Planting Calendar

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You can also find below some month by month advice regarding your crops.

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January

• Continue digging and manuring if ground not too wet or frozen.

• Chit seed potatoes.

• Sow broad beans under cover.

February

• In open ground, sow broad beans, parsnips and plant shallots.

• Start rooting onion sets in trays of compost under cover.

• Sow peas, mangetout and beetroot under cover and tomatoes, celeriac and brassicas inside.

March

• In open ground, sow broad beans, summer cabbage, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, Savoy cabbage, parsnips and spinach.

• Sow under cover beetroot, early carrots, cauliflowers, leeks, lettuce, onions and peas.

• Plant chitted early potatoes.

• Plant out onion sets if rooted.

• Sow courgettes and squash inside.

• Sow sweet peas outside.

• Pot on tomatoes and keep inside.

April

• In open ground sow beetroot, brassicas, carrots, leeks, lettuce, parsnips, peas, summer spinach, turnips and radish.

• Sow French and runner beans under cover.

• Plant out rooted onion sets.

• Plant chitted later potatoes.

• Harden off tomatoes in a green house or cold frame or plant out with protection in warm seasons, but watch out for night frosts.

May

• Continue sowings of above for successional growing.

• In open ground sow French and runner beans, sprouting broccoli, winter cabbage, kale.

• Once risk of frost is past, plant out courgettes, squash and tomatoes with protection.

June

• Sow more French and runner beans, radishes, marrows and peas.

• Plant out tomatoes, leeks and brassicas.

July

• Sow French beans, spring cabbage, winter lettuce, swedes and turnips.

August

• Sow winter lettuce, winter spinach and chard.

September

• Sow spring cauliflower and winter lettuce.

• Plant over-wintering onion and garlic sets.

• Earth up leeks.

October

• Thin winter spinach and spinach beet.

• Continue to earth up leeks.

• Cover autumn sown lettuce.

• Start digging, weeding and manuring open ground.

November

• Sow Aquadulce broad beans for early crops next year. This sowing can be a gamble so provide winter protection.

• Continue digging.

• Sow sweet peas under cover for early flowering.

December

• Continue digging and manuring if ground not too wet or frozen.​​