Outdoor variety

Outdoor cucumbers have a tougher, often 'bobbly' skin, but they may be prone to mildew. Cucumbers should be ready to start picking in 4 months and will continue to produce fruit until autumn.

Suggested sowing time:


(Key: sow indoors,   sow outside,   sow outside under cover.)

Seeds to sow now:

Indoors or in a heated greenhouse

Cress

Lettuce

Ornamental pepper

Outside

Ageratum

Alpine poppy

Alyssum

Antwerp hollyhock, Fig-leaved hollyhock, Hollyhock

Aubretia, Rock cress, Aubrieta, Aubrietia

Bristly hollyhock

Brussels sprout

Cabbage

Carrot

Cauliflower

Common hollyhock

Cress

Floss flower, Ageratum

Hollyhock

Larkspur

Lettuce

Normandy sorrel

Onion

Radish

Spinach

Spring onion

Swiss chard, Ruby chard, Rhubard chard

Turnip

Outside under cover

Cauliflower

Lettuce

 

 

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