When is the best time to prepare my seedlings for the vegetable garden?

Quelle est la meilleure période pour préparer mes semis pour le potager

Even if the snow is still present and the cold still makes you shiver, in March you have to think about preparing the first seedlings. Organize your sowing and planting to enjoy a good harvest in your vegetable garden.

Here are the materials you will need to start your seedlings indoors:

  • Containers (boxes/fiber pots/multicells)
  • Pencil and labels to identify your pots
  • A watering can with a fine spray
  • Seeds (of course!)
  • Potting soil or homemade mix
  • A clear plastic cover

To germinate a seed, you need moist soil, good light (10 to 12 hours per day) and an ambient temperature of 19 to 24 degrees Celsius.

To help you know when and what to grow, refer to the vegetable garden sowing calendar :

Vegetables Sowing indoors Sowing outdoors Planting
Garlic   October or early May  
Eggplant Late March   Early June
Chard Mid-April   Mid-May
Beet   Mid-May  
Broccoli Mid-April May    
Carrot Mid-May    
Celery Mid-March   Mid to late May
Kohlrabi Mid-March   Mid to late May
Ground cherry Late March   Early June
Chicory   Early July  
Chinese cabbage   Early July  
Brussels sprouts Mid-April   Mid to late May
Siamese cabbage   Mid-May  
Cauliflower Mid-April   Late May
Cabbage head Mid-April May    
Kohlrabi   Mid-May  
Chives March Mid-May   Early June
Pumpkin Early May   Mid-May Early June
Cucumber Early May   Late May Early June
Fall Shallot   Late August  
Spring Shallot   Early May  
Spinach   Mid-May  
Beans (yellow or green)     Late May to late June
Lettuce, leaf Mid-April Early May Late May
Head lettuce Mid-April   Late May
Corn   Mid-May  
Musk Melon Mid to late April   Early June
Watermelon Mid to late April   Early June
Turnip   Mid-May  
Onion Early March Early May  
Parsnips   Mi-mai  
Parsley Early March Early May Early May
Pepper Late March   Early June
Leek Early March   Early May
Peas   Mid-May  
Potato   Early May  
Radish   Mid-June  
Tomato Late March to Mid-April   Mid-May

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