What Veg Seeds To Sow In November

Despite the colder, shorter days, November can be a great time for gardeners to start getting ahead for the coming months and following spring. Here are some of the varieties you can start to sow this month!

Broad Beans for Overwintering

Dwarf Broad Bean Oscar

Preparation: Ideally sow in well-drained soil and keep them protected with a fleece or cloche.

Sowing: Sow your broad beans roughly around 5 cm deep and 15 cm apart.

Care: Water plants well just as they start to flower and then again around a week later.

Harvesting: Start to harvest when pods are full but still small. Regular picking will encourage more pods to form.

Peas for Overwintering

Dwarf Pea Tom Thumb

Preparation: Choose a spot that gets nice & sunny. Peas prefer a neutral to alkaline soil.

Sowing: You can start your peas off indoors by sowing them in modular trays or plant straight outside. When planting outside, sow seeds around 5 cm deep and about 15 cm apart.

Care: Once your peas are growing they shouldn’t need much watering. (except in particularly dry spells). But give them a good water once they start to flower and again around two weeks later to help the pods swell.

Harvesting: The pods should be ready to harvest once they’re filled and roughly 7 cm long. Plants should crop for several weeks.

Microgreens

Microgreen Radish

Preparation: Microgreens should be started in a small seed tray lined with kitchen roll or felt (this should help to hold the water well).

Sowing: Wet your kitchen roll or felt and sprinkle your seeds on top. Keep your seed tray on a warm windowsill or in  a greenhouse.

Care: Make sure seeds are regularly kept moist by regular watering or misting.

Micro Tomatoes for Growing Indoors Under Grow Lights

Micro Tomato Vilma

Preparation: Growing micro tomatoes indoors over the winter will require grow lights.

Sowing: Fill your seed tray with peat-free soil and scatter your seeds just over the soil and cover with a light covering of compost.

Care: Water lightly every few days and check regularly for germination.

Harvesting: 

Edible Houseplants

Edible Houseplant Passionfruit

Pink Banana, Passion Fruit, Prickly Pear

Preparation: These crops are ideal for growing in a conservatory, greenhouse or polytunnel.

Sowing: You can start these plants off indoors in containers that are about 30 cm wide. They require warmer conditions no lower than 10-15℃.

Care: Water once a week. You should re-pot every 2-3 years.

Harvesting: 

Edible Trees

Edible Tree Pomegranate

Pomegranate, beef & onion

Preparation: These edible trees will require a warm, sunny spot to grow and well drained alkaline soil.

Sowing: Seeds should be planted in loose soil around 2 cm deep in a container.

Care: They will require at least 10 hours of light a day and lots of warmth so keep them in a nice sunny spot.

Harvesting: 

Basil

Basil Lettuce Leaf

Preparation: Basil plants like warmth and sunshine so choose a windowsill that gets plenty of sunlight.

Sowing: Sow your basil seeds into module trays, fairly shallow and cover with a small layer of peat-free soil.

Care: Basil is a nice easy one to care for, just keep it nice and warm and water regularly.

Harvesting: Harvest leaves as required on a cut and come again basis.

Cut and Come Again Lettuce for Container Growing

Lettuce Outredgeous

Preparation: If you’re sowing your salad leaves in containers, use a peat-free multipurpose compost or garden soil mixed with compost. When sowing in the open round, you can improve soil by digging in compost.

Sowing: You shouldn’t need to sow your seeds too deep (around 1-2 cm) and cover with a thin layer of compost.

Care: Seedlings should be kept weed free and well watered. Water regularly to help the production of new leaves.

Harvesting: Use scissors to cut leaves once they are a good size.

Sowing these varieties in November should leave you with plenty of crops for harvesting throughout winter and in good stead for Spring. Happy gardening!