Vegetable Gardening In The Month Of September

Plant out cabbages and savoys for eating in late winter and early spring.
Sow seeds of Brussels sprouts, onions and winter spinach.

Encouraging ripening of green tomatoes still on the plants by removing the stakes, laying the plants down on some straw or plastic, and covering them with cloches.

Iffrostthreatens, remove any marrows remaining on the plants and store inside.

Make a sowing of a hardy lettuce, such as Arctic King.

When harvesting potatoes, remove any diseased haulms and burn them.

Clear old asparagus before theseeds can self-sow and crowd the beds.

Continue to blanch celery, endives and leeks.

Remove old leaves from parsley to help it produce young fresh leaves.

Try a sowing of turnips for their tops, these give a welcome relief from cabbage as a winter vegetable.

Tall Brussels sprouts plants may need staking in gardens exposed to the wind.

Lift carrots nowto prevent splitting caused by rain next month. Cut off the tops and store the roots.