Succession planting for a steady harvest
Stagger sowings so the kitchen gets a stream of produce instead of one overwhelming week.
10 min · intermediate
You will learn
- Schedule repeat sowings on a two to three week rhythm
- Fit each succession inside the remaining frost-free days
- Refill harvested space without gaps
The core idea
Instead of sowing a whole packet at once, sow a short row every two to three weeks. Lettuce, radishes, bush beans, carrots, and cilantro all reward this. One sowing of lettuce gives you a glut, then bitterness; four small sowings give you salad until frost.
Count backward from frost
Each succession needs enough time to mature before your first fall frost. A 55-day bush bean sown 60 days before frost is a bet on good weather; sown 90 days before, it is a sure thing. Check days-to-harvest in the plant library against your dashboard frost window.
Follow harvested crops immediately
When the garlic comes out in July, that bed can grow a fall crop of greens or roots. Keep a short list of quick finishers, 30 to 50 days, ready to drop into any gap the moment one opens.
Track it or lose it
Succession planting fails when you forget week three. Farmur creates a follow-up planting task after you log a harvest, so the reminder arrives exactly when the space opens up.