What to sow and plant in February
What to start indoors, sow and plant out in February, with dates from 30 years of weather records.
In February
Start indoors · 23
25 January – 8 February
25 January – 22 February
8–22 February
11–25 February
22 February – 8 March
around 22 February
25 February – 11 March
Dates from frost records 1991–2020, not a weather forecast. Under glass or fleece, a lot can start earlier.
Data: Deutscher Wetterdienst, daily minimum temperatures 1991–2020, our own calculation. Licence CC BY 4.0. Postcode coordinates: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).
Questions and answers
What can I start indoors in February?
In February you can start onions, cabbage, celeriac, celery, globe artichokes, lavender, leeks, thyme and 15 more indoors. The exact dates are above, worked out for the average in Germany.
Do the dates work for my area?
They use the average across all German postcodes: last frost on 19 April, safe from 6 May. Enter a German postcode or your own frost date in the planting calendar to get dates for your garden. Under glass, a lot can start earlier.
All tools
- Last frost dateAverage and safe date for German postcodes
- Planting calendarStart indoors, sow, plant out: dates for your area
- Companion planting checkerGood neighbours with evidence, honestly labelled
- What to plant after …?Crop rotation: what fits next year
- Plant spacing calculatorHow many plants fit in your bed
- Raised bed soil calculatorLitres and bags for your raised bed