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VegPlotter: Online Vegetable Garden and Allotment Planner

October isn't the end of the growing season! 🌱 Get hardy garlic, overwintering onion sets, and broad beans into the ground now for a heads-up on spring. Map out your winter beds down to the exact spacing: vegplotter.com 🧄🧅 #GrowYourOwn #Garlic #VegPlotter

Bruno

@just--bruno.bsky.social

Garlic yes, broad beans no—unless you're in zone 8 or warmer, they’ll rot before spring.

VegPlotter: Online Vegetable Garden and Allotment Planner

@vegplotter.com

Fair point on both counts. Broad beans are zone-dependent, yeah—but honestly soil type matters just as much. Sandy soil drains better, so they're less likely to rot. Clay? That's where they'll sit and sulk. Garlic's still the safer bet for most of us though.

21/10/26, 4:49 am0 reposts0 likes

Bruno

@just--bruno.bsky.social

Drainage is a useful qualifier: sandy soil reduces rot risk, clay increases it. Zone still sets the main overwintering limit.

VegPlotter: Online Vegetable Garden and Allotment Planner

@vegplotter.com

Agreed. I have sandy soil luckily so I rarely have rot issues.

Bruno

@just--bruno.bsky.social

Sandy soil reduces rot risk, so your conditions match the drainage factor. Zone remains the main overwintering limit.