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.
Tomatosow indoors · February–Marchspacing 60 cm · 2.5 per m²
Carrotdirect sowing · March–Julyspacing 9 cm · 120 per m²
Cucumberdirect sowing · May–Junespacing 40 cm · 6 per m²
Potatotuber / set · March–Mayspacing 35 cm · 8 per m²
Lettucedirect sowing · March–Augustspacing 30 cm · 12 per m²
Onionbulb · March–April, October–Novemberspacing 10 cm · 100 per m²
Zucchini, pumpkinsow indoors · April–Mayspacing 100 cm · 0.8 per m²
Common beandirect sowing · May–Junespacing 15 cm · 44 per m²
Peppersow indoors · February–Aprilspacing 40 cm · 6 per m²
Peadirect sowing · March–Junespacing 10 cm · 100 per m²
Radishdirect sowing · April–Augustspacing 10 cm · 100 per m²
Garlicbulb · October–Decemberspacing 15 cm · 44 per m²
Cabbagesow indoors · February–Aprilspacing 40 cm · 6 per m²
Beetrootdirect sowing · March–Julyspacing 10 cm · 100 per m²
Kohlrabidirect sowing · March–Julyspacing 15 cm · 44 per m²
Winter squashdirect sowing · May–Junespacing 90 cm · 1 per m²
Leeksow indoors · Februaryspacing 20 cm · 25 per m²
Eggplanttransplant outdoors · May–Junespacing 60 cm · 3 per m²
Kalesow indoors · Marchspacing 45 cm · 5 per m²
Runner beandirect sowing · May–Junespacing 20 cm · 25 per m²
Celeriacsow indoors · Marchspacing 30 cm · 11 per m²
Broad beandirect sowing · March–Mayspacing 20 cm · 25 per m²
Spinachdirect sowing · March–May, August–Septemberspacing 15 cm · 44 per m²
Charddirect sowing · April–Julyspacing 30 cm · 11 per m²
Sweet corntransplant outdoors · May–Junespacing 40 cm · 6 per m²
Broccolisow indoors · February–Junespacing 60 cm · 3 per m²
Garden rocketdirect sowing · April–Septemberspacing 15 cm · 44 per m²
Melonsow indoors · April–Mayspacing 100 cm · 1 per m²
Asparagusbare-root · March–Aprilspacing 45 cm · 5 per m²
Belgian endive (witloof)direct sowing · May–Junespacing 15 cm · 44 per m²
Broccoli rabe (rapini)direct sowing · April–Augustspacing 15 cm · 44 per m²
Brussels sproutssow indoors · February–Aprilspacing 60 cm · 3 per m²
Cauliflowersow indoors · March–Aprilspacing 50 cm · 4 per m²
Celerysow indoors · March–Aprilspacing 25 cm · 16 per m²
Corn saladdirect sowing · March–April, Septemberspacing 10 cm · 100 per m²
Endivedirect sowing · May–Augustspacing 30 cm · 11 per m²
Florence fenneldirect sowing · June–Julyspacing 30 cm · 11 per m²
Globe artichokesow indoors · February–Aprilspacing 100 cm · 1 per m²
Hamburg parsleydirect sowing · March–Aprilspacing 20 cm · 25 per m²
Horseradishroot-balled · March–Augustspacing 60 cm · 3 per m²
Napa cabbagedirect sowing · March–Augustspacing 30 cm · 11 per m²
Parsnipdirect sowing · March–Mayspacing 20 cm · 25 per m²
Radicchiosow indoors · April–Mayspacing 30 cm · 11 per m²
Rhubarbbare-root · November–Marchspacing 90 cm · 1 per m²
Rutabagadirect sowing · May–Junespacing 25 cm · 16 per m²
Turnipdirect sowing · March–Augustspacing 20 cm · 25 per m²
Welsh oniondirect sowing · March–Augustspacing 20 cm · 25 per m²Companions
Good and bad neighbours.
Good and bad neighbours in the bed for each vegetable.
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Ready-made bed combinations
Vegetable basics
Lettuce, chard, pepper and kohlrabi — a simple vegetable bed for the whole summer.
Tomatoes with companions
Tomatoes with basil, marigold and lettuce — neighbours that help each other.
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.
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.
A family stays together
Crops of one family move together, so they return to the same spot only after a full cycle.
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.
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