What To Sow in September | Grow Your Own Vegetables | What to Sow in Early Autumn

[@niallgardens]

Hi everyone! Let me know what you're sowing this month and how you're getting on!

[@corl3108]

I sowing only radish and ruccola on de balcony in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. They come up quickly

[@Smileyson58]

Can you talk time of season rather than the month of the year. I don’t live in the UK and in spring now so…

[@thehannonclinic8349]

Hi Niall can I ask where you buy your seeds from? Thank you. Dympna

[@dfabella85]

Bok choi

[@ofrecentvintage]

I fell in love with Bull's blood beets durinf my very first veg gardening year. Absolutely beautiful plants!

[@geraldinekelly1301]

Well guess who is going with her list to the garden centre this weekend?? I honestly didn't realise just how many vegetables we could over winter. I knew definitely onions and garlic but so good to know there's a lot more! I think Niall I'm going to stick to the onion sets this year. It's only my second year growing and the confidence isn't there yet 🙈. Perhaps next year! Sooo excited about the scallions... I adore them and will be searching for the Guardsman variety. Yay champ almost all year long 😊. Also going to try turnip and the spring cabbage you talked about. Thank you Niall, you have given me a wee lift.. so nice to know that something is growing in your garden over winter albeit slowly just waiting to be harvested in the spring. Fab video again Niall thank you. 😊. PS my label printing machine thingy is fantastic!!! Family don't like to stay still for too long in case I label them... woman on a mission! 😂🤗

[@niallgardens]

Hi Geraldine! I'm so sorry for only replying now. I fell way behind with all my comments so I'm trying to catch up! I think that's fair enough about using onion sets - it's about getting the job done in a way that works for you and I may end up doing the same if I'm not able to find the seeds I'm looking for! Hopefully you're able to find the Guardsman seeds - I think they're common enough. Glad you enjoyed the video and it gave you the lift - when people say things like that, it really spurs me on to keep making videos. Also, I think a lot of people identify with your comment because I've just spotted that it's already got 6 likes from people other than myself!

[@geraldinekelly1301]

@@niallgardens haha! so they did!! I'm all proud of myself now!!! Haha. Thanks Niall x

[@jeffreyrossi5084]

Very limited planting in zone 4 in N. Dakota but you did give me a few ideas to try and plant. I believe my version of your seed box will be similar but a little different. I like the sleek look of your tins but I have a lot of tins from tea and other Holiday events that I have been looking for a way to recycle and preserve the memory. Also I have a few old wooden food market boxes passed down to me that would be the perfect size. This way I get to touch the memories year round. -Thanks for the idea!!

[@niallgardens]

So sorry for the late reply Jeffrey. I absolutely adore the idea of reusing those tea tins, etc... Like you say, picking up each tin on a regular basis, with the memories that will flood back is just such a gorgeous idea!

[@misscoyotelove]

Got an allotment after over a 7 year wait. Grown food at home. Allotment every dies or gets eaten. 🤦‍♀️🤣 Still a learning curve. ✌️ Thanks for the information. Glad I've planned a few things you have mentioned.

[@GardenDiscovery]

You've inspired me to plant a few things ( I love book choy!) I got home from 3 weeks holiday and my cherry tomatoes were loaded, stripped the fruit off and im ready to pull them and plant new crops. You've given me some good ideas so thanks very much. Slainte!

[@niallgardens]

That's great that you're fired up to sow a few things. I think I'm going to have to do the same with my tomatoes in the next few days.

[@abigailsmith962]

I grew Christmas Dinner potatoes in compost bags tucked behind flower pots near the front door. I don't have anywhere covered to move them to do I just wrapped them in fleece when frost was due and they survived really well. As you say, not a huge crop but fun to grow 🥔🎄

[@niallgardens]

That's really cool! It's such a fun thing to do isn't it? Great tip about using the fleece, thanks!

[@juminyt2554]

Love Bragging right for early potatoes

[@niallgardens]

100%!

