Grow your own: November
What to sow, plant and pick in a Mitchel Troy garden or allotment in November. Mitchel Troy sits in a frost-prone valley, so tender crops go out at the end of May, not the start.
Jobs for November
- Plant rhubarb crowns and bare-root fruit.
- Collect leaves for leaf mould.
- Check stored potatoes and squash for rot.
Sow indoors
On a windowsill, in a greenhouse or under cover
Nothing this month.
Sow outside
Straight into the ground
Broad beans
Autumn sowings crop earliest; pinch out the tips when pods form to deter blackfly.
Plant out
Seedlings, sets and young plants
Garlic
It needs a cold spell to form proper bulbs — autumn planting is best.
Rhubarb
Don't pull any in its first year, and stop picking in July.
Ready to harvest
- Leeks
- Carrots
- Parsnips
- Salad leaves & rocket
- Spinach
- Chard
- Kale
- Brussels sprouts
- Parsley