ilikebeans: the seed

The plan for Autumn/Winter:

It is with regret that I've not made the most of the cooler season in past years. Due to a number of factors, nothing overly productive happened despite it being a fantastic time of year. So to rectify all past errors I am attempting an ambitious harvest. In the shadows I have already started preparations, however there is still lots more to come.

So far I have selected seeds and have begun propagation. I am currently designing a planting guide, sowing the rest of the seeds and preparing the soil.

What's growing:

The following will be sown either direct or in punnets depending on the crop. Those that will be sown in punnets, I am using Debco seeed raising mix as the potting medium. Most seed has been sourced from The Diggers Club of which I am a member except several which have been sourced from other suppliers where noted. Click on each to find more information on the variety and where to buy yourself.

I put special emphasis around the brassicas and allium varieties since they are some of my favourite vegetables. Obviously the only group missing is the Fabaceae phaseolus, however these are better suited to warmer times, so once my current crop is spent they will be replaced with their cousins the Pisum sativum.

The following is a list of cruciferous vegetables from the Brassica genus.

Brassica oleracea

Cabbage Mini
Brussels Sprout Long Island
Broccoli Waltham
Kale Tuscan Black (Cavolo Nero)
Kohlrabi Early White Vienna *Australian Seed

Brassica pekinensis

Cabbage Mini Wombok

Brassica rapa

In researching the Brassica genus, I discovered that they are all derived from three ancestral genomes as documented in the Triangle of U.

The following is a list of onion and garlic varieties I am propagating from the Allium genus. The garlic which is being grown from cloves.

Allium ampeloprasum