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| I posted this in the Vegetable Gardening Forum but maybe some advice from NW gardeners is more appropriate:
We've had horrible rains in the Pacific NW for the last few weeks. It's not just sprinkles, it was driving, flash flood, hail rains. As a results, my veggies are drowning. Most are holding their own but my cucumbers were hit especially hard. Most are dead. Do I still have time to replant them or should I buy starters at the nursery? And if I have time to replant seeds, should I sow indoors or outdoors? Thanks in advance! |
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| I usually direct sow, but seldom do that before 1st week in June. If you seed them indoors, plant outdoors as soon as the 1st true leaves develop then figure out a way to temporarily protect them -- rig a "greenhouse" of sorts. |
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- Posted by slughunter 8 (My Page) on Sat, May 29, 10 at 3:13
| Last year I planted bush cucumbers from seed in mid June. They produced lots of juicy cucumbers. You should be able to start from seed outdoors around now. Yeah, I live in Seattle and the rain this spring is pretty heavy! |
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- Posted by patrick888 z8 SeaTac WA (My Page) on Sat, May 29, 10 at 16:31
| I planted cuke & squash seeds outdoors last weekend. I don't consider that to be late planting at all. As you can see, planting heat-loving veggies early here can easily lead to failure. I like the English type cukes...this year I planted varieties "Chelsea Prize" (Renee's Garden...12"-15") and Burpee's "Tasty Green Hybrid" (10"...probably not really an English type). |
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