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Mediterranean vegetables planting times

walesgrower
14 years ago

Hello

I am new to this site. I am currently growing in Wales, UK but making the move to France, Pyrenees Orientales in USDA zone 9.

Most of the postings on this forum I read were focussed mostly on ornamental plants or fruit trees, but I was wondering if anyone can share experience with growing vegetables in this zone.

I am specifically interested in how the planting/ harvesting times change, what plants you cannot grow there that you can grow in the UK, and also which mediterranean veggies you can grow there which will not succeed elsewhere.

How do the hot summers affect our common veggies, and do I need to worry about the strong Northern wind in winter?

Anyone has any suggestions?

Thank you!

Comments (2)

  • gardenguru1950
    14 years ago

    TO SOW DIRECT IN SPRING (March-April)

    VEGETABLES

    Arugula
    Beets
    Carrots
    Collards
    Corn salad
    Cress
    Kale
    LambÂs Quarters
    Lettuce, head
    Lettuce, loose-leaf
    Mustard
    Onion (or "sets")
    Orach
    Radish
    Spinach

    "Transition" (sown late April-May)

    Chick-pea (garbanzo)
    French (green) bean
    Lentil
    Lima bean
    Runner bean
    Sunflower
    Sweet corn
    Black (turtle) beans
    Pinquito beans
    Pinto beans
    Peruana beans

    HERBS

    Anise
    Chervil
    Cilantro, coriander
    Marjoram
    Parsley
    Soup/leaf celery

    TO SOW DIRECT IN EARLY SUMMER (late May-June)

    VEGETABLES


    Drying beans (including: Black/turtle, peruana, pinquito, and pinto,)
    Bottle gourd ("cucuzzi")
    Chayote
    Chick-pea (garbanzo)
    Cucumber
    French (green) bean
    Lentil
    Lima bean
    Melons (only special kinds)
    Pumpkin
    Purslane
    Runner bean
    Summer Squash
    Sunflower
    Sweet corn
    Winter Squash


    HERBS

    Dill
    Epazote
    Summer savory


    TO SOW DIRECT IN LATE SUMMER (September)

    VEGETABLES


    Beets
    Broad bean (fava)
    Carrots
    Celeriac
    Chard
    Chinese Cabbage
    Daikon radish
    Dandelion
    Endive, Chicory
    Fennel "bulb"
    French (green) bean
    Kale
    Kohlrabi
    Leek
    Mustard
    Onion ("sets")
    Parsnip
    Potato ("seed potatoes")
    Purslane
    Radish
    Rutabaga
    Salsify
    Sorrel
    Spinach
    Turnips
    Tyfon

    HERBS


    Anise
    Chervil
    Fennel "leaf"
    Marjoram
    Parsley
    Soup/leaf celery


    TO SOW DIRECT IN FALL (October-November)

    VEGETABLES


    Arugula
    Beets
    Bok Choy
    Broad bean (Fava)
    Carrots
    Celeriac
    Chard
    Chinese broccoli
    Chinese cabbage
    Chinese mustard
    Collards
    Corn salad
    Cress
    Daikon radish
    Dandelion
    Endive, Chicory
    Fennel ("bulb" type)
    Garland chrysanthemum
    Kale
    Kohlrabi
    LambÂs Quarters
    Leek
    Lettuce, head
    Lettuce, loose-leaf
    Mustard
    Onion ("sets")
    Orach
    Pak Choy
    Parsnip
    Potatoes ("seed potatoes")
    Pea
    Radish
    Rutabaga
    Salsify
    Snow peas
    Sorrel
    Spinach
    Sugar peas
    Turnips
    Tyfon

    HERBS

    Anise
    Chervil
    Soup/leaf celery
    Cilantro, coriander
    Marjoram
    Parsley


    TO SOW DIRECT IN LATE WINTER (February-March)

    VEGETABLES


    Arugula
    Beets
    Carrots
    Chinese broccoli
    Chinese mustard
    Collards
    Corn salad
    Cress
    Daikon radish
    Kale
    LambÂs Quarters
    Lettuce, head
    Lettuce, loose-leaf
    Mustard
    Onion ("sets")
    Orach
    Pak Choy
    Pea
    Potatoes ("seed potatoes")
    Radish
    Snow peas
    Sorrel
    Spinach
    Sugar peas
    Tyfon

    HERBS

    Anise
    Chervil
    Cilantro, coriander
    Marjoram
    Parsley
    Soup/leaf celery


    TO SOW INDOORS IN WINTER (January-February)
    FOR TRANSPLANTING TO THE GARDEN IN SPRING

    VEGETABLES


    Broccoli
    Cabbage
    Cauliflower


    TO SOW INDOORS IN LATE WINTER-EARLY SPRING (February-March) FOR TRANSPLANTING TO THE GARDEN IN EARLY SUMMER

    VEGETABLES (and one HERB)


    Basil
    Eggplant
    Pepper
    Tomato


    TO SOW INDOORS IN LATE SUMMER-EARLY FALL (September)
    FOR TRANSPLANTING TO THE GARDEN IN LATE FALL-EARLY WINTER

    VEGETABLES


    Broccoli
    Brussels Sprouts
    Cabbage
    Cauliflower
    Celery ...

  • laurents
    14 years ago

    It is going to depend hugely where exactly you will be in the PO. In the Aude (next door) the following are a few things from memory from my own garden (I don't use a polytunnel (plenty of people do) and I try to keep watering to a minimum):
    Tomatoes - plants in the ground early May (although many leave it until the end of the month), harvest late June/early July onwards
    Peppers - plants in the ground early May, harvest August/September
    Aubergines - plants in the ground May, harvest September
    Runner beans - sow direct May, harvest June/July
    Shallots - plant late February, harvest early July
    Jerusalem artichokes - sowed April, harvest whenever
    Broad beans - sow direct November, harvest April, second crop sow late Feb/March and harvest May
    Onions - sow November
    Leeks - plant-out November
    Garlic - sow November, lifted June
    Radishes/most salads - year round but difficult to prevent many bolting in the summer, Rocket is pretty much just a winter crop (although I've heard the same in some parts of the UK)
    All Mediterranean herbs are (obviously) easy, but chervil, dill, sorrel etc. require far too much water so far as I am concerned. Chives, mints, salad burnet thrive through to May and re-appear in the autumn. Parsley/coriander again pretty much year-round but require a lot of water in the summer. I sow basil in March/April but it self-seeds pretty freely.
    (Sweet) Corn is a fodder crop here.

    Generally speaking the cold northern winds aren't a great problem but so much will depend upon how close you are to the coast/what altitude you will be gardening and how much you are prepared to water. I don't grow melons but my neighbough gave me a few of his early in mid-July this year.

    Hope this helps a little.

    Laurent

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