[@angelaobrien4083]

I grew autumn carrots last year which we had for Christmas dinner - delicious. Really jealous of your beautifully organised seed tins and box. Looking forward to getting my September sewing going :)

[@niallgardens]

Sounds great! Christmas carrots - brilliant! Thanks, glad you like the seed box and tins - I think it's kinda cute and it's really nice to use.

[@donnamullins2089]

Sowing more lettuce, chives and dill today. First time to plant Jack Be Little Pumpkin. Have seed potatoes to plant in bags. Our first frost date Nov 18. Zone 8. Just squeaking by. Texas finally had massive amounts of rain last week and temps are below 100 finally. 87 day 74 night. Time to get my hands in the dirt. Thank you for this information. Enjoy you videos.

[@niallgardens]

Hi Donna! Glad you like the videos - that's great that you got some rain and that now you can get growing some more things. Those are some seriously hot temperatures!

[@garryrobinson3010]

Hey Niall,mate I gave the hot composter a crack and it is a beauty.Actually two beauties! One is a black compost bin I put insulation in the lid and added a solar fan in a big bottle that heats with some piping with holes so it adds some extra heat to Compensate for a lack of insulation.It hit 55 degrees today and its only 24.The other one is polystyrene boxes from a fruit shop on top of each other with lids cut thru the bottom two and of course the holes drilled thru the bottom, but not as neat as yours😂I put the cam straps up and over the top so it is connected to a small pallet so it doesn’t blow away and cut it into the bottom one so the lid can come off easily.I painted it black so it would heat and be protected.It hit 60 degrees today and only been going 3 days.I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your all of your great advice and information.Your videos are sound advice and your garden is a fair dinkum ripper! Garry ps I priced to get a hotbin sent from England... it was going to cost me $1100.00 to Australia.HA! The fruit boxes were free and the cam straps were $16 bucks.hahaha Thanks again Niall, your a champion.👍😎

[@niallgardens]

Hi Garry! Wow! This is superb! I'm really delighted that you found inspiration in making not just one BUT TWO hot composters! Great! And it looks like you're already getting some brilliant results. I gotta say I'm in love with the phrase 'fair dinkum ripper!' 😂 OMG 1100 to Australia for Hotbin - eek!

[@reginahetherington1769]

There I was, in the kitchen on Wednesday morning when I heard that voice and there you were on Ireland AM 😃 I don't know if its a regular slot, but well done.

[@niallgardens]

No way! You saw me! That's so cool!... watch this space, you might see me again!

[@reginahetherington1769]

@@niallgardens Hope they paid you. I did the adopt a pet spot for 5 years free gratis 🙄😜

[@fionaharvey2720]

I grew broad beans last winter and they did well and were fun to grow! I’m going to try potatoes for Christmas sounds like a fun challenge! ☘️☘️☘️☘️

[@niallgardens]

Oh brilliant! I'm planning on doing a second broad bean sowing in October also!

[@matthewgardiner6793]

Hi Niall,greetings from New Zealand..it’s officially the first day of Spring here in NZ this coming Wednesday,the first of September,we have to be careful still what to plant out as we can still have severe frost through to November,I’m still picking winter veg, ..I have planted Spring cabbage,Lettuce,Spring Onions and early Cauliflower but am holding off till mid October before planting other Spring/Summer veg,loving your display of Sweet Peas..enjoying your videos,thanks for sharing.Never saw you sport those shorts for long Niall !lol look forward to your next Summer😃

[@niallgardens]

Hi! Sorry for the late reply - lovely to hear all the different things you're planting. And I'm kinda jealous that you're moving into your spring with the promise of better weather to come! Yeah sadly the shorts in Ireland don't get many outings! 😂😂😂

[@CarolineBarton-h3x]

Hi I in hucknall and I round move my Raised bed because they old break down so get new one and take soil out all ready do move 2 long bed and do all my pot for winter time. Just should I just dig soil out or siffe out get old roots from climates had 3 but one had more flowers licking blue got cuttings off it see they grow plus my Avocado tree growing really well from big stone in what you get out of Avocado ok from ms Caroline Barton

[@juliemcgugan1244]

I just bought White Lisbon Winter Hardy onion seeds from Plant World Seeds. Can't wait to get them in my garden. September where I am is still a bit too hot, though, so will try them next month. This is my second try growing onions from seed. Tried another variety last year and germination was terrible and I didn't get any to the size of planting out, so I caved and bought starts! But this is a new season and I'm going to give it another go! Please wish me luck!

