Sowing calendar · Flowers
Nasturtium
Tropaeolum majus · Capuchinha, Capuchina, Capucine, Kapuzinerkresse, Nasturzio, capuchinhas
Calendar
Calendar for mainland Portugal.
- Sow directMar–Jun
- HarvestApr–Sep
- Germination
- 7–14 days · soil from 12 °C
- Spacing
- 30 cm between rows · 30 cm apart
- Sowing depth
- 2 cm
- Harvest after
- 50–70 days
- Water need
- low
- Frost
- frost tender
- Life cycle
- annual
- Family
- Tropaeolaceae
- Seed saving
- easy · keeps ~4 years
Notes
Very easy in sun or part shade and poor soil. Flowers and leaves are edible (peppery). A trap crop: aphids and cabbage whites go to it instead of your brassicas.
Good neighbours
Sources
Months for mainland Portugal. In the app, sowing and planting follow your own local climate and the forecast.