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What to sow and plant in January

What to start indoors, sow and plant out in January, with dates from 30 years of weather records.

Based on: average for Germany, last frost 19 April, safe from 6 MayFor your area

In January

Start indoors · 3

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 January?

In January you can start celeriac, celery and globe artichokes 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.

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