Grow your own: September
What to sow, plant and pick in a Llandogo garden or allotment in September. Llandogo sits in a frost-prone valley, so tender crops go out at the end of May, not the start.
Jobs for September
- Lift maincrop potatoes and dry before storing in paper sacks.
- Plant autumn onion sets.
- Save seed from the best beans and tomatoes.
Sow indoors
On a windowsill, in a greenhouse or under cover
Nothing this month.
Sow outside
Straight into the ground
Radishes
Ready in about a month — perfect for children to grow.
Salad leaves & rocket
Cut-and-come-again: snip leaves and they regrow.
Spinach
Prefers cool weather — spring and late-summer sowings do best.
Plant out
Seedlings, sets and young plants
Onions (sets)
Lift when the leaves flop over, and dry before storing.
Strawberries
Tuck straw under the fruit to keep it clean and away from slugs.
Ready to harvest
- Tomatoes
- Chillies & peppers
- Cucumbers
- Courgettes
- Squash & pumpkins
- Sweetcorn
- Runner beans
- French beans
- Peas
- Potatoes
- Onions (sets)
- Leeks
- Carrots
- Beetroot
- Radishes
- Lettuce
- Salad leaves & rocket
- Spinach
- Chard
- Kale
- Basil
- Parsley