Vegetable and Salad Crops

This chart indicates chief outdoor sowing and planting dates and season of use of common crops. Frame and greenhouse sowings and cultural details of all vegetables and salads, plants and herbs are given in the alphabetical section.

Crop Sow in Open

Plant Out

Ready Available Until
ARTICHOKE (Jerusalem)   February-March November March

BEAN, Broad

Dwarf French

November, Feb-May

Late April

 

June

July

August

September

Runner May, June   July October
Haricot Early May   November Late Winter
BEET April - late May   July March
BROCCOLI March - May May - June October May
BRUSSELS SPROUTS March - April May - June November March

CABBAGE

Spring

Autumn

 

July - August

April

 

October

June

 

February

October

 

May

January

CARROT March - April   July April
CAULIFLOWER Early April May - June July October
CELERY April June - July December April
CRESS March - September Ready about 16 days after sowing
KALE Early April June - July December April
LEEK March July October April
LETTUCE March - August Ready in about 10 weeks after sowing
MARROW May May - June August November
ONION

March

August

May - June

 

September

March

May

June

PARSLEY March - July   June - October All the Year

PEA, Early

Maincrop

February - March

March - April

 

June

July

July

August

POTATOE, Early

Maincrop

March - April

April - mid May

 

July

Late September

September
RADISH March - September Ready in 5 to 6 weeks after sowing  
RHUBARB   March April July
SAVOY March - April - May May - July August March
SHALLOT   January - February July March
SPINACH February - August   May September
SWEDE May - July   October March
TOMATO In heat Late May July October
TURNIP August   October December