At the end of August or the beginning of September, you can still sow garden dill, arugula, watercress (or peppercorn) for the current consumption. We can also try to grow spinach in winter - it will winter in the form of small rosettes, and it will be ready for harvesting in the spring.
You can also sow lettuce and endive on the seedbed, but lettuce is also used for winter cultivation, and the endive planted at the end of September can be covered with non-woven fabric so that it grows and is suitable for harvesting at the end of November.Some lettuce seedlings can also be grown in this way, but their leaves accumulate much more nitrates compared to the endive grown for autumn and winter harvesting. It is also worth remembering about the lamb's lettuce for the fall-winter harvest.
To speed up emergence and reduce water evaporation, the sowing area can also be covered with a white fleece. After sunrise, we uncover the plants, and before the onset of greater frosts, we cover again.
The lamb's lettuce is a treasury of vitamins and minerals, therefore its consumption in the autumn and winter period is very beneficial for our he alth.The seeds sown later (in mid-September) will only produce small rosettes, which, like winter spinach, we will collect in the spring of the following year.
Vegetables for storage
Most of the harvested vegetables should be used for storage or processing, because we will not be able to use the amounts we collect in September directly.It should be remembered, however, that only appropriate storage conditions will not reduce the value of vitamin treasures.
Root vegetables, head cabbage, onions, garlic, dry legumes and well-dried herbs are best stored. Pumpkins can also be stored for 2-3 months. These vegetables must be he althy and undamaged.The best place is a mini-cellar under the gazebo on the plot, because in the cellarsthere are too high temperatures in the blocks.Stored vegetables cannot be exposed to freezing, the best is temp. 0-5 ° C. The exception are thermophilic vegetables, the fruit of which should be stored at a temperature of 12-14 ° C.
