Recently, several friends called me for advice, saying that the heating had come on at home and they wanted to grow some vegetables on the balcony, but they did not know what to plant. Actually, every kind of vegetable has a certain planting time. Plant too early and the seeds may not sprout; plant too late and there is not enough time for them to grow. So, like many things in life, planting must be timed just right.

Types of Vegetables

(1) Heat-loving type: not resistant to frost. Such as: tomatoes, eggplant, green peppers, sweet potatoes, peanuts, green beans, edamame, various dry beans, watermelon, pumpkin, cucumber, gourd, bitter melon, luffa, melon, amaranth, water spinach, corn, taro, sesame, sunflower, water spinach, etc.;

(2) Cold-loving type: not tolerant of heat, needing cool weather when young, and frost can improve flavor when mature. Such as: Chinese cabbage, white radish, mustard greens, cabbage, head cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, rutabaga, potato, lettuce, celtuce, carrot, celery, beet, spinach, celery, cilantro, baby bok choy, Shanghai bok choy, onion, scallion, chives, etc.;

(3) Cold-hardy type: can overwinter. Such as: broad beans, peas, rapeseed, asparagus, shepherd's purse, etc.

Choosing the Right Time to Plant Vegetables

As for choosing the time, here is an attempt to provide some vegetable varieties suitable for planting, classified by different times, for friends to choose from as a reference.

January: rapeseed, April vine, spinach, Chinese kale, lettuce, potato, scallion, eggplant, tomato, chili pepper, taro, cilantro.

February: April vine, spinach, Chinese kale, lettuce, potato, scallion, cilantro, taro gourd, cucumber, green beans, eggplant, tomato, broccoli, chili pepper, taro, Chinese cabbage, radish, cabbage.

March: April vine, spinach, Chinese kale, Chinese cabbage, radish, taro gourd, cucumber, green beans, eggplant, tomato, luffa, winter melon, pumpkin, bitter melon, chili pepper, taro, scallion, cilantro, cowpea, edamame, water spinach, amaranth, cabbage.

April: Chinese cabbage, radish, taro gourd, cucumber, green beans, eggplant, tomato, luffa, winter melon, pumpkin, bitter melon, chili pepper, taro, scallion, cilantro, cowpea, edamame, water spinach, cabbage, rapeseed, amaranth, chives, celery.

May: Chinese cabbage, radish, taro gourd, cucumber, green beans, eggplant, tomato, luffa, winter melon, pumpkin, bitter melon, scallion, cilantro, cowpea, edamame, water spinach, rapeseed, amaranth, cabbage, celery, chives.

June: water spinach, cabbage, rapeseed, amaranth, chives, Chinese cabbage, cucumber, cowpea, edamame, bitter melon, scallion, radish, celery, cauliflower.

July: water spinach, cabbage, rapeseed, amaranth, chives, Chinese cabbage, cucumber, cowpea, edamame, bitter melon, scallion, radish, cauliflower, green beans, eggplant, tomato, celery.

August: water spinach, cabbage, rapeseed, amaranth, chives, Chinese cabbage, cucumber, cowpea, edamame, bitter melon, scallion, radish, cauliflower, green beans, celery, broccoli, peas, carrot, garlic.

September: water spinach, cabbage, rapeseed, amaranth, chives, Chinese cabbage, spinach, lettuce, scallion, cilantro, bok choy, broccoli, peas, carrot, garlic, radish, cauliflower, garland chrysanthemum.

October: cabbage, rapeseed, chives, Chinese cabbage, spinach, Chinese kale, lettuce, scallion, cilantro, celery, broccoli, peas, carrot, garlic, radish, cauliflower, garland chrysanthemum.

November: cabbage, rapeseed, chives, Chinese cabbage, spinach, Chinese kale, lettuce, scallion, cilantro, celery, broccoli, peas, carrot, garlic, radish, cauliflower, garland chrysanthemum.

December: cabbage, rapeseed, chives, Chinese cabbage, spinach, Chinese kale, lettuce, scallion, cilantro, celery, broccoli, peas, carrot, garlic, radish, cauliflower, garland chrysanthemum, eggplant, tomato, chili pepper.

Friendly Reminders

When planting by month, gardening friends in the south can move things slightly earlier, while friends in the north had best delay appropriately by half a month to one month.

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