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Vegetable Seeds to Sow in June

Posted on 05. Jun, 2009 by Tracey in How to Grow Veg

June is the month where frost has passed so all tender vegetables like squash, beans, cucumbers and tomato’s can now be planted out into raised beds or put out onto the patio.

Beetroot Seedling

1. Beetroot

Beetroot is a striking red root vegetable, there are some varieties which are white and yellow. Beetroot leaves can also be eaten and cooked like spinach. They are easy to grow in pots or in raised beds.

Sow: April to June
No of weeks until seedlings appear: 2 weeks.
Harvest: June to September
No of weeks until harvest: 9 – 12 weeks.

Varieties include:

• Most Popular: Bolthardy (it is resistant to bolting and has a good flavor).
• Globe 2,
• Chioggia,
• Detroit Globe Crimson Globe,
• Baby Beetroot: Solo F1,
• Yellow: Burpee’s Golden,
• White: Albina Vereduna.

Lettuce Tray

2. Lettuce

There are 5 different types of lettuce:

1. Cos – Baby Lettuce like little gem, good for pots,
2. Butterhead – A full headed lettuce with an open leaved habit.
3. Crisphead – A full headed closed lettuce with crisp leaves.
4. Loose Leaf – Single leaves grown as a fast crop in pots or trays.
5. Winter – Lettuces specially breed to cope with cold & wet conditions.

Sow: March to July
Harvest: April to August

Loose leaf lettuce is quick and easy to grow in a tray, on a windowsill or in pots. Loose leaf lettuce (or cut and come again) takes 2-4 days for tiny leaves to appear and can be harvested in 4 – 7 weeks.

Varieties include:
Cos: TinTin, Little Gem, Rubens Red.
Butterhead: All Year Round, Tom Thumb, Rosetta.
Crisphead: Bedford, Iceberg, Vienna.
Loose Leaf: Salad Bowl, Belize, Mixed Salad Leaves.
Winter: Valdor, Winter Density, Winter Crop.

iGrowVeg How To Guide: Growing Lettuce

Radishes

3. Radish

Radish is the most easiest and quickest vegetable to grow. It takes 4-5 weeks to harvest! There are round or long types of radish that are red, white, yellow or orange in colour. Radishes can be grown in pots, on a windowsill, in a seed tray and raised beds.

Sow: February to September
Harvest: March to October

Varieties include:

• Globe Shaped: Scarlet Globe, Sparkler 3, Rainbow Mixed.
• Cylindrical: French Breakfast 3, Mino F1 (white).

iGrowVeg How to Guide: Growing Radishes

Runner Beans

4. Runner Beans

Runner Beans are a great bean to grow as they crop for months throughout the summer. They only take up vertical space up to about 6 to 7 foot high and require bamboo canes or an obelisk for support. They produce lovely flowers usually white or red which the bees and insects love. Homegrown beans have a much fresher, flavorsome taste than shop bought ones.

Sow: April to July
Harvest: June to September

Varieties:

• Enorma - red flowers, enormous crops of long, slender beans, RHS Award of Garden Merit.
• Scarlet Emperor – red flowers, tender and great flavour, early cropper.
• Lady Di – red flowers, stringless, very good flavour, RHS Award of Garden Merit.
• Painted Lady – red and white flowers, heavy cropper over a long season.
• Polestar - British bred, completely stringless, early cropping.
• White Emergo – white flowers, organic, smooth pods, great taste, high crops.

iGrowVeg How To Guides:

• Growing Runner Beans
• Transplanting Runner Beans
• Building a Wigwam Bean Support.

5. Swede

Swede is a good strong root vegetable with yellowy flesh and deep flavor. They are easy to grow and crop over a long season. They grow in most soil types and actually taste sweeter if picked after the first frost in October/November.

Sow: April to July,
Harvest: October to February.
Varieties:

• Angela – very sweet taste,
• Brora – high yields, good sweet taste, RHS Award of garden Merit.
• Helenor – organic, globe shaped, yellow flesh, good taste.
• Marian – great texture and flavor, very high yielding.

Perpetual Spinach

6. Perpetual Spinach

Perpetual Spinach or Leaf Beat is a very easy to grow type of spinach and if you have problems with normal spinach bolting this is the type for you. It works well in the vegetable garden grown with Swiss Chard. Leaves can be cut off and the plant continuously reproduces leaves for a long harvest period.

Sow: April to August
Harvest July to December

Check out my Slide-Show on Growing Perpetual Spinach.

Other Vegetables to Sow in June:

• Kale,
• Carrots,
• Dwarf French & Climbing Beans,
• Mange Tout,
• Cabbages,
• Chard,
• Spring Onions.

Other Posts in this Series:

• Vegetables To Sow Indoors In February and March
• Vegetables To Sow Outdoors in February and March
• Vegetables To Sow in April
• Vegetable Seeds to Sow in May
• Vegetable Seeds to Sow in June
• Vegetable Seeds to Sow in July
• Vegetable Seeds to Sow in August
• Vegetable Seeds to Sow in September
• Vegetable Seeds to Sow in October
• Vegetable Seeds & Sets to Plant in November

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