All the Seeds I Sow in September
If you’re a gardener, you can feel it: the end of sowing seeds is near. Most of my seed trays and planting equipment are already washed, sterilized and packaged. However, September is not the end of the summer season. There is still plenty to sow and grow in the open air. This year, I’m excited to celebrate the changing of the seasons by starting a new tradition of starting seeds indoors: hydroponics. That’s what I’m sowing this month.
Sow perennial and annual flowers now.
Although it seems counterintuitive, there are hardy annual flowers such as cornflower, annual poppies and larkspur that will benefit from sowing now. These specific flowers undergo cold stratification during the winter in order to bloom especially profusely the following year. The same applies to perennial plants such as delphiniums, ammi and nigella. Remember, they will germinate not this year, but next year, so re-sow.
You can sow these vegetables outside right now.
You should still have time now to plant your outdoor succession staples: lettuce, radishes, green onions and beets. Depending on your zone and climate, you may even be able to do another round in a few weeks. If you are confident, you can try sowing winter brassicas such as broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower, although it is safer to start planting vegetables at this stage.
What you should add a lot of are carrots and onions. Choose several varieties of carrots – both short ones, which will be ready in sixty days, and storage ones, which can remain in the ground through the winter. It so happened that carrots received great benefits from such wintering. Onions take a long time to grow, so again, you may find onions starting to sprout right away, but you should also try growing them from seed.
Plant garlic
Fall is when garlic goes into the ground , and the goal is to beat winter so you have some time to spare. You can find garlic at your garden center or buy it online.
Saffron crocuses will bring you joy
The expensive flavoring and coloring comes from the stamens of a certain type of crocus, and it is now the end of the season to order these crocuses to arrive for planting in the coming weeks. Saffron crocuses are perennials, so creating an area that you can maintain year after year is ideal.
Get hydroponic winter crops
I’m diligently doing an indoor hydroponic garden for the first year so I can continue to grow some summer crops and herbs inside. To this end, I turned over all my indoor gardens and replanted parsley, basil, cilantro, dill, Thai basil, and thyme in my herb garden. I have new tomatoes, peppers and eggplants that I planted a few weeks ago and added lettuce to them.
What gardeners do during the winter holidays
This round of planting will give us a stable fall, meaning that after all of the above tasks are completed, I will take a break from planting until February.