light. It does get a bit cold in there, but I guess I could pin some polythene up from the rafters to the counter to trap the heat in the counter area. Sound like a plan?

Thanks (and thanks to Star for asking the original question).

Poo

little_miss_welsh

I too am intrigued to know if i can grow things in either my conservatory (gets very hot when its got full sun, which it gets all day) or in the shed. the shed has got windows down one side so i was thinking of doing the same as poosmate with her garage. would love to know if this is feasable first tho!

Also, would i be ok to over-winter plants in the shed - would they get enough light (as long as i remember to water them too!) Am thinking of sticking my strawberry plants in there

any help appreciated

Thanks
Welshy

Farway

Poosmate - yep. sounds feasable for spuds, they only need to go inside once frost is threatened, so OK & better outside until maybe November even, depending where you live

little_miss_welsh Strawberry plants are perfectly hardy and will be fine outside all winter [maybe not in Alaska], they will go brown & shrivelled but this is normal, come spring new shoots will appear, then you remove the old brown shrivelled bits and look forward to next summer's fruit

markandkate

Spring onions, certain types of onion, over wintering cauliflower and cabbage