Sowing Dragon - Quick Start Sheet

🌱 Sowing & planting

Sowing depth: 0.5 cm
Sowing distance: 8 cm in pots
Germination: 18-29 °C, 4-14 days
Planting distance: 90 cm all around
Plant out as: 10 cm high plant
Growth cycle: 420 days to mature, perennial plant

📅 Growing times throughout the year

Sowing indoors/under glass: sow in March-April, plant out in May-June, harvest in June-September.
Sowing in place: sow May-June, harvest July-September.

Start cultivation (sowing)

Harvesting

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

🪟 Pre-sowing indoors/glass

🪏 On site (open ground)

🏠 Inside

🪟 Greenhouse / conservatory

🪏 Outside

🌿 Popular breeds

Russian dragon

📘 Basic information

Crop group: Herbs
Crop family: Asteraceae family
Height: 100 cm
Growth cycle: 420 days to mature, perennial plant
Frost resistant: yes
Root system: 15-25 cm
Preferred soil: pH 6.0-7.5
Fertilization: fertilize with compost

🌞💧 Pitch & water

Location: 🌞 lots of sun

Watering: 💧💧 water moderately

🤝 Good & Bad Neighbors

Good neighbors

Eggplant (tarragon helps keep diseases away)

Bad neighbors

No specific bad neighbors known

❗ Dangers & Concerns

Little known diseases and pests.

🧺 Harvesting & storing

Harvest the leaves as desired.

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About the blogger

My name is Tom and I am co-owner of Plukkers.com. I am the father of two beautiful daughters and I have a wonderful wife. When I turned a bare spot in the lawn into a herb garden in 2014, I got a very special feeling inside. I immediately felt that it was not a whim but the start of an irresistible and fiery passion. I wanted to know everything and also wrote down what I learned on my website Moestuinweetjes, which is now called Plukkers.com. I also want to inspire other people to grow their own food. At my house in Wielsbeke is my dream garden with a greenhouse, vegetable garden and a hobby vineyard with 333 vines. In addition to wine, I also make delicious beer at home to occasionally celebrate life in moderation. I toast with you to an exciting, richly filled life under the motto: "Make it yourself!"

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