Sowing calendar · Trees and shrubs
Quince
Cydonia oblonga · Marmeleiro, Membrillero, Cognassier, Quittenbaum, Cotogno, marmelo
Calendar
Calendar for mainland Portugal.
- PlantNov–Feb
- FloweringApr
- HarvestSep–Oct
- Spacing
- 500 cm between rows · 400 cm apart
- Sowing depth
- 0 cm
- Harvest after
- First crop after ~3 years
- Water need
- medium
- Frost
- hardy
- Life cycle
- tree
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Seed saving
- hard · keeps ~1 years
Notes
Tough and low-maintenance; flowers late, so it escapes most frosts. Pick when the fruit turns fully yellow, for marmelada.
Months for mainland Portugal. In the app, sowing and planting follow your own local climate and the forecast.