What’s on the When to Sow poster
A 8-row table: Crop · Sow · Harvest.
Northern hemisphere, temperate. Shift by six months for the southern.
- Tomatoes — Feb–Apr, indoors — Jul–Oct
- Lettuce — Mar–Aug, successional — 6–8 weeks later
- Runner beans — May, after frost — Jul–Oct
- Carrots — Mar–Jul, direct — 10–16 weeks
- Potatoes — Mar–Apr — Jun–Sep
- Garlic — Oct–Nov — Jun–Jul
- Radish — Mar–Sep — 4 weeks
- Onion sets — Mar–Apr — Aug
Successional sowing — a short row every two weeks — gives a steady supply instead of a glut and then nothing.
Questions about the When to Sow poster
- What’s on the When to Sow poster?
- A 8-row table: Crop · Sow · Harvest. Northern hemisphere, temperate. Shift by six months for the southern. Tomatoes — Feb–Apr, indoors — Jul–Oct; Lettuce — Mar–Aug, successional — 6–8 weeks later; Runner beans — May, after frost — Jul–Oct; Carrots — Mar–Jul, direct — 10–16 weeks; Potatoes — Mar–Apr — Jun–Sep; Garlic — Oct–Nov — Jun–Jul; Radish — Mar–Sep — 4 weeks; Onion sets — Mar–Apr — Aug. Successional sowing — a short row every two weeks — gives a steady supply instead of a glut and then nothing.
- Who is the When to Sow poster for?
- When to Sow belongs to the Practical skills section rather than to a school year, because life skills is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning garden can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the When to Sow poster?
- Sow after the last frost unless starting indoors. Local frost dates matter more than any month. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so When to Sow belongs on the wall where that life skills work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with When to Sow?
- Plant Pests, Composting and Growing in Containers sit alongside When to Sow in the Practical skills section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Plant PestsCompostingGrowing in Containers
- Is the When to Sow poster free to download and print?
- Yes. When to Sow downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Practical skills section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the When to Sow poster print at?
- When to Sow is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of When to Sow loses nothing.Printing guide
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