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

Petasites japonicus

Growing calendar

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

Guides

• Planting Fuki (Butterbur): Where to Put a Plant That Wants to Take Over
• Growing Fuki: Watering, Feeding and Keeping the Colony in Bounds
• Fuki Growing Calendar: What to Do From Flower Buds to Winter Dormancy
• Fuki Pests and Problems: Slugs, Leaf Scorch, Crown Rot and Escaped Rhizomes
• Harvesting Fuki Stalks: When to Cut, How to Peel, and Why You Must Boil It
• Propagating Fuki from Rhizome Divisions: Timing, Cutting and Containing New Plants

Common problems

Start from what you can see on the plant.

Pests and diseases (18)

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