Sage
Sage
Salvia
Plant family
Mint family (Lamiaceae)
Season Overview
Propagating
Planting
Harvest
Harvest
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1ST YEAR
FOLLOWING YEARS
Details
Light requirement
Sunny
Water requirement
Dry
Soil
Light (sandy)
Nutrient requirement
Low
Light germinator
Germination temperature
18 - 22 °C (Degrees Celsius)
Plant distance
40 cm
Row spacing
40 cm
Seeding depth
0.5 cm
Instructions
Beginning of April
Transplanting
Beginning of April
Harden
Mid of April
Planting
Description
Sage is a small, expansive shrub from the labiates family. The conditionally hardy plant forms deep roots and prefers a very sunny location with well-drained, rather dry soil.
Origin:
Mediterranean region
Growing tips
If you cut back sage a little in the spring, you ensure a vital new sprout. The aroma of the leaves is strongest just before flowering, so this is the best time for larger harvests, e.g. for drying. Individual leaves are harvested. Down-bent branches form roots when they come in contact with the ground. The rooted shoots can be cut off and planted. This is an easy way to propagate the sage.
Companion Plants
Abyssinian cabbage / Ethiopian mustard
Aubergine / Eggplant
Broccoli
Broccoli raab / Stem cabbage / Cima di rapa
Brussels sprouts
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage (Cabbage)
Cabbage (Pointed cabbage)
Cabbage (red cabbage)
Cabbage (Savoy cabbage)
Carrots
Cauliflower
Chinese kale - Kai-lan / Chinese broccoli
Collard greens
Collard greens (Kale)
Collard greens (Tuscan kale / Dinosaur kale / Palm tree kale)
Common marigold
Kohlrabi / German turnip / Turnip cabbage
Lavender
Melon (Sugar melon)
Melon (Watermelon)
Mizuna / Japanese mustard greens
Napa cabbage / Chinese cabbage
Oregano
Pak Choi
Rapeseed
Rapeseed - Sheer cabbage / Siberian cabbage
Rapini / Broccoli rabe
Rosemary
Rutabaga / Swedish turnip
Savory
Stem herbs
Strawberry
Thyme
Tomato (Bush tomato)
Tomato (Cocktail bush tomato)
Tomato (Cocktail Stake Tomato)
Tomato (Stake tomato)
Turnip
Turnip greens - Choy Sum / Chinese flowering cabbage
Turnip greens - Mizuna
Turnip greens - Tatsoi
Turnips - Oilseed turnips
Turnips - Wild turnips
Vegetable cabbage - Forage cabbage
Vegetable cabbage - Ribbed cabbage / Portuguese cabbage
Vegetable cabbage - wild cabbage / ancient cabbage
Antagonistic Plants
Basil
Bean ((Scarlet) runner bean)
Bean (Broad bean / Faba bean / Field bean)
Bean (Hyacinth bean / Lablab-bean)
Bean (Lima Bean)
Chives
Chives
Courgette / Zucchini
Cucumber (Caigua)
Cucumber / Gherkin
Dill
Garden squash - Patisson / UFO squash
Garlic
Garlic chives
Gooseberry
Jerusalem artichoke / Topinambur
Leeks
Lettuce (Lettuce)
Lovage
Mint
Onion
Onion (Spring onion)
Ornamental pumpkin
Parsley
Pumpkin / Squash
Root parsley
Soybean
Wild garlic
Diseases
Root Rot
Downy mildew
Powdery mildews
Pests
Aphids
Cicadas
