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Sowing and planting in July

In July beds become free, and you fill the gaps with autumn vegetables. Chinese cabbage, pak choi, autumn turnips and radish grow fast now, as do endive and a late row of bush beans. Where nothing else should follow, sow phacelia as green manure. Lettuce germinates poorly in summer heat: sow it in the evening and keep the seedbed cool and moist.

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The monthly article covers what else needs doing in the garden in July: The garden in July: harvest, water, and start thinking about autumn