What to Plant in June in Cape Town — Sowday

Vegetables

14 in season

Direct sow · sow every 2-3 weeks for a steady peppery harvest

Start indoors · sow indoors early — celeriac takes months to bulk up

Start indoors · keep soil consistently moist for tender, mild stalks

Gai Lan (Chinese Broccoli)

Direct sow · harvest stems before the flower buds fully open

Plant cloves · plant pointy-side up for straight, strong shoots

Herbs

8 in season

Start indoors · loves heat, don't rush it outside before frost

Start indoors · perennial clumps, snip leaves for repeat harvests

Direct sow · taproot resents transplanting, sow direct

Start indoors · pot it up in fall and bring indoors before frost

Start indoors · slow from seed, keep soil warm to germinate

Fruit · nothing to sow this month