Cultivate a vegetable garden in Belgium: climate, advantages and challenges

The oceanic temperate climate of Belgium, marked by soft winters, moderate summers and regular rainfall, offers both opportunities and constraints for a vegetable garden. If the absence of prolonged drought limits watering needs, humidity favors fungal diseases such as mildew on tomatoes and potatoes.

Winter frosts need to protect sensitive crops such as winter salads. Spring, with its temperature variations, requires monitoring early sowing. Summer, generally soft, is conducive to vegetables-fruits such as tomatoes and zucchini, although a greenhouse is sometimes necessary to optimize production. The humid fall prolongs the cultivation of cabbage, leeks and carrots while preparing the ground for winter.

humidity also promotes slugs and snails, threatening young plants. Natural solutions such as ashes, egg shells and copper barriers can limit their presence. The association of companions, such as the nasturtium to keep aphids away, also strengthens the natural protection of the vegetable garden.

A suitable calendar optimizes production: sowing under shelter from February-March for peas, radishes and spinach, then setting up tomatoes and zucchini after the risk of frost in April-May. At the end of summer, fall and winter cultures take over for prolonged harvests.

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