[@niallgardens]

Good luck to you! You're gonna be great and I'm sure you'll get crops! Everyone, and I mean everyone, has failures! Such as my disastrous courgettes this year!

[@DenSvaraTradgarden]

Thanks for the inspiration! I was so excited to get seeds in the ground today, but came outside this morning to find parts of my garden covered in frost. 😞 Where did that come from? I will still try my luck with some cold hardy varieties, but it appears autumn is here now. (Sweden.) I miss summer already! 😅

[@niallgardens]

Frost already! No way! Glad you enjoyed the video. I think you've got the right idea with the cold hardy varieties. I'd say it won't be long before the frosts start here also!

[@stuartdoran7626]

Just discovered you on KZbin, and really enjoyed your videos that I've watched so far. I was surprised though that you're outside Dublin, as your accent is more from Northern Ireland, where I'm from. Unless you were originally from NI.

[@niallgardens]

Ha! You're spot on - I'm originally from Northern Ireland, but I've lifted in the Republic of Ireland for many years now... the accent hasn't shifted though!!

[@Bfamreef]

Really enjoying your videos. Its still to hot here for me to start my fall garden but I cant wait go get some greens growing later in the year. My tropical trees are fruiting and I'm getting loads of pineapples but I really look forward to a change.

[@niallgardens]

Thanks very much! Wow, you get pineapples?! That's super cool!

[@Bfamreef]

@@niallgardens sure did had six produce friut this summer. And the best part is that's 6 new plants to go in the ground.

[@nooie99]

Hi Naill. Love your suggestions and lovely to see you very productive new vegetable garden in the back ground. Im still rescuing my veg garden from over grown weeds. Have 4 beds and adjoining paths weeded and 7 left to weed and make in my small garden. Only a couple days ago i planted my first lot of broad beans in my root trainers. And will do some more from broad beans i left on the plants. I must say i do love seeing the crimson flowered variety in the spring in my vegetable garden. Looking forward to next Sunday video.

[@niallgardens]

Hi! So sorry for a mega late reply - I'm playing catch up with my comments. You are making brilliant progress with that vegetable garden of yours - and those broad beans are going to be delish come the spring. I'm looking forward to just being able to grow things next year without the burden of having to actually create the veg garden itself - I'm sure it's going to be the same for you too ❤️

[@nooie99]

@@niallgardens no worries. Fully understand. Im not pouncing on utube videos to watch as busy busy busy. But catch up when i get a moment

[@McNeep]

Great video. Very interesting idea about growing the spuds in autumn, I never knew you could do that… 😀

[@niallgardens]

Yeah it's such a fun thing to do! Your own spuds at Christmas! (Sorry for the late reply by the way... I'm playing a bit of catch up at the min!)

[@LorraineG123]

Great video Niall,sorry only seeing now. Fairplay planting more potatoes. Im not really planting anything,i have a lot of sorting out in my allotment,i got all must spuds out on Saturday in my lotty,nice harvest. Need to replenish the veds and enrich them for next year. Have peas and carrots,cucumbers and tomatoes on the go,and lots of over wintering veg on the go. Enjoy the mild weather and garden time.

[@niallgardens]

That's brilliant that you've got lots of veg ready for growing over the winter - getting that done alone is such a great thing!

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

Good morning Niall and Greetings from Windermere, Florida zone 9b 🇺🇸 Still quite hot and humid here and we don't have frost until January. As always, I watch your videos from start to finish 👩‍🌾👍

[@niallgardens]

Thanks Peggy!

