What to Sow in September

Rocket Wild Rocket (Arugula), has thin serrated dark green leaves that have the distinctive hot peppery/spicy flavour making it a great tasty alternative to the usual Rocket. But still very easy to grow! The young leaves can be picked in succession and are great for an accompaniment to salads. An...

Spring/Salad Onion White Lisbon is an excellent salad onion that is relatively low maintenance and not only suited to overwintering producing early crops but good for successional spring/summer cropping too (sow at 3 weekly intervals). Salad Onion White Lisbon is very quick growing and produces the classic bulb type salad...

Forage Rye Green Manure (also known as Hungarian Grazing Cereal Rye) can be used anywhere in crop rotation plans and is one of the best for overwintering as it significantly reduces leaching throughout the winter period. It's an excellent nitrogen lifter and it can lift and release up to 90%...

Pak Choi is an unusual all year round veg that is becoming ever more popular with its use in oriental stir-fries and salads, it has a mild cabbage flavour. Pak Choi Yuushou is a green leaved variety that is great for overwintering as well as for maincrop sowing. (Green stemmed...

Field Beans are an overwintering green manure and are generally winter hardy. They germinate well in colder weather from September-November. Field Beans are particularly good on heavy soils and their deep roots are not only able to penetrate & break up the soil but fix nitrogen too. Its foliage will...

Cabbage Duncan F1 (AGM) is an excellent versatile variety to sow successionally. Sow early in the year to give lovely hearted cabbages by summer or mature cabbages by late summer. Or sow July to October and it will produce 'spring greens' in early spring, but if left to grow on...

Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus Minor), also known as Hay Rattle wildflower seed, is the must-have plant if you are wanting to successfully grow a wildflower meadow. It is a parasitic plant that will reduce grasses by weakening them and allowing the annual and perennial flowers to establish themselves. Monty Don refers...

Forage Pea Green Manure is a member of the legume family that is excellent at fixing nitrogen and has deep penetrative roots that help to break up the soil. It can grow up to 1 metre tall. Forage Pea is excellent for overwintering and can be sown from September to...

Pea Shoots microgreens produce delicious sweet-tasting, crunchy pea tips. Their twisted tendrils and leaf tips make a fabulous looking garnish to top off a dish like a Masterchef Pro. They are as easy to grow and can be grown all year round indoors or under glass. Pea Shoots can be...

Caliente Mustard 199 is an excellent green manure that has biofumigant properties. (Biofumigation is the suppression of soil-borne pests & diseases by the release of naturally occurring gases). By combining the lush organic matter with the plants biofumigant properties the activity of beneficial soil microbes is increased, so they can...

Broccoli Calabrese seed is an excellent quality seed and produces a wonderfully large, juicy and peppery tasting sprout, with a good yield. Broccoli Calabrese has been shown to contain high levels of glucoraphanin, the precursor to sulforaphane. If you are looking to increase your sulforaphane consumption, this is the seed...

Mustard White microgreens have a wonderful spicy warm flavour, some say it tastes like a mild version of horseradish. Mustard is a very quick growing crop and can be ready to harvest in as little as 7 days.  White Mustard is a rich source of Kaempferol and Apigenin, plant compounds...

Sunflower Green (Black Oil) are the iconic microgreens. Sunflower is a quick and vigorous grower, this crop produces a large harvest in a short amount of time making it perfect as a main crop for indoor growing. Sunflower has a delicious nutty flavour with the most satisfying crunch.  Sunflower microgreens...

Beetroot Bull's Blood microgreens are very tasty little shoots that add the perfect finishing touch to salads, soups, sandwiches and many other meals with their slightly earthy beetroot flavour and fabulous red coloured leaves. How to grow Beetroot Microgreen Seeds: Beetroot is best grown as a Microgreen: Plant 2-3 teaspoons...

This trendy Wasabi Rocket actually has the punchy flavour of Wasabi - a Japanese vegetable much like horseradish. Real Wasabi is a root veg that is very difficult to grow in the UK climate so this little leaf helps fill a gap and companies like Wagamama use it to flavour...

Cress Plain has all the attributes of the curled variety but a slightly stronger flavour with different leaf formations to give variation and texture to a salad. It is a dual-purpose type that can be grown indoors on your window sill or, broadcast directly into your soil outside. Cress Plain...

It's fascinating to think that many of the vegetable varieties we grow today are over 100 years old and have stood the test of time for flavour and reliability. Heritage (Heirloom) vegetable seeds are growing in popularity and a topic of much debate as to what a 'heritage' variety is....

The flowers are highly scented and are a mix of single colours from white to lavender, pink to red & cream. Sweet Pea Galaxy Mixed are floriferous annuals that can keep flowering from late Spring until the first Autumn frosts and with a little bit of care, feeding and regularly...

Italian Ryegrass is an annual/biennial grass that is winter hardy and can be grown for up to 2 years but it will require cutting during the growing season to encourage new growth and prevent it going to seed in the 2nd year. It is good at suppressing weeds and although...