Ice Plant Growing Guide: Planting, Care & Harvest

Mesembryanthemum crystallinum

Growing calendar

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

Guides

• How to Sow Edible Ice Plant Seed: Dust-Fine Seed, Surface Sowing and Light
• Growing Edible Ice Plant: Keeping the Leaves Sparkling With Sun, Salt and Lean Soil
• Growing Ice Plant in Pots: Mix, Pot Size, Watering and Overwintering Under Cover
• Harvesting Edible Ice Plant: Picking Shoot Tips, Keeping the Crunch and Storing It
• Ice Plant Growing Schedule: From Surface Sowing to the First Cold Nights
• Ice Plant Problems: Rot, Aphids, Leggy Dull Growth and Cold Damage

Pests and diseases (0)

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