What to Plant in May in Johannesburg — Sowday

Vegetables

36 in season

Amaranth Greens

Direct sow · pinch tips often for a steady flush of tender greens

Direct sow · soak seed clusters overnight to speed germination

Start indoors · harvest young and green — riper fruit turns bitter

Direct sow · fall crops resist bolting better than spring ones

Direct sow · sow after soil warms; skip cold, wet spring soil

Herbs

11 in season

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

Start indoors · perennial clumps, snip leaves for repeat harvests

Direct sow · bolts fast in heat, sow small batches often

Direct sow · taproot resents transplanting, sow direct

Direct sow · cut flower heads early or it self-seeds everywhere

Fruit · nothing to sow this month