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How to succession plant to grow more in your garden for fall & winter
Would you like Brussel sprouts from your yard for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner? Plan it right and you can have this and so much more in my favorite season to grow food fall and winter!
It is all about having plants 4 to 6 weeks old, vigorous, and ready to plant when your spring and summer crops are finished or gone to seed.
In this video I show how our spinach has gone to seed so we just tore it out, not disturbing the roots, and planted leeks for a fall harvest.
One thing I look for or ask is how did the plants before look? Did they look and grow big robust leaves? Or were they smaller and possibly suffering from lack of nitrogen? If they are suffering a little like ours were in this bed, I would add some well-rotted manure or compost. This will give your next crop the nutrition it will need to thrive.
Some other keys to year-round harvest is how to time when to start your plants to plant out at the right time? For example, we know our garlic will be ready to pick at the beginning of July. So we started cabbage and brussel sprouts 6 weeks earlier at Mid May.
Potatoes will come out late July to early August when the green plant above soil starts to turn brown. We will pick the potatoes and plant directly into the soil the next day. We will start lettuces, brussel sprouts, cabbage, and broccoli to plant in the potato bed.
So the key is to know when you will harvest your spring and summer crop and know what to plant 6 weeks before this date. Time it right and you will have brussels sprouts, carrots, beets, salads, onions and so much more from your garden in the cold of fall, winter, and through to spring.
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