[@dranzerbeast0308]

The growers in the UK use guardsman spring onions. Chard is my go to veggie along with gai lan.

[@niallgardens]

Ah! I wasn't aware of that - that's really cool to know! Yeah chard is a brilliant leafy green isn't it? Or should I say leafy rainbow colours?! 😂

[@peterduff4682]

Thanks 👍

[@Twistnsine]

Yay thank you Niall, very helpful video! 🥕🧄🥰🙏

[@niallgardens]

You’re welcome 😊 Glad it was helpful!

[@thewitch69]

fab vid as always and im on ebay ordering some of your seed recommendations ,, im growing the " normal" over winter veggies as you talked about but also going to try green manure this year ,1. to fix the soil nd stop weeds, but .2 to also try new things like field beans mung beans and buckwheat and im really hoping i can harvest a wee bit to make enough flour for a few pancakes,,, fingers crossed lol

[@niallgardens]

Wonderful! Thanks for your lovely message! Very good idea about using the green manure - I have some seeds for that which I'll use if I have an empty bed. I like the idea of growing mung beans and buckweed - those are two really cool ideas!!!

[@thewitch69]

@@niallgardens ye im learning all the time from youtubers its helped so much ,and i know buckwheat is only meant to fix the soil but i really fancy tying to grind some into buckwheat flour lol

[@BramptonGardener]

My collards are not germinating so I think I'm going to add some lettuce seeds today. But the rest of my fall greens are sprouting really nicely.

[@niallgardens]

Sounds great! That's so good that your greens are getting on well!

[@gerscollard1497]

Are you having problems sourcing seed in Ireland post Brexit? Several companies now not selling to Ireland from U.K. I recognise one of your seed suppliers from their packet (white green name 'Ch...... ") and also use but now not an option to get seed from.

[@niallgardens]

I am to a degree, but it also gives me a great excuse to tour around the garden centres on a mission! 😂 Any excuse!!

[@mapuss666]

Thanks for the inspiration.Hope you keep making these vids.

[@niallgardens]

Thanks Jim!

[@tecmow4399]

Wonderful video as always, Niall! I was looking for a few ideas as to what to sow today and this was perfect 😁👌🏼

[@niallgardens]

Ah cheers dude! Glad it was helpful! 😃

[@j.reneewhite915]

I grew corn salad greens last year and found it a bit tedious to harvest. I grew upland cress this year and surprise it tasted like corn salad greens with larger leaves. You should give it a try some time.

[@niallgardens]

Oh wow, that sounds really interesting and I love hearing about alternatives to things... that's a new one for my list of seeds to try! Thanks Renee!

[@sallygiles132]

Hi, please can you tell me where you got your Pink Flamigo seeds from. Thank you

[@niallgardens]

I’m afraid I can’t remember! It was a packet of seed that I didn’t recognise or remember buying! 😂 My seed box is full of surprises like that!

[@gardentours]

I didn't make up my mind if I'm still sowing something in September. I've just sown carrots 🥕 and cale. In winter I can always harvest Jerusalem artichokes.

[@niallgardens]

Even sowing the carrots and kale is great! Brilliant!

[@EireGenX]

Great information thanks Niall. I'm trying blue lupins for the first time. Not sure if I will like the taste but the flowers will hopefully look good.

[@niallgardens]

Hahahaha! Yeah I'm not sure about the taste, but they'll definitely look nice!

[@carlafawcett3851]

Carrots, beets, lettuce, radish and potato Oh! and peas : )

[@niallgardens]

Sounds like a great selection! They're going to be delicious!

