October planting calendar…Do you want to know what you can sow during the month of October in your vegetable garden, urban garden or container garden? From Cultivers Eco we will help you
In October we can sow the following vegetables, many of these you can start to taste them in a few months, as some of them we can start consuming their leaves and others are fast growing like radishes.
As you can see, the beginning of autumn does not mean that we have to have the garden empty and devoid of life, here you have a wide selection of vegetables that will surely fill your pantry with color and flavor.
Swiss chard
- Direct sowing of seed, without transplanting
- Rinse when the plants are about 12 cm long.
- Germination in 10-12 days
- Harvesting in 3-4 months
- Light and frequent watering, maintain humidity.
- Container: 3 liters
Garlic
- Direct sowing of garlic cloves (tips upwards)
- From crescent moon, never full moon
- Germination in 10-12 days
- Harvesting in 3-4 months for tender garlic
- Low and spaced irrigation
- Container: min. 3 liters
Celery
- Seedbed planting
- Germination in 15-18 days, transplanting with 3-4 leaves.
- Harvest in 7-8 months
- You can collect leaves as you need them
- Frequent watering, maintain humidity
- Container: min. 9 liters
Borage
- Direct seeding, without transplanting
- Germination in 6-10 days, harvest in 2-4 months
- You can collect leaves as you need them
- Flowering 4 months after planting
- Light and frequent watering, maintain humidity
- Container: 22 liters
Calçots
- Direct sowing from seed or in seedbed
- Transplantation when they are the thickness of a pencil
- Germination in 10-12 days
- Harvesting in 4-5 months
- Low and spaced irrigation
- Container: 5 liters
Lamb’s lettuce
- Direct sowing of seed, without transplanting
- Germination in 8-10 days
- Harvesting in 6 weeks
- Keep light and frequent, maintain humidity
- Container: 5 liters
Onions
- Sowing in protected seedbed, peat pots
- Transplantation when they are the thickness of a pencil
- Germination in 10-12 days
- Tender harvesting in 2-3 months or dry harvesting in 5-6 months
- Low and spaced irrigation
- Container: 5 liters
Parsnips
- Direct seeding or broadcast sowing, without transplanting.
- Germination in 20-25 days
- Harvesting in 4 months
- Gentle watering every day to maintain humidity
- Container: 5 liters
Spinach
- Direct sowing of seed, without transplanting
- Rinse when the plants are about 12 cm long.
- Germination in 10-12 days
- Harvesting in 3-4 months
- Light and frequent watering, maintain humidity.
- Container: 3 liters
Beans
- Direct sowing from seed or in seedbed
- 30 cm apart, macerate the seeds before sowing.
- Germination in 10-12 days
- Harvesting in 4-5 months
- Light and frequent watering, maintain humidity.
- Container: 10 – 15 liters
Peas
- Direct seeding without transplanting
- Plants spaced between 30 and 50 centimeters apart
- Germination in 12-15 days
- Harvesting in 4-5 months
- Light and frequent watering, maintain humidity.
- Container: 5-10 liters
Lettuce
- Sowing in seedbeds, peat pots
- Transplant when they have 4-5 true leaves.
- Germination in 6-8 days
- Harvest in 2-4 months
- You can collect leaves as you need them
- Light and frequent watering, maintain humidity.
- Container: 3 liters
Turnip
- Direct sowing of seed, without transplanting
- Germination in 6-8 days
- Harvesting in 3 months
- Frequent and abundant watering
- Container: min. 6 liters
Leeks
- Direct sowing or in seedbeds
- Plants spaced 15 centimeters apart
- Germination in 12-15 days
- Harvesting in 5 months
- Light watering, maintain humidity
- Container: 5 liters, minimum depth: 25-30 cm.
Radishes
- Direct sowing of seed, without transplanting
- Germination in 6-8 days
- Harvest in 4-5 weeks
- Gentle watering every day to maintain humidity
- Container: 2 liters
- Growing fast and easy
Arugula
- Direct sowing of seed, without transplanting
- Germination in 8-10 days
- Harvesting in 6 weeks
- Abundant watering, maintain humidity
- Container: 3 liters
- Direct sowing of seed, without transplanting
- Germination in 12-15 days
- Harvesting in 3-4 months
- Gentle watering every day to maintain humidity
- Min. 20cm substrate depth and 3 liters container
Aromatic and Beneficial Plants .
Cilantro
- Direct sowing of seed, without transplanting
- Germination in 15-30 days
- Harvesting in 2-3 months
- You can collect leaves as you need them
- Gentle watering to maintain humidity
- Minimum container 5 liters
Parsley
- Direct sowing of seed, without transplanting
- Germination in 15-30 days
- Harvesting in 2-3 months
- You can collect leaves as you need them
- Gentle watering to maintain humidity
- Minimum container 5 liters
Romero
- Direct sowing from seed or cuttings
- Germination in 15-30 days
- Roots in 30-45 days
- You can collect branches as you need them
- Low irrigation and very draining substratum
- Minimum container 5 liters
Thyme
- Direct sowing of seed, without transplanting
- Germination in 15-30 days
- Can also be grown indoors in light areas.
- Low irrigation and with very draining substrates.
- Minimum container 5 liters
Flowers for our Orchard or Garden.
Alder
- Direct seeding
- Very fast germination of 7-15 days
- Direct sun or semi-shade
- Frequent watering without puddling
- It is highly appreciated by bees
Calendula
- Broadcast direct seeding
- Germinates between 15-30 days
- Rapid and vigorous growth
- Moderate irrigation.
- Adapts well to all climates
- It is highly appreciated by bees
Capuchina
- Broadcast direct seeding
- Germinates between 10-20 days
- Very invasive plant, control growth
- Rapid growth
- This plant is edible both its leaves and flowers.
Thinking
- Broadcast direct seeding
- Germinates between 15-30 days
- Low growing plant
- Plant whose flowers are edible
- Continuous watering without puddling
