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- With this vegetable you can plant the raised bed in July
- Observe rules for crop rotation and mixed culture
- You can still sow these plants
- Young plants for a faster harvest
- Tips
Salad thrives in the raised bed almost all year round
With this vegetable you can plant the raised bed in July
Already in May and in June, a correspondingly planted raised bed can be harvested: Spinach, various salads, radishes, early kohlrabi and early carrots are already ripe at this time. Now, the vacated space can be used for a whole range of other plantings.
Observe rules for crop rotation and mixed culture
However, before you start planting, at best, first create a planting plan: which plants can still get into the bed in July depends not only on the season. For example, if you have a classic layered raised bed, planting many salads in the first year or two is not advisable. In fresh layered raised beds, the nitrogen content is very high, which is a disadvantage especially for rather low-depleted leafy vegetables: These store the excess nitrogen in the form of harmful nitrate in their leaves. Therefore, wait about three to four years to cultivate head and field lettuce, radishes and various herbs on a newly created raised bed. In addition, please note during planting that not all plants can tolerate each other; this also applies to a cultural sequence.
You can still sow these plants
Many fast-growing vegetables such as radishes, bush beans, sugar peas, various salads (for example, pickles, radicchio, lettuce, arugula, lamb's lettuce) and spinach, dill, winter finches, tubers and (autumn) radish can still in the second half of July and sometimes even sown directly in the bed in the first half of August and finally harvested in the autumn. For the harvest next year, sow parsley, beets and beets. If you are unsure about the sowing date, be sure to follow the recommendations on the back of the seed sachets. Not all varieties tolerate the long days and the often warm temperatures in summer and then tend to shoot too fast.
Young plants for a faster harvest
Many not quite as fast awake vegetables can be grown in July, if you put early seedlings in the bed. So it is worth planting broccoli, cauliflower, kohlrabi, Brussels sprouts, kale, endive, leek and fennel for a late autumn harvest yet. In addition, the time has now come to set the new strawberries, as long as you prefer oxtracting varieties.
Tips
With a cold frame or a foil tunnel, the planting and harvesting season in the raised bed can be extended by a few weeks.