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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ChicorySow directlyMay–June, depending on type and cultivar
May–June, depending on type and cultivarSow directly for the root crop. Force suitable chicory roots separately in darkness only later.
- Germination and temperature
- Wait for workable, warmed soil; follow the cultivar’s minimum sowing temperature.
- After emergence
- Keep the seed row evenly moist during emergence and identifiable with a label.
- Pricking out and potting on
- Do not prick out. Thin in place; transplanting can damage the taproot.
- Hardening off and planting out
- Stays where sown; hardening off and planting out are unnecessary for direct sowing.
Sow directly for root production. Forcing chicory in darkness later is a separate stage; seedlings are raised in light.
Sources and use
RHS · witlof en cichorei ↗Britse teeltrichtlijn voor een gematigd klimaat; de genoemde perioden zijn richtlijnen voor Nederland en Vlaanderen.
De Bolster · Witlof telen: onze tips ↗Nederlandse producent of teeltbron; de rasinstructie blijft leidend.
De Bolster · Witlof: trekken met en zonder dekgrond ↗Nederlandse producent of teeltbron; de rasinstructie blijft leidend.
Guideline periods for the Netherlands and Flanders. Check the variety, available light, soil and measured temperatures. Greenhouse heating does not guarantee enough winter light.