Re: What to plant next

 

I agree with Johnno.  I tend not to prepare much for legumes; they don't like
rich soil.  My next experiment is to plant some Scarlet Runners (possibly
today).  I haven't worked out when is a good tiime to plant climbing beans in
Sydney; I think our summers are too humid and will try them now.

--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
(Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)

"Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You may
start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled."
Kerry Cue

 Chookie,
I've grown Rattlesnake runners right through summer in Newcastle - onto my
third planting now.  Fantastic cropping stringless beans and seem resistant
to most everything - we've had very erratic weather and they have coped very
well.  I left the second planting to go set seed - stopped watering and left
the big ones to dry out which they have done - but then we got a bit of rain
and they flowered again.    Only place I have found them is at Diggers
Club - but I have saved some seed :-)

Staycalm,
From my recollections of gardening in Melb its probably a bit late for
runners, and perhaps a bit early for broad beans.  The broad beans will grow
well through winter, but even if you don't plant them until Jun/Jul - they
will still crop about the same time - Oct/Nov   As per others comments -
winter greens could go in now - you should be able to get crop of broccoli
or cabbage before you plant the broad beans. Caulis could also go in now but
usually take a bit longer to grow.

Cheers,
Geoff

 
Thanks Geoff.
I went online and did some research on broad beans so I was pretty sure I'd
be waiting a while before planting. It is still so warm here.
I have had some brocolli in for a month already. It was possibly too early.
There is no head forming yet. How long does that usually take?

Liz

 
im(limited)e, you can plant it too late but not too early. i hope you don't
want me to explain that sentence :-)


again ime, for most of its life it's just growing & not doing much, & the
heads come after about 3 months but it can actually be much longer. once it
starts heading, it's on for young & old! cut the main head, & that forces
the side shoots. after you cut the side shoots, there's side-side shoots
(etc) progressively smaller as you go. this goes on for a while. because
they explode into heads all over the place, it's a good idea to have some of
different ages, so you're not overwhelmed with it.

i was perturbed by a broccoli (i posted here ages ago) which lived on & on
without heading while the others bolted - but after that i read that it's
actually a biennial in that it has an 18 month life under some
circumstances.
kylie

 Geoff & Heather wrote:

Yep he's right, re beans, but if we have an early winter, (which I
doubt) it could work out.
I alway give it a go. If you don't try yourself you will never know(or
even remember)You have to stay keen.
Also middle of winter you can put in garlic bulbs, if you like them.