Vegetable Planting Guide for Cool Climates
The chart below shows the planting sequence we use for our vegetable garden at Youngtown, Launceston Tasmania. This will vary on the latitude of your garden and the aspect of your garden to some degree.
Use the links to find specific information on each of the vegetables we grow.
Use the month links to plan you monthly planting.
Rotation is critical in any vegetable garden. Rotation assists in breaking the cycle of pests and diseases. It also assures that complementary conditions remain from the last crop you harvested for the crop to follow.
I have 7 beds of 1.2 metres by 3 metres in length. I ensure that no crop is planted twice in the same soil and that winter legumes in the form of a green manure crop is sown in each bed at least once every 2 years. This assures continual fertility and minimises a build up of soil nematodes. See here for general organic gardening principles. Weekly guides are generally the preferred start of sowings or transplants taking into consideration weather conditions.
Use the links to find specific information on each of the vegetables we grow.
Use the month links to plan you monthly planting.
Rotation is critical in any vegetable garden. Rotation assists in breaking the cycle of pests and diseases. It also assures that complementary conditions remain from the last crop you harvested for the crop to follow.
I have 7 beds of 1.2 metres by 3 metres in length. I ensure that no crop is planted twice in the same soil and that winter legumes in the form of a green manure crop is sown in each bed at least once every 2 years. This assures continual fertility and minimises a build up of soil nematodes. See here for general organic gardening principles. Weekly guides are generally the preferred start of sowings or transplants taking into consideration weather conditions.