Vegetables

Vegetables from sowing to harvest.

A vegetable catalogue with sowing and spacing, tested companions and, further down, a planting plan that lays out your vegetables 3 to 5 years ahead.

Vegetables

All vegetables.

Every species has its own page: sowing, spacing, plants per square metre and harvest time.

LegumesLeafy greens and brassicasFruiting vegetablesRoots and alliumsPotatoesPerennials
Tomatosow indoors · February–Marchspacing 60 cm · 2.5 per m²Carrotdirect sowing · March–Julyspacing 9 cm · 120 per m²Cucumberdirect sowing · May–Junespacing 40 cm · 6 per m²Potatotuber / set · March–Mayspacing 35 cm · 8 per m²Lettucedirect sowing · March–Augustspacing 30 cm · 12 per m²Onionbulb · March–April, October–Novemberspacing 10 cm · 100 per m²Zucchini, pumpkinsow indoors · April–Mayspacing 100 cm · 0.8 per m²Common beandirect sowing · May–Junespacing 15 cm · 44 per m²Peppersow indoors · February–Aprilspacing 40 cm · 6 per m²Peadirect sowing · March–Junespacing 10 cm · 100 per m²Radishdirect sowing · April–Augustspacing 10 cm · 100 per m²Garlicbulb · October–Decemberspacing 15 cm · 44 per m²Cabbagesow indoors · February–Aprilspacing 40 cm · 6 per m²Beetrootdirect sowing · March–Julyspacing 10 cm · 100 per m²Kohlrabidirect sowing · March–Julyspacing 15 cm · 44 per m²Winter squashdirect sowing · May–Junespacing 90 cm · 1 per m²Leeksow indoors · Februaryspacing 20 cm · 25 per m²Eggplanttransplant outdoors · May–Junespacing 60 cm · 3 per m²Kalesow indoors · Marchspacing 45 cm · 5 per m²Runner beandirect sowing · May–Junespacing 20 cm · 25 per m²Celeriacsow indoors · Marchspacing 30 cm · 11 per m²Broad beandirect sowing · March–Mayspacing 20 cm · 25 per m²Spinachdirect sowing · March–May, August–Septemberspacing 15 cm · 44 per m²Charddirect sowing · April–Julyspacing 30 cm · 11 per m²Sweet corntransplant outdoors · May–Junespacing 40 cm · 6 per m²Broccolisow indoors · February–Junespacing 60 cm · 3 per m²Garden rocketdirect sowing · April–Septemberspacing 15 cm · 44 per m²Melonsow indoors · April–Mayspacing 100 cm · 1 per m²Asparagusbare-root · March–Aprilspacing 45 cm · 5 per m²Belgian endive (witloof)direct sowing · May–Junespacing 15 cm · 44 per m²Broccoli rabe (rapini)direct sowing · April–Augustspacing 15 cm · 44 per m²Brussels sproutssow indoors · February–Aprilspacing 60 cm · 3 per m²Cauliflowersow indoors · March–Aprilspacing 50 cm · 4 per m²Celerysow indoors · March–Aprilspacing 25 cm · 16 per m²Corn saladdirect sowing · March–April, Septemberspacing 10 cm · 100 per m²Endivedirect sowing · May–Augustspacing 30 cm · 11 per m²Florence fenneldirect sowing · June–Julyspacing 30 cm · 11 per m²Globe artichokesow indoors · February–Aprilspacing 100 cm · 1 per m²Hamburg parsleydirect sowing · March–Aprilspacing 20 cm · 25 per m²Horseradishroot-balled · March–Augustspacing 60 cm · 3 per m²Napa cabbagedirect sowing · March–Augustspacing 30 cm · 11 per m²Parsnipdirect sowing · March–Mayspacing 20 cm · 25 per m²Radicchiosow indoors · April–Mayspacing 30 cm · 11 per m²Rhubarbbare-root · November–Marchspacing 90 cm · 1 per m²Rutabagadirect sowing · May–Junespacing 25 cm · 16 per m²Turnipdirect sowing · March–Augustspacing 20 cm · 25 per m²Welsh oniondirect sowing · March–Augustspacing 20 cm · 25 per m²

Companions

Good and bad neighbours.

Good and bad neighbours in the bed for each vegetable.

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Ready-made bed combinations

Leafy greens

Lettuce, chard, spinach and endive — green leaves for quick harvests, even in part shade.

Why rotate

The same family never two years running.

Plants of one family share diseases and pests and take the same things from the soil. That is why they come back to the same spot only after a few years.

1

Groups by feeding needs

Heavy feeders go to the manured spot, followed by medium feeders, then light feeders and finally legumes, which add nitrogen to the soil.

2

A family stays together

Crops of one family move together, so they return to the same spot only after a full cycle.

3

Potatoes and tomatoes

Potatoes are a separate group in the planting plan, but they belong to one family with tomatoes and peppers (nightshades). Never one right after the other in one bed.

⛓ nightshades