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| [[Basil]]|| || || style="background:BurlyWood" |Pre  || style="background:BurlyWood" |Pre  || style="background:BurlyWood" |  || || || || || || || ||Pre-sowing in IV & V; this plant is a perennial but doesn't survive frost
 
| [[Basil]]|| || || style="background:BurlyWood" |Pre  || style="background:BurlyWood" |Pre  || style="background:BurlyWood" |  || || || || || || || ||Pre-sowing in IV & V; this plant is a perennial but doesn't survive frost
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| [[Chives]]|| || ||style="background:BurlyWood"|  ||style="background:BurlyWood"|  ||style="background:BurlyWood"|  ||style="background:BurlyWood"|  ||style="background:BurlyWood"|  ||style="background:BurlyWood"|  || || || || || Perennial; likes half-shade
 
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| [[Dahlia]]|| || || ||style="background:lime"| ||style="background:lime"| || || || || ||style="background:pink"| || || ||Dig out the roots before it begins to freeze. Replant them at the beginning of the summer when there's no danger of frost anymore.
 
| [[Dahlia]]|| || || ||style="background:lime"| ||style="background:lime"| || || || || ||style="background:pink"| || || ||Dig out the roots before it begins to freeze. Replant them at the beginning of the summer when there's no danger of frost anymore.
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| [[Endive]]|| || ||style="background:BurlyWood" |Pre  ||style="background:BurlyWood" |Pre  || ||style="background:BurlyWood" |  || || || || || || ||Companion plant of legumes. Pre-sowing or sowing under glass in III & IV for summer cultivation. Sowing outside in VI for harvest in the autumn, not earlier because endive doesn't like temperatures below 50F (10C) in its first month of growth.
 
| [[Endive]]|| || ||style="background:BurlyWood" |Pre  ||style="background:BurlyWood" |Pre  || ||style="background:BurlyWood" |  || || || || || || ||Companion plant of legumes. Pre-sowing or sowing under glass in III & IV for summer cultivation. Sowing outside in VI for harvest in the autumn, not earlier because endive doesn't like temperatures below 50F (10C) in its first month of growth.
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| [[Pea]]||I || ||style="background:BurlyWood" |  ||style="background:BurlyWood" |  || || ||VII || || ||style="background:BurlyWood" |Gre  ||style="background:BurlyWood" |Gre  || ||Sow 1/2 III - 1/2 IV for harvest in the summer. I sow peas in my greenhouse in X and XI.
 
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| [[Potato]]|| || || ||style="background:lime"|  || || || || || || || || ||Planting early cultivars in the first half of IV, late cultivars in the second half of IV
 
| [[Potato]]|| || || ||style="background:lime"|  || || || || || || || || ||Planting early cultivars in the first half of IV, late cultivars in the second half of IV

Revision as of 17:41, 5 January 2012

The data shown here are for a temperate climate in the northern hemisphere.

Meaning of colors & symbols in the table

Meaning of colors and symbols
Color Meaning Symbol Meaning
Sowing Pre Pre-sowing in pots
Planting Gre Greenhouse
Harvesting GrM Green manure plant
Special treatments I, II etc. Months

Table

Plant name I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII Comments
Asparagus Harvest in spring in the third and following years
Basil Pre Pre Pre-sowing in IV & V; this plant is a perennial but doesn't survive frost
Chives Perennial; likes half-shade
Dahlia Dig out the roots before it begins to freeze. Replant them at the beginning of the summer when there's no danger of frost anymore.
Eggplant Pre Seeds need temperature of min. 68F (20C) to germinate. Needs longer time before it forms fruits, therefore pre-sowing in January.
Endive Pre Pre Companion plant of legumes. Pre-sowing or sowing under glass in III & IV for summer cultivation. Sowing outside in VI for harvest in the autumn, not earlier because endive doesn't like temperatures below 50F (10C) in its first month of growth.
Pea I VII Gre Gre Sow 1/2 III - 1/2 IV for harvest in the summer. I sow peas in my greenhouse in X and XI.
Potato Planting early cultivars in the first half of IV, late cultivars in the second half of IV
Plant name I IV VII X Comments

How to use the table

  • Read the columns per month. Each colored cell means that there's a possible task for this plant in this month.
  • Read the rows to find out details about one particular plant.

Gallery

See also