[@BloosSelfReliance]

Awesome!!! I may pop in some chard and spinach because i love it sooo much. however i have taken up the beds i would normally plant those in with beetroot (i may have planted a couple of hundred of them in an experiment) the patty pans and grisettes are still growing happily in the front bed so i cant really pull those out yet and if i put anything much more in pots Tanny will lose his mind and make me sleep in the poly tunnel with it all :P :P :P

[@niallgardens]

Sounds great! I can't wait to hear how the Patty Pans get on! You're growing some amount of stuff, well done! And hopefully you don't end up having to sleep in the polytunnel after all! 😂😂😂

[@BloosSelfReliance]

@@niallgardens thankfully no sleeping in the polytunnel lol 😂 the grisettes are utterly bonkers I’m getting about 3-4 cricket ball sized courgettes every day and the patty pans are still developing 😳💙🧚‍♀️💙

[@noumander992003]

Radish?

[@alanmartin1949]

How do you handle the limited shelf life of seeds? The water test? Any tips would be appreciated 👍

[@niallgardens]

I have to be honest and say that I've found that storing my seeds in the cool, dark, and dry, has meant that I've got many years of successful germination from them. I haven't really come across many major failures yet.

[@caroline-xe8wt]

Hi Niall can you please let me know where you get your seeds from many thanks .

[@niallgardens]

Sure thing - I use seedaholic

[@amarchadbagan8667]

Khub sundor pilant tips valo

[@niallgardens]

👍

[@lisaskilton3746]

planted seed potatoes about 2 weeks ago into potato grow bags and they are sprouting well! I can then lift then into the poly tunnel before first frosts! random question - could you potentially grow cucumber seeds into the poly tunnel now?

[@niallgardens]

Good question on the cucumbers - I'm not sure whether there'd be sufficient heat to get the fruits to ripen. However! I always love trying something, and for the sake of maybe 3-4 seeds, give it a whirl and see what happens!

[@jeanniemullinder9038]

I have always known it a 'Pak Choy' so is 'Bok Choy' a different plant !

[@niallgardens]

It's the same, but I pronounce it Bok Choi (which I 'think' might be the technically correct pronunciation, though I could be wrong!)

[@nickcaption308]

​@@niallgardensHi I know it as Pak Choi too. And my asian friends, and from asian movies I watch it seems the correct way will be Pak Choi. I don't study linguistics and don't really care if there are other variations of expression. For me important is to know what plant I deal with, what benefits I get from it, how to cook it😂😂i really don't care if it has beside botanical name, hundreds of other variation. Late comment, but just landed here on this channel. Was looking for something else. I like the chanel. I live in Ireland, and I am a very passionate gardner since young age, simply by my nature, I always felt connected with nature, plants. I saved hundreds of plants from the bin, that others just throw them. I never been confident enough, but lately i started to realise that i do have green thumbus. Living with rent, in a foreign country is not easy!!! Non speaking English people will never understand the challenge I think. Conditions 8n Ireland for renting even the smallest room are really outrageous. No conditions at all, but definitely rip off by landlords. And all because we all keeping silent. Even though I had to face this for few years i still managed to grow houseplants. From 2022 i switched more to herbes, vegetables, fruits. No success because i was invaded by slugs in my first floor apartment. I tried natural and chemical solutions too. Is like crazy here. Live near a mountain, and the area is very thriving for them. I gave up and focused more on indoors plants. This year 2023, God blessed me with a friend, that lives country side. I have succeeded with everything I have sown. Nothing more rewarding to see the crops, and enjoy very tasting dishes, without fear are treated with all the nasty things. We all can be self sufficient If greed and dark wouldn't have so much power

[@lindapearson6928]

Hi what growing zone are you in?

[@niallgardens]

Hi Linda - I'm in Zone 8b-9a

[@lindapearson6928]

Thank you I am in 9b but sometimes I can grow a few things north of me.

[@FarmerGarden]

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[@niallgardens]

Thanks!

[@maureenbrophy7852]

Don’t know boc Chou????small Picture would make all the difference. Not a clue about half

[@niallgardens]

Ah it's just me pronouncing Pak Choi. I'll have a think about the pics, but if you click through to my website niallgardens.com I put up a seed list that matches each monthly video 👍 Hope that helps!

[@อยู่ดีมีสุข-ด9ซ]

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[@niallgardens]

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[@stephaniez2]

I like you. You're pleasant

[@niallgardens]

Thanks!