🌱 Plan your seedlings for a successful vegetable garden! 🌱
This sowing calendar is designed for Quebec and hardiness zones 3 to 5 , but it can also be used as a reference for regions with similar conditions. Adapting your sowing according to the local climate and the varieties chosen is essential to maximizing your harvests .
By respecting these sowing periods, you optimize the growth and productivity of your vegetable garden, whether in the ground or in a greenhouse.
| Vegetables | Sowing indoors | Sowing outdoors | Successive sowing | Planting outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garlic | - | - | - | October |
| Eggplant | Mid-March | - | - | Early June |
| Swiss chard | Early April | Early May | - | Mid-May |
| Beet | - | End of April or beginning of May | Every 2 weeks until the end of June. | - |
| Broccoli | Early April | - | - | Mid-May |
| Carrot | - | End of April or beginning of May | Every 2 weeks until the end of July. | - |
| Celery | Mid-March | - | - | End of May |
| Celeriac | Mid-March | - | - | End of May |
| Ground cherry | Early April | - | - | Early June |
| Chinese cabbage | - | Early August | - | - |
| Brussels sprouts | Early April | - | - | Mid-May |
| Cauliflower | Early April | - | - | Mid-May |
| Kohlrabi | End of April | Early May | Every 2 weeks until the beginning of September. | End of May |
| Pumpkin and other winter squashes | Early May | Early June | - | Early June |
| Cucumber | Mid-May | Early June | Second sowing possible at the beginning of July. | Early June |
| Zucchini and other summer squashes | Early May | Early June | - | Early June |
| French shallot | - | - | - | Early May |
| Spinach | - | Mid-April | Every 2 to 3 weeks. | - |
| Beans | - | End of May | Every 10 days. | - |
| Lettuce | Mid-April | Early May | Every 2 weeks. | End of May |
| But | - | End of May | - | - |
| Melon | Mid-April to end of April | - | - | Early June |
| Turnip | - | End of April or beginning of May | Every 2 to 3 weeks. | - |
| Onion | Early March | Early May (green onion) | - | Early May |
| Parsnip | - | End of April or beginning of May | - | - |
| Leek | Early March | - | - | Early May |
| Peas | - | End of April or beginning of May | Every month until the beginning of summer. | - |
| Potato | - | - | - | Mid-May |
| Radish | - | End of April or beginning of May | Every 2 weeks. | - |
| Tomato | End of March to mid-April | - | - | Early June |
| Tomatillo | End of April | - | - | Early June |
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