How to Grow Burdock: Growing Guide to Planting, Care & Harvest

Arctium lappa

Growing calendar

Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.

Guides

• How to Sow Burdock Seed and Prepare Deep Ground for the Root
• Burdock Plant Care Through the Season: Water, Feed and Weeding
• How to Harvest Burdock Root Without Snapping It
• Burdock Growing Schedule From Sowing to Lifting the Root
• Burdock Pests and Problems: Mildew, Aphids and Forked Roots

Common problems

Start from what you can see on the plant.

Pests and diseases (21)

Written byYasuGrowing vegetables and fruit in Chiba, Japan, and building Gadenin. Corrections are welcome. 15 years of growing.