T.between winter and spring. February is a month between two seasons, with temperatures starting to rise slightly and the days that get longer and longer. So what to choose on what to plant between fruit and vegetables? Between garlic, onions and the first sowings of the warm season crops, this month is perfect for planning. With an eye to the weather, because the frosts are still around the corner.
Between the latest frosts and the new sowings
If during the day the temperatures can be pleasant, at night some frosts may still occur that would ruin the new crops. The sheets-not-sheets must therefore always be at hand, especially if you live in particularly rigid areas, such as greenhouses and tunnels.
Furthermore, given that the sowing and fertilization phase is resumed, it is always fundamental take a look at the lunar calendar: with the full moon in fact you can proceed to sowing and fertilizing while with that waning we focus on pruning and repotting. And if you want to be even more precise, usually with the la waning one plant all the bulb vegetables while with the growing one the fruits are planted.
The so-called “early sowing” should also be taken into consideration: some seeds, for example those of hot peppers, require a long period of heat to be able to ripen and then be transplanted in spring, for this to have a seedbed is very useful in February and March precisely because it contributes to having a rich harvest during the summer.
February is the right month to start taking care of the vegetable garden (Instagram / @ hillhousevintage)
Between open field and tunnel, what to plant in February?
If we talk about open field the vegetables to be planted are few, precisely because of the frosts still present. Garlic, shallot, onion, cic, peas and spinach they are certainly the most resistant, all the other vegetables are currently to be avoided so that they do not spoil. At most some early potato varieties.
If we speak instead of sowing in protected cultivationfor example greenhouses and tunnels, then you can already start thinking about planting them salads, carrots, radishes while in seedbedthe seeds planted are now to be transplanted between March and April, there is room for the fruit and vegetables of the summer: peppers, aubergines, tomatoes, courgettes, beets, strawberries, watermelons and melons, celery and basil.
February is also the time to stock up on aromatic plants, to be left in pots at the moment and then transplanted in the spring, around April.
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