4 Alternative Vegetables to Grow in August

Posted on 05. Aug, 2009 by Tracey in How To Grow Veg

Why not try sowing a vegetable you have never heard of before? Some of the following crop in as little as six weeks! Go on try sowing something a bit different.

Broccoli Spears

1. Rapini (Broccoli Raab)

Rapini is easy to grow and is similar to broccoli but crops in only 6 weeks. Broccoli Raab is from the cabbage family, it has a slightly spicy taste and the leaves and sprouts can be cooked as broccoli.

Seed Supplier: The Real Seed Catalogue.
Varieties: Cima Di Rapa (40 days to harvest) or San Marzano (60 days to harvest).

Lambs Lettuce

2. Lambs Lettuce

Lambs Lettuce is a compact lettuce with tiny round rosettes of leaves and is very cold tolerant. It can be sown in the autumn and winter to be added to salads. It is also known as Corn Salad.

Seed Supplier: It is widely available online and in garden centres.
Organic Varieties: Louviers, Vit – The Organic Gardening Catalogue

Calabrese

3. Quick Heading Calabrese

Quick Heading Calabrese can extend your calabrese growing season as it crops in 60 days. By sowing in August and September in an unheated greenhouse or polytunnel, you may be able to get a small crop in Mid March to April. Please bare in mind that it depends on day length and temperatures on whether they heart up or not. However it is worth growing alongside normal calabrese types.

Seed Supplier: The Real Seed Catalogue.

Mustard Greens

4. Mustard Greens

Mustard Greens have a striking peppery, zesty flavour and can be easily grown. They are too hot to eat raw but when cooked they loose the hotness and become mild and tasty. They are very hardy and mainly pest free.

Seed Supplier: The Organic Catalogue or The Real Seed Catalogue
Varieties: Giant Red, Green in Snow, Indian, Giant Miike, Green Wave, Osaka Purple, Ho Mi Zee.

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