Epazote: Sowing, planting and harvest calendar
How do you sow your epazote outdoors?
Sow your epazote outdoors once frost is no longer a risk and the soil has warmed. This plant, Dysphania ambrosioides, starts better in warm conditions than in cold, saturated ground. Choose a sunny, well-drained position. Where the warm growing season is short, starting under cover may be more suitable than direct outdoor sowing.
Prepare a fine surface free of competing weeds, then moisten gently. The seeds are very small: distribute them over the surface and press lightly to give them contact with the growing medium rather than burying them deeply. Water with a fine spray so you do not wash them away. For container sowing, use a pot with drainage holes and avoid leaving water in its saucer.
Keep the surface moist during emergence, then adjust watering as roots develop and weather changes. Thin gradually to give the retained plants room to branch, following the seed packet's spacing guidance. Label the sowing before you start weeding. Epazote can later produce many seeds and self-sow, so monitor new seedlings if you want to limit its spread into neighbouring beds.
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