As of: March 28, 2024, 5:32 a.m
By: Katharina Winter
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Do you dream of a colorful vegetable patch in your own garden? If you plant easy-care vegetables, you will soon harvest fresh vitamins.
Old vegetable varieties are particularly robust and easy to care for because they have adapted to the climatic conditions of a region over centuries. It is therefore best to make sure when you buy your seeds (promotional link) that the quality is right and that you are getting local varieties. Before you start growing vegetables, plan your vegetable patch. There are the following points to consider:
So that you can harvest the vegetables well, the bed must be wide enough that you can easily reach the middle from one side. The optimal distance between the individual beds is 25 to 30 centimeters.
If you want to plant different vegetables, make sure they fit together well. For example, beetroot should not be planted next to potatoes because both form tubers underground and would otherwise have too little space.
Make sure you choose the right location. A place that is sheltered from the wind but airy, facing north-south, is well suited. This means the vegetable plants get enough sun. A water connection nearby is also practical.
Planting vegetables: Seven easy-care varieties for your vegetable patch
Plant your own vegetables: Radishes are among the easy-care varieties. © Ernst Weingartner / IMAGO
There are vegetables that are easier to care for than others. If you want to achieve initial harvest success without much effort, the following types are particularly suitable:
Radishes
grow quickly and can be sown almost all season until September. After planting, it only takes four to six weeks before you can enjoy your own radishes in your salad.
Chard
can be planted from April. Each individual chard plant needs around 30 to 40 centimeters of space on all sides. It therefore makes sense to pull out weaker specimens after they have germinated. Always remove the outer leaves - then you can enjoy fresh chard in your kitchen throughout the entire gardening season.
Beetroot
is planted from April to June. For example, it gets along well in a bed with cabbage, cucumbers, lettuce or garlic. You can harvest the tubers if they are the right size for you. This happens after about three to four months. But the beetroot leaves are also edible.
The
pumpkin
can be put in the bed from mid-May. To do this, simply stick three grains next to each other three centimeters deep into the soil. You will soon see the first cotyledons - then the plants begin to grow.
Lettuce
prefers a sunny location. From April you can sow it directly into the bed. If you re-sow every two to three weeks from July to October, you will harvest your own lettuce well into the fall.
The right time to plant
garlic
is in September and October. To do this, simply break a garlic bulb apart and stick the individual cloves into the soil about five centimeters deep with the pointed end facing upwards. The first green leaves form immediately and the plants take a break over the winter. In summer the leaves turn brown - then the new tubers are ready for harvest. Important: Be sure to use garlic that comes from the region. Sowing garlic cloves that come from warmer Mediterranean countries does not work for us.
Bush beans
do not need any climbing support because they grow low and – as the name suggests – bush-like. They are quick and easy to plant. They can be sown from mid-May at the latest and you can harvest your first beans after just two to three months.
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Vegetable patch over several years: observe crop rotation
If you want to plant vegetables in your bed over several years, it is important that you think about the sequence. To prevent disease and keep the soil fertile, grow vegetables from different plant families and with different nutritional needs. For example, if you plant chard (belongs to the goosefoot family) in the first year, then lettuce (cornflower family) is well suited the next year.