PDC LESSON 6.1 CROPS – WHAT TO PLANT FOR 3 MONTHS

 

PERMACULTURE COURSE AGRO-ECONOMY

PDC LESSON 6.1 CROPS – WHAT TO PLANT FOR 3 MONTHS

 

when Harvesting is usually three months from planting the seedlings.

 

March / April is the time to start planting temperate vegetables.

September is usually the last month for planting these vegetables except for beans, zucchini, celery, beetroot, tomatoes, carrots, corn, all cucurbits such as cucumber and pumpkin, lettuce until Christmas.

 

Plant from March/ April 

•         All brassicas (broccoli, cauliflower, cabbages) including the Asian greens and cabbage varieties (such as bok choy, pak choy etc.) Onions, leek, spring onions and garlic no later than end April.

Harvest onions and garlic when tops have died down in November/December

•         Potatoes

•         Carrots and Parship

•         Kohl rabi swedes and other turnips

•         All leafy greens such as lettuce, spinach, silver beet and mustard greens

•         Cucumber, zucchini and pumpkin especially if in frost free areas

•         Tomatoes, any variety if in frost free areas

•         Bush beans and peas

•         Rhubarb

•         Celery

•         Beet root

•         Broad beans if planted from February- March

 

Some of the temperate vegetables do well in our hot summers especially if the moisture is kept up to them.

Plant from September:

•         Rock melon, watermelon, cantaloupes and all other cucurbits.

•         Corn

•         Beans 

•         Sugar loaf cabbage (if there’s no white cabbage moth)

•         Capsicum and chillies

•         Egg- plant

•         Okra

•         Rosella

This description depends on a SUBSURFACE DRIP IRRIGATION. When you have this not in your farm, you must check the rainy season in your country.

Text from the roots, Elisabeth Ferkonia (Aus.) PDC studied with Bill Mollison,  




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