What is the best time to plant? Not only should the raised bed gardener know the rules for fruit and mixed crops, it is also useful to know the best planting times.

Each vegetable in its time

When to sow, plant and harvest vegetables

So that you can have a rich harvest in your raised bed, the plants not only have to be carefully nurtured and cared for: the right time for sowing or planting is also essential for successful cultivation. This applies in particular to fruit vegetables, which should be grown on the windowsill from February / March and then planted in the bed after the ice saints.

  • Aubergines: planted in May, harvest between August and October
  • Cauliflower: Sow May / June, plant between April and July, harvest between July and October
  • Broccoli: Sow May / June, plant between late May and early August, harvest between July and October
  • Bush beans: Sow between mid-May and July, harvest between August and mid-October
  • Lamb's lettuce: Sow between August and mid-September, harvest between mid-November and March
  • Early potatoes: Plant between mid-April and mid-May, harvest between mid-June and mid-August
  • Kale: Sow between mid-July and early August, harvest from late October
  • Cucumbers: Sow between mid-May and mid-June, harvest between July and August
  • Potatoes: planted in May, harvest between August and mid-September
  • Kohlrabi: Sow between late May and early July, plant between May and August, harvest between late July and September
  • Garlic: planted between October and November, harvest between May and August
  • Pumpkin: Sow between May and June, plant in June, harvest between July and October
  • Lettuce: Sow between April and mid-July, plant between mid-March and late August, harvest between June and September
  • Leek: Sow between mid-March and June, plant between late May and late August, harvest between September and February
  • Carrots: Sow between early March and late June, harvest between June and mid-October
  • Peppers: Sow in April, plant in May, harvest between June and August
  • Radishes: Sow between mid-March and mid-August, harvest between mid-April and mid-October
  • Beetroot: Sow between early May and mid-June, harvest between late July and late October
  • Rocket: Sow all year round, provided the soil is warmer than 15 °C
  • Celery: Plant between late May and early July, harvest between mid-August and late November
  • Spinach: sow early: early March to mid-April, harvest mid-March to late April; Late sowing: Sow between early August and mid-September, harvest between late September and mid-November
  • Pole beans: Sow between early May and late June
  • Tomatoes: Planting mid-May to mid-June, harvest between early July and mid-October
  • Zucchini: Sow between April and May, plant from mid-May, harvest between the beginning of June and the end of October
  • Sweet peas: Sow in April, harvest between mid-June and late August
  • Onions: Sow in March, plant in March, harvest between August and September

tips

If you prefer typical, fast-growing seed vegetables in a seed pot over the course of the summer, you can still plant them in the bed in the autumn.

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Vegetable garden