Vegetable Planting Schedule for All Four Seasons: A Full-Year Sowing Plan at a Glance

Early spring: Shepherd's purse sprouts, shepherd's purse blooms, daffodils bloom. In the north, cold-hardy vegetables can be planted in the ground: broad beans, peas, rapeseed, asparagus, horseradish, shepherd's purse, etc. Cold-loving vegetables can be started from seed in a greenhouse. In the south, fast-maturing cold-loving vegetables can be planted in the ground: spinach, lettuce, baby bok choy, Shanghai bok choy, garland chrysanthemum, cherry radishes, etc. Heat-loving vegetables can be started from seed in a greenhouse.

Early spring: Willow trees bud, winter jasmine blooms, elm trees bloom, the first spring thunder sounds, bees first appear, dandelions bloom, dawn redwoods sprout, apricot trees bloom, rapeseed blooms, black locust sprouts, peach trees bloom. In the north, cold-loving vegetables can be planted in the ground: napa cabbage, white radish, carrot, turnip, potato, spinach, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, onion, lettuce, beet, mustard greens, kale, celery, baby bok choy, Shanghai bok choy, cilantro, chives, scallions, garland chrysanthemum, etc. Heat-loving vegetables can be started from seed in a greenhouse. In the south, fast-maturing cold-loving vegetables can be planted in the ground: spinach, lettuce, baby bok choy, Shanghai bok choy, garland chrysanthemum, cherry radishes, etc.

Mid-spring: Frost ends, frogs begin to call, peonies bloom, wisteria blooms, azaleas bloom. Heat-loving vegetables can be planted in the ground: pumpkin, cucumber, bottle gourd, bitter melon, loofah, soybean, corn, taro, sunflower, various beans, water spinach, tomato, eggplant, green pepper, sweet potato, peanut, watermelon, amaranth, etc.

Late spring: The cuckoo calls for the first time, black locust blooms, wild roses bloom, grapevines bloom. Early rice is transplanted.

Summer: Cicadas begin to call, lotus blooms, privet blooms, pagoda tree blooms. Plant sesame.

Early autumn: Cicadas stop calling. Plant cold-loving vegetables: napa cabbage, white radish, carrot, radish, potato, spinach, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, onion, lettuce, beet, mustard greens, kale, celery, baby bok choy, Shanghai bok choy, cilantro, chives, scallions, garland chrysanthemum, etc.

Mid-autumn: Frogs stop calling. Plant cold-hardy vegetables: broad beans, peas, rapeseed, asparagus, horseradish, shepherd's purse, etc.

Late autumn: Wild chrysanthemums bloom profusely, frost falls. With this, the year's planting comes to an end.

Winter: Bees vanish, and dawn redwoods, elm trees, willow trees, black locusts and others finish shedding their leaves.