What Seeds to SOW in November In the Allotment Garden | Gardening for Beginners

In November, you can sow herbs like basil, parsley, and chives indoors on the windowsill, as well as mustard directly into the ground. You can also sow salad leaves like amaranth red army and lettuce all year round. Additionally, you can plant broad beans, peas, onion sets, and garlic for next year's harvest.

Yes, mustard can be grown together with cress, which is a traditional combination. It's recommended to sow the cress two to three days before the faster-growing mustard.

Broad beans and peas can be sown in November. For broad beans, you can sow one seed per cell tray, and for peas, three seeds per cell to encourage competition and growth. An alternative method for peas is to plant them in guttering with holes and keep them off the ground to protect them from critters.

An alternative method for sowing peas is using a hanging basket and hanging them from the ceiling to prevent mice from eating them, or planting them in guttering kept high off the ground.

Onion sets and garlic are planted with the roots down and the pointed end up. Onion sets can be slightly above the soil or deeper to protect them from birds, while garlic cloves can be planted on top of the soil or about two inches under the ground, spaced around six inches apart.

In addition to the aforementioned seeds and vegetables, you can plant strawberry runners, rhubarb crowns, and other fruits like currants and blueberries in November.

You can protect your plants by planting them in trays and keeping them protected with cloches if the soil is wet and cold. For crops like peas and broad beans, keeping them high off the ground can help protect them from being eaten by pests.