When to pick tomatoes and what veggies to plant now?

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Oh we want to start a veg garden so will be interested to see what people say, is it best to wait til spring to plant?

[Miss.September]

I don't think it matters what time of year, ZF. Two weeks ago we put in peas, broccoli and a new batch of beetroot and all have sprouted. If you're going to start with seeds from packets, the packets show on the back what to plant in what area of Australia at what time of year, ITMS. Some things can be planted all year around, others are more seasonal.

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Thanks hun, were going to do a big veggie patch, maybe i should enlist your gardening services

[Miss.September]

LOL, I'm not a green thumb at all, just learning as I go!!!!!!!! If it dies, I give something else a go!!


ETA - That sounded terrible. ZF, be happy to give you a hand

Toomanyshoes - I'm just looking in a book that I have, and it says for all areas of Australia, plant broad beans, broccoli, cabbage, herbs, lettuce, onions, silver beet (BLERGH!!!), peas, spinach and radishes. If you're in a sub tropical climate, plant Asian vegies, beans, beetroot, capsicums, carrots, cucumber, eggplant, parsnip, sweetcorn, squash, tomatoes and zucchini. Hope that helps!

[krystals]

Toomanyshoes- great list from PacRakMG for what to plant!

In terms of the tomatoes, we picked all of ours a couple of weeks ago- they were still green, but ripened inside (don't put them in the fridge). They were still pretty small and were the sweetest of the entire season x

[toomanyshoes]

well I only end up with 4 cherry tomatoes all the bigger ones had things eating them!

Going to have a look around and see if I can get some second hand pots then we can start planting!