Sowing starts here.
Discover what you can sow and plant now. Or find a vegetable and see how to give it a good start.
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Guide periods for the Netherlands and Flanders. Check the variety, sufficient light and measured soil and air temperatures.What would you like to grow?
Find a vegetable or browse the species. See when you can start and which approach suits your propagation space.
A good start: warmth and light
Warm sowing can be done indoors or in a heated greenhouse. After germination, every seedling needs enough light. A dark attic needs grow lights. An unheated greenhouse can become very cold at night: measure the temperature and check the advice for your crop.
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Strawberry spinachSow directly or start under cover according to speciesMarch–April
March–AprilSow according to product guidance and give seedlings light immediately.
- Germination and temperature
- Germination: around 15–20 °C; sow about 0.5 cm deep according to product guidance.
- After emergence
- Keep the seed row identifiable, moist and weed-free. Give any tray-grown seedlings enough light after emergence.
- Pricking out and potting on
- Thin a direct sowing according to the growing aim. For raising in pots, follow the supplier’s instructions and keep the root ball intact.
- Hardening off and planting out
- Direct-sown plants stay in place. If the packet says to start in pots, acclimatise them gradually before planting out.
According to the producer, strawberry spinach needs around 15–20 °C for germination. Decide beforehand whether you mainly want leaves or fruit clusters. The period shown follows the named producer; check your own cultivar and growing aim.
Sources and use
Magic Garden Seeds · Aardbeispinazie (Blitum capitatum) ↗Nederlandse producent of teeltbron; de rasinstructie blijft leidend.
Feggies · Aardbeispinazie zaden biologisch ↗Nederlandse producent of teeltbron; de rasinstructie blijft leidend.
Guideline periods for the Netherlands and Flanders. Check the variety, available light, soil and measured temperatures. Greenhouse heating does not guarantee enough winter light.