What is the best time to plant and when? Not only should the raised bed gardener know the rules for fruit and mixed culture, but precise knowledge of the best planting times is also useful.
When should you plant which vegetables in the raised bed?
A raised bed planting calendar helps to sow and harvest different types of vegetables at the right time. Examples are: planting tomatoes in May, sowing broccoli in May/June and sowing carrots between March and June.
When you can sow, plant and harvest vegetables
So that you can keep a rich harvest in your raised bed, the plants not only have to be carefully looked after 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: planting in May, harvest between August and October
- Cauliflower: sowing May / June, planting between April and July, harvesting between July and October
- Broccoli: sowing May / June, planting between the end of May and the beginning of August, harvest between July and October
- Bush beans: sowing between mid-May and July, harvest between August and mid-October
- Lamb lettuce: sow between August and mid-September, harvest between mid-November and March
- Early potatoes: planting between mid-April and mid-May, harvest between mid-June and mid-August
- Kale: sow between mid-July and early August, harvest from the end of October
- Cucumbers: sow between mid-May and mid-June, harvest between July and August
- Potatoes: planting in May, harvest between August and mid-September
- Kohlrabi: Sowing between the end of May and the beginning of July, planting between May and August, harvest between the end of July and September
- Garlic: Plant between October and November, harvest between May and August
- Pumpkin: sowing between May and June, planting in June, harvesting between July and October
- Lettuce: sowing between April and mid-July, planting between mid-March and the end of August, harvest between June and September
- Leek: Sowing between mid-March and June, planting between the end of May and the end of August, harvest between September and February
- Carrots: sowing between the beginning of March and the end of June, harvest between June and mid-October
- Peppers: sowing in April, planting in May, harvest between June and August
- Radish: sow between mid-March and mid-August, harvest between mid-April and mid-October
- Beetroot: Sowing between the beginning of May and mid-June, harvest between the end of July and the end of October
- Rucola: Sow all year round, provided the soil is warmer than 15 °C
- Celery: planting between the end of May and the beginning of July, harvest between mid-August and the end of November
- Spinach: Sow early: early March to mid-April, harvest mid-March to late April; Sowing late: Sowing between the beginning of August and mid-September, harvest between the end of September and mid-November
- Runner beans: sow between the beginning of May and the end of June
- Tomatoes: Planting mid-May to mid-June, harvesting between early July and mid-October
- Zucchini: Sowing between April and May, planting from mid-May, harvest between the beginning of June and the end of October
- Sugar peas: sowing in April, harvest between mid-June and the end of August
- Onions: sowing in March, planting in March, harvest between August and September
Tip
If you prefer to plant typical, fast-growing seed vegetables in a container over the summer, you can also plant them in the bed in the fall.
