Summer Vegetable Selection
What To Grow
| Sow or plant directly in the ground where wanted |
Sow in seed trays end August for transplanting from October |
Beetroot (Bulls Blood)
Beans dwarf (Top Crop)
Beans climbing (Scarlet Runner)
Carrots (Touchon)
Chilli (Anaheim)
Lettuce (Great Lakes)
Radish (Red Cherry)
Pak Choi (White Stem)
Mizuna Japanese greens
Pak Choi (White Stem)
Mesclun Asian greens
Peas (Sugar Snap)
Pumpkin (Triamble)
Squash (Orange Dawn)
Silverbeet (Bright Lights)
Spinach (Matador)
Sweetcorn (Chieftan)
Spring Onion
Potatoes
Kumera
Yams
Taro |
Cucumber (Marketmore)
Capsicum (California Wonder)
Celery (Tall Utah)
Chilli (Anaheim)
Egg Plant (Black Beauty)
Pumpkin (Triamble)
Water melon (Rapid Red)
Squash (Orange Dawn)
Cabbage (Green Acre)
Silverbeet (Bright Lights)
Spinach (Matador)
Tomato (Beef Steak)
Tomato (Cocktail Mix)
Tomato (Roma)
Zucchini (Black Beauty)
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Beneficail
Companion planting
You can help to control unwanted insects and encourage beneficial insects (such as pollinators like bees) by planting the right companions
Beneficial and pollinator insect attractors.
Aster
Zinnia
Hollyhock
Cleome |
Cosmos
Sunflower
Lavender
Poppy |
Cornflower
Marigold
Cowslip
Echinacea |
Salvia
Phacelia
Evening primose
Nasturtium |
Like everything, there are good companions, ie plants that will thrive when planted together, and bad companions, plants that will inhibit the growth of those nearby,
Good Companions
Beans with carrots and cauliflowers
Beetroot with onions, runner beans and Swedes
Cabbage with dill, sage, rosemary and mint
Carrots with lettuce, peas, dill, chives
Lettuce with chervil
Potatoes with marigolds, peas, beans, cabbage and sunflowers
Tomatoes with parsley, marigolds, chives and basil
Strawberries with runner beans, lettuce and spinach
Bad Companions
Beans: Onions and fennel
Cabbage: Do not plant after radish and vice versa
Cauliflower should not be planted after spinach
Dill in bloom can reduce carrot crop
Fennel inhibits growth of beans and tomatoes
Lettuce should not be grown near parsley
Potatoes hate birch trees
Strawberries and cabbages do not mix!
Box Gardens
Raised beds or box gardens have many advantages, controlled drainage, known soil quality and the ease of not working down at ground level!
They must be made from untreated timber
Box size- 1.5 x 1.5 x 0.4m
Garden mix quantity = 0.9 m3
Timber size = 1.5 m lengths x 1.5m around 8 pieces of cut timber if width is 20cm.
Pegs = 4cm x 4cm x 40cm (height),
Nails = 8 x 5cm length
Stakes = 3 x 1.5 m
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