Almond | up to and including first fruit set |
Apple and pear | up to and including fruit 5 - 10 mm |
Apricot, cherry, peach and nectarine, plum | up to and including first fruit set |
Table Grapes, Wine Grapes | up to and including first fruit set |
Strawberry | up to and including first fruit development |
Blackberry | up to and including first fruit development |
Raspberry | up to and including first fruit set |
Blackcurrant and redcurrant | up to and including first visible green fruitlet |
Potato | up to and including tuber initiation |
Carrot, Parsnip, Turnip, Swede | up to and including 9 true leaves unfolded |
Red beet | up to and including six fully expanded leaves. Does not include beetroot grown for salad leaf use |
Garlic, Bulb Onion, Shallot, salad onion | up to and including 9 leaves clearly visible |
Aubergine, Cucumber, Melon, Pepper and Chilli, Winter Squash and Pumpkin | up to and including first fruit set |
Tomato | up to and including first fruit set on first truss |
Sweetcorn | up to and including tip of tassel visible |
Broccoli / calabrese | up to and including heads begin to form; width of growing tip > 1 cm2 |
Cauliflower | up to and including cauliflower heads begin to form; width of growing tip up to 1 cm2 |
Brussels sprout | up to and including lateral buds begin to develop |
Cabbage | up to and including heads begin to form |
Oriental cabbages | varieties forming heads: up to and including heads begin to form |
Oriental cabbages | varieties not forming heads: up to and including leaf rosette has reached 30% of the diameter typical for the variety |
Collard, kale | main shoot has reached 30% of the expected height typical for the variety |
Lettuce | varieties forming heads: up to and including heads begin to form |
Lettuce | varieties not forming heads: up to and including leaf rosette has reached 30% of the diameter typical for the variety |
Rocket | up to and including 3rd true leaf unfolded |
Spinach | leaf rosette has reached 30% of the expected diameter typical for the variety |
Broad bean (fresh), Dwarf French bean, Runner beans, Edible podded pea | up to and including first pod set |
Vining pea | up to and including flat pod (non-edible pods only) |
Leek | up to and including 9 leaves clearly visible |
Field bean | up to and including first pod set |
Soya bean - (dry) | end of flowering: first pods visible (approx 5mm length) - BBCH 69-609 |
Combining pea | up to and including flat pod (non-edible pods only) |
Linseed | up to and including 10% capsules formed |
Oilseed rape | up to and including 10% potential pods |
Borage | beginning of ripening: seed green |
Soya bean | end of flowering: first pods visible (approx 5mm length) - BBCH 69-609 |
Cereals | up to and including GS52 (1/4 inflorescence) |
Hops | up to and including cone set |
Sugar beet | up to and including 6 fully expanded leaves |
Forage Maize | up to and including tip of tassel visible |
Fodder beet, Mangel | up to and including 6 fully expanded leaves |
Beans without pods (dry) | Up to and including first pod set |
Beans without pods (fresh) | Up to and including first pod set |
Grain Maize | up to and including tip of tassel visible |
Asparagus | during dormant phase before BBCH 09 (no shoots/spears growing or starting to grow above the soil surface) |