Month-by-Month seed sowing guide
Individual seeds and plants may vary, but this is a rough guide as to when seeds should be sown. You could use it as a basic guide to planning next years allotment.
Month |
Sow Indoors |
Sow Outdoors |
January |
cauliflower, tomato | |
February |
broccoli, Broad beans, summer cabbage, cauliflower, cucumber, tomato | first early potatoes (end of month) |
March |
broccoli, Broad beans, cauliflower, cucumber, leek, squash, sweetcorn, tomato | beetroot, summer cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, leek, lettuce, peas, radish, tomato, first early potatoes, second early potatoes |
April |
broccoli, cucumber, courgette, dwarf french beans, leek, runner beans, squash, sweetcorn, tomato | beetroot, broccoli, Broad beans, summer cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, leek, lettuce, peas, radish, tomato, first early potatoes, second early potatoes, main crop potatoes |
May |
Savoy cabbage, cucumber, courgette, dwarf french beans, runner beans, squash, sweetcorn, tomato | Beetroot, broccoli, summer cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, dwarf french beans, leek, lettuce, peas, radish, squash, swede, sweetcorn (only in warm weather), tomato, first early potatoes (beg. of month), second early potatoes, main crop potatoes |
June |
Savoy cabbage, runner beans | beetroot, broccoli, Savoy cabbage, summer cabbage, carrot, dwarf french beans, lettuce, peas, radish, runner beans, swede, main crop potatoes (beg. of month) |
July |
beetroot, broccoli, summer cabbage, carrot, lettuce, radish | |
August |
lettuce, radish | |
September |
lettuce, radish | |
October |
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November |
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December |