Sowing starts here.
Discover what you can sow and plant now. Or find a vegetable and see how to give it a good start.
What can you sow now?
Ideas for the rest of november still to sow or plant.
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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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Elephant garlicPlant clovesOctober–November, if outdoor soil is very wet
October–November, if outdoor soil is very wetLet suitable cloves root under cover in pots with good drainage.
- Germination and temperature
- No warm germination tray needed; choose suitable planting stock and well-drained soil.
- After emergence
- Let cloves root in well-drained soil. Keep pots outside or under cover; avoid persistently wet soil.
- Pricking out and potting on
- Do not prick out: you plant cloves. Pots are transplanted later with the whole root ball.
- Hardening off and planting out
- Plant cloves directly. In very wet soil, you can first root them in pots according to product guidance.
Autumn and spring garlic are not interchangeable. Elephant garlic is a relative of leek; use its own planting-stock guidance.
Sources and use
RHS · knoflook ↗Britse teeltrichtlijn voor een gematigd klimaat; de genoemde perioden zijn richtlijnen voor Nederland en Vlaanderen.
Feggies · Herfstknoflook Olifant Knoflook Biologisch ↗Nederlandse producent of teeltbron; de rasinstructie blijft leidend.
Royal Horticultural Society · Allium ampeloprasum Elephant ↗Soort- of productgebonden bron; buitenlandse perioden zijn geen vaste Nederlandse zaaidatum.
Guideline periods for the Netherlands and Flanders. Check the variety, available light, soil and measured temperatures. Greenhouse heating does not guarantee enough winter light.