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What veggies can I still plant (not too late)?
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Posted by tristate (My Page) on Mon, Jun 30, 08 at 10:06
The late freeze killed off seedling beets, cukes & all the flowers. I've replanted the flowers and was going to give up the veggie but changed my mind this weekend. I've planted basil, chives & garlic in pots and they're starting to sprout. Can anyone give advice as to what else i can plant in the veggie garden which will grow? i've got seeds of arugula, green leaf lettuce, sugar snap peas, zucchini & corn. What about potatoes? I looked for seedlings in the garden store and HD but can't find anymore so it's either seeds or nothing.
Thanks in advance! |
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RE: What veggies can I still plant (not too late)?
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| You can plant cukes, squash, zukes, beets, beans. In mid-August, put in (direct seed in the ground) your cold weather crops like peas, lettuce, kale, chard, spinach...wait for a cool week to do this. I think you can plant just about anything now that takes only 60 days to harvest. Melons, tomatoes, potatoes, corn take too long a time and need heat to grow. Potatoes get planted by cutting up a whole potato and planting sections with eyes on them. Good luck! Too early planting of warm weather crops usually ends in disaster, so I resist the urge. Not easy! |
RE: What veggies can I still plant (not too late)?
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| I just pulled up all my lettuce (bolting) and replaced with an early crookneck yellow squash and bush green beans. As the previous poster notes, the only things off the table are the ones that really require 70+ days to harvest. I would also give radishes and carrots a try. |
RE: What veggies can I still plant (not too late)?
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| Potatoes, onions are planted in April - too late now. Plenty of time for almost everything else but too late for melons, corn, winter squash. |
RE: What veggies can I still plant (not too late)?
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Yeah! I thought I'd have to give up the whole season!
btw- Susanzone5: When you say plant seeds in August, I just want to clarify that these are seeds which I'd be planting for the following spring? B/c I've never planted any of the ones you listed and didn't know that they could be fooled to stay in the ground instead of trying to sprout in the Indian summer heat we sometimes get in Sept. & Oct.
Otherwise I'll plant what I have and see how it goes. Thanks everyone. |
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| Planting seeds in August is for another crop this year. They'll be maturing during cooler autumn weather. The yield isn't as good as spring planting, but at least you have some food in the garden. Sometimes kale will winter over and give you tiny leaves all along the old stems... What a treat in March. Spinach needs to be planted late summer in order to winter over (under protection) and give you a nice crop in spring before bolting. But, there are a few spinach substitutes that aren't as finicky as spinach is. BTW, Adams Fairacre Farms has large veggie seedlings this time of year so you can plant now. |
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