Home > Growing tips & recipes > Grow buddies subscription – August 2026 4 min read 24.06.2026 Grow buddies subscription – August 2026 Welcome to your August growing guide! Here’s what’s in your box: Radish Red Beauty Overwintering Onion Senshyu Your August growing challenge: Grow a bright red radish! Radish Red Beauty Sowing info Best sown direct from mid summer onwards in a sunny position. Germination will usually take 5 to 7 days. Sow at a depth of 1 cm in shallow drills and keep moist. Protect young seedlings from birds. Growing info As roots swell, harvest the largest roots to allow more room for others to grow larger. Succession sowing every 2-4 weeks will ensure a continual supply. Will not perform well in Spring/Summer as prone to bolting. Blog – How to Sow and Grow Radishes Overwintering Onion Senshyu Sowing info Either sow in spring as a standard main crop or in autumn for overwintering. Sow now in early summer for sturdy plants that’ll sit through winter and give you a head start next spring. Can be direct sown or multi sown into module trays before planting out. Sow seed 1 cm deep and keep the soil lightly moist and the temperature around 15C until germination. Plant out when around pencil size. Growing info Thin seedlings to roughly 10 cm spacing, thinnings can be enjoyed in salads. Onions are ready to harvest when foliage flops over and starts to yellow and onions should then be hung somewhere dry, to cure the skin for 2 weeks before storage. Overwintered crops can be planted out in late autumn or be kept in modules to plant out in spring. Blog – How to Sow and Grow Onions Meet the author Nelly Nelly works in the She Grows Veg marketing department and is an incredible cook! She's learning how to grow veg fast in her very own container garden. Her favourites so far are the Dwarf Sunflower called 'Sunspot' and our Dwarf Pea called 'Tom Thumb'. Previous Best Flowers for Bees: Beautiful Blooms for Your Garden & Home Next Get Growing Subscription – August 2026
