{"id":18442,"date":"2017-06-06T17:01:24","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T16:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18442"},"modified":"2017-06-06T17:02:01","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T16:02:01","slug":"sowing-vegetable-seed-in-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/tips\/sowing-vegetable-seed-in-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Sowing Vegetable Seed in Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-715\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/sweetpea-seedlings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/sweetpea-seedlings.jpg 384w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/sweetpea-seedlings-300x262.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Late Sown Peas<\/p>\n<h3>Reasons for Summer Seed Sowing<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>If you want a regular supply of salad crops and continuity of fresh vegetables then sow through summer.<\/li>\n<li>Some crop failures can be retrieved by a summer sowing.<\/li>\n<li>Some crops prefer a late sowing. Runner beans soon catch up if sown now.<\/li>\n<li>Summer sowing lengthens the harvesting period and late sowings come into their own as early sowing begin to peak.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Tips for Summer Sowing<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Salad, carrots , radish and cut and come again crops are suited to direct sowing.<\/li>\n<li>Increase the organic matter in your soil during autumn to increase the water retention ability.<\/li>\n<li>Water your weed free seed bed a couple of days before sowing to increase the moisture level to a depth of at least 2&#8243;.<\/li>\n<li>In very dry conditions water a deep drill before sowing and leave a U shape furrow to focus more water to the seedlings<\/li>\n<li>A fine tilth and firming down will help the seed make good contact with the moist soil.<\/li>\n<li>If the soil is prone to forming a crust cover seeds with proprietary compost rather than garden soil.<\/li>\n<li>Covering new seed drills with fleece or newspaper reduces evaporation as would any temporary shading.<\/li>\n<li>A tip for lettuce germination is to sow in the afternoon &#8211; lettuce need a cool period to germinate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Look after your summer sown children &#8211; Do not go on holiday &#8211; &#8216;do not collect \u00c2\u00a3200 for passing go.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late Sown Peas Reasons for Summer Seed Sowing If you want a regular supply of salad crops and continuity of fresh vegetables then sow through summer. Some crop failures can be retrieved by a summer sowing. Some crops prefer a late sowing. Runner beans soon catch up if sown now. Summer sowing lengthens the harvesting period and late sowings come into their own as early sowing begin to peak. Tips for Summer Sowing Salad, carrots , radish and cut and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/tips\/sowing-vegetable-seed-in-summer\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18442\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}