Thyme
Thyme
Thymus
Plant family
Mint family (Lamiaceae)
Season Overview
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Details
Light requirement
Sunny
Water requirement
Dry
Soil
Light (sandy)
Nutrient requirement
Low
Light germinator
Germination temperature
18 - 22 °C (Degrees Celsius)
Plant distance
20 cm
Row spacing
30 cm
Seeding depth
0.2 cm
Instructions
End of March
Transplanting
Beginning of April
Harden
Mid of April
Planting
Description
Thyme is a spice plant from the labiates family. It prefers a bright, dry and rather nutrient-poor location.
Origin:
Mittelmeerraum, Asien, Nord- und Westafrika, Mitteleuropa
Growing tips
Thyme also thrives in poor, sandy soils. It is a light germinator, so the seeds should not be covered with soil. It is worth preplanting seedlings, as the seeds are very fine and otherwise easily outcompeted in the bed.
Companion Plants
Carrots
Chili
Courgette / Zucchini
Garden squash - Patisson / UFO squash
Garlic
Hyssop
Lavender
Melon (Sugar melon)
Melon (Watermelon)
Onion
Onion (Spring onion)
Oregano
Ornamental pumpkin
Pepper / Paprika
Rosemary
Sage
Savory
Stem herbs
Strawberry
Succulents
Succulents - Saxifragaceae
Tomato (Bush tomato)
Tomato (Cocktail bush tomato)
Tomato (Cocktail Stake Tomato)
Tomato (Stake tomato)
Antagonistic Plants
Abyssinian cabbage / Ethiopian mustard
Basil
Bean ((Scarlet) runner bean)
Bean (Broad bean / Faba bean / Field bean)
Bean (Dwarf bean)
Bean (Hyacinth bean / Lablab-bean)
Bean (Lima Bean)
Bean (Runner bean)
Beetroot
Broccoli raab / Stem cabbage / Cima di rapa
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage (Pointed cabbage)
Cabbage (red cabbage)
Chinese kale - Kai-lan / Chinese broccoli
Collard greens
Collard greens (Kale)
Coneflower (Echinacea)
Corn / Maize
Dill
Garlic chives
Jerusalem artichoke / Topinambur
Leeks
Lovage
Mint
Mizuna / Japanese mustard greens
Napa cabbage / Chinese cabbage
Pak Choi
Pumpkin / Squash
Rapeseed
Rapeseed - Sheer cabbage / Siberian cabbage
Rapini / Broccoli rabe
Root parsley
Rudbeckia (Coneflower / Black-eyed-susans)
Rutabaga / Swedish turnip
Sea coal
Soybean
Sunflower
Turnip
Turnip greens - Choy Sum / Chinese flowering cabbage
Turnip greens - Mizuna
Turnips - Oilseed turnips
Turnips - Wild turnips
Vegetable cabbage - Forage cabbage
Vegetable cabbage - Ribbed cabbage / Portuguese cabbage
Vegetable cabbage - wild cabbage / ancient cabbage
Wild garlic
Diseases
Root Rot
Powdery mildews
Pests
Land snails
Spider mites
Aphids
