Vegetables · Cool
Black salsify
Asteraceae
At a glance
- Plant spacing
- 15 cm
- USDA zones
- 3a–9a
- Frost-sensitive
- no
- Growth duration
- 26 weeks
Which beds suit?
- Sun (prefers)
- full sunAlso okay:partial shade
- Soil (prefers)
- sandyAlso okay:loamy
- Drainage (prefers)
- very free-drainingAlso okay:normal
Seed & start
Direct sow
Sow directly into the bed — no pre-culture needed.
Stachi's tip
Salsify is the insider tip: 25 cm deep root, taste between asparagus and oyster. Sow March, harvest October-March. Black skin stains — wear gloves.
Sowing
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Harvest
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Good neighbours
No fixed companion partners — easy to mix.
Avoid these neighbours
No known conflicts.
Good pre-cultures
Stachi has no specific pre-cultures recorded.
Sources
- LLM-Baseline+gpt-5-review
- LLM-Baseline-Intercrop
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-09 yieldKg
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 family-zehrer
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 sun-soil-drainage