Home > Growing tips & recipes > Grow Buddies Subscription – September 4 min read 19.08.2025 Grow Buddies Subscription – September Welcome to your September growing guide!Here’s what’s in your box: Radish Watermelon Lettuce Speckled TroutYour September growing challenge:Can you grow a radish with a surprise inside? This special ‘inside-out’ radish looks green on the outside but hides a bright pink middle, like a watermelon in disguise!Radish WatermelonSowing infoCan be multisown in module trays or sown direct outdoors from July to the first half of September in a sunny position. These are cool weather loving radishes so in very hot periods, delay sowing until the weather cools down a bit. Germination will usually take 7 to 10 days. When sowing direct plant seed at a depth of 3cm in shallow drills. Protect young seedlings from birds.Growing infoAs 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.Blog – How to Sow and Grow Radishes Lettuce Speckled TroutSowing infoSurface sow onto moist compost and just cover. Lettuce will not germinate in hot weather, so do not supplement heat and avoid sowing in the hottest days of summer. Plant out after last frost.Growing infoHeat tolerant and slow to bolt. When you harvest lettuce, you can just remove the lower, outer leaves to significantly extend your harvest period as the plant will continue to grow. Regular succession sowing will ensure a contiunuous crop.Blog – How to Sow and Grow Lettuce 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 Veg Addict – July Next Get Growing Subscription – September
