Planting Times For Garden Vegetables

Knowing the right planting times for garden vegetables helps you plan ahead and get the very best out of your vegetable patch.

But before you can actually plant some vegetables you sometimes need to sow seeds and germinate them, so seed sowing times are included.

So perhaps this should be titled “Sowing and Planting Times for Garden Vegetables”.

You can buy many vegetables as young plants, cabbage, runner beans, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, leeks and many more, which you can simply plant in your vegetable garden and watch them grow away.

But you can save lots of money by sowing your own vegetable seeds instead of buying young plants.

There is more work but sowing seeds and seeing them germinate into fine young plants is so pleasurable and rewarding the extra work is more than worth the results. And don’t forget you can save money.

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But the choice is yours, whether to sow your vegetable seeds or to buy young plants.

So, in case you do decide to sow seeds the following planting times for garden vegetables will include seed sowing times as well.

Asparagus
Sowing Time: January to February
Planting Time: April to May
Harvest: May to June

Artichoke - Globe
Sowing Time: Mid February to End of March
Planting Time: April
Harvest: July to September

Artichoke - Jerusalem
Planting Time: Mid March to End April
Harvest: October to following January

Aubergine
Sowing Time: Mid February to end of March
Planting Time: April to May
Harvest: July September

Bean - Broad
Sowing Time: January to Mid February
Planting Time: April to early May
Harvest: June to August

Bean - French
Sowing Time: January to February
Planting Time: April
Harvest: July to September

Bean - Runner
Sowing Time: April
Planting Time: May to June
Harvest: July to October

Beet - Leaf
Sowing Time: April
Planting Time: May June
Harvest: June to mid September

Beetroot
Sowing Time: March to June
Harvest: June to September

Broccoli
Sowing Time: Mid March to May
Planting Time: June to July
Harvest: August to following March

Brussels Sprouts
Sowing Time: February to March
Planting Time: April to June
Harvest: October to following February

Cabbage - Chinese
Sowing Time: April to May or July to August
Planting Time: Mid September to Mid November

Cabbage - Spring
Sowing Time: July to August
Planting Time: September to October
Harvest Time: Following March to May

Cabbage - Summer
Sowing Time: February to March
Planting Time: March to April
Harvest: July to October

Cabbage - Winter
Sowing Time: March to Early May
Planting Time: May to July
Harvest: November to following February

Calabrese
Sowing Time: April to May
Planting Time: May to July
Harvest: August to early September

Carrot
Sowing Time: February to June
Harvest: June to October

Cauliflower
Sowing Time: January to June
Planting Time: March to June
Harvest: Following February to December

Celeriac
Sowing Time: January to March
Planting Time: May to June
Harvest: November to following February

Celery
Sowing Time: February to early April
Planting Time: April to June
Harvest: August to following February

Chicory
Sowing Time: May to June
Harvest: October to February

Courgette
Sowing Time: April to June
Harvest: July to October

Cucumber
Sowing Time: March to June
Harvest: June to September

Endive
Sowing Time: March to June
Harvest: August to following February

Garlic
Planting Time: October
Harvest: Following August

Kale
Sowing Time: March to early May
Planting Time: July to August
Harvest: November to following March

Kohl Rabi
Sowing Time: March to June
Harvest: November to following February

Leek
Sowing Time: January to early April
Planting Time: April to June
Harvest: September to following March

Lettuce
Sowing Time: January to May
Harvest Time: All year round

Marrow
Sowing Time: March to May
Planting Time: May to June
Harvest: July to October

Onion
Sowing Time: January to March
Planting Time: End of March to April
Harvest: June to November

Parsnip
Sowing Time: February to April
Harvest: July to following February

Pea
Sowing Time: January to May
Harvest: May to September

Pepper
Sowing Time: December to following March
Planting Time: March to June
Harvest: April to September

Potato
Planting Time: February to May
Harvest: June to October

Radish
Sowing Time: February to July
Harvest: April to September

Rhubarb
Sowing Time: February to end of beginning of May
Planting Time: February to March
Harvest: Two years time April to July

Salsify
Sowing Time: march to April
Harvest: August to following January

Shallot
Planting Time: February to March
Harvest: August to September

Spinach
Sowing Time: March to May
Harvest: All year round

Swede
Sowing Time: April to June
Harvest: September to February

Sweet Corn
Sowing Time: March to May
Planting Time: May to June
Harvest: August to October

Tomato - Indoor
Sowing Time: January to March
Planting Time: April to May
Harvest: June to October

Tomato - Outdoor
Sowing Time: February to April
Planting Time: May to June
Harvest: July to September

Turnip
Sowing Time: March to August
Harvest: May to December

These planting times for garden vegetables are for the UK and should be adjusted to suite your own zone.

Always follow the instructions on your seed packets as this information should be accurate for your own area.

The sowing and planting times will vary even within the UK as different parts of the country are warmer or drier than others and the sowing and planting times for garden vegetables should be adjusted as needed.

If there is a mild spring or autumn, sowing or planting times for garden vegetables can be made earlier or later. So make use of any mild seasons.

Some indoor seed sowing can be started earlier than outdoor sowings, so check your seed packets which should have all this information.

If you want any further information on sowing and planting times for garden vegetables or how to propagate and grow any of your favourite gardening plants please feel free to contact us

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