Mid summer Growing ideas for Queensland

[Davidwood1983]

Hi all,

move just cleared out a bed from the spring crop and looking for something to replace it with but will be finished before the winter sowing. North of Brisbane,wet summer, preferably fruit fly safe. Plenty of tomatoes, chilli, eggplant, capsicum, pumpkin already in. Was going to put in some jicama in a small bed but any ideas on quick turn around crop?

 

[Vicky]

if you can't think of anything edible perhaps a green manure crop to improve the soil? I've planted buckwheat and it goes really well in summer, needing heat but loving quite a bit of water, can't remember how quick a producer it was off hand though

 

[AndrewB]

Okra is a quick grower for something different. Zucchini is another good one.