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Re: Is it too early or too late?

"Bart Walls" <bmwalls@memphisonline.com> wrote:
>I live in a suburb of Memphis, TN (Zone 7).  Is it too 
>early or late to plant these veggies by seed in my 
>Square Foot Gardens?

My somewhat limited experience is as follows (I'm in zone 7, western
NC, by the way, last frost date around May 1st - 10th). When you plant
your seeds depends largely on when your last spring  frost date is.

>Onions (Evergreen Bunching)
I don't really eat onions so I'm not growing any, but according the
Mel's book, they take 20 weeks from seed, usually started 8-10 wks
before the last frost and transplanted 4 wks before, or seeds or sets
planted 4 weeks before the last spring frost.

>Squash (Yellow Summer Crookneck)
Plant seeds just after last spring frost.

>Okra (Clemson Spineless #80)
Absolutely no idea.

>Carrots (Danvers #126)
Plant seeds 3 weeks before last spring frost.

>Cucumber (Sumter)
Plant seeds 2 wks after last spring frost.

>Radish (Sparkler White Tip)
Plant seeds 3 wks before last spring frost.

>Cauliflower (Snowball X)
I believe it's too late for these for the spring (I started mine 10
wks before the last spring frost), but you can grow them as a fall
crop and I am told that they do much better in the fall than the
spring.
I'm growing this particular variety, by the way.

>Cabbage (Early Golden Acre)
Same as Cauliflower.

>Lettuce (Iceberg)
Plant seeds 4 weeks before last spring frost out doors, or 7 weeks
before in cups inside. Do successive plantings every 2 weeks until a
few weeks after the last frost. I believe if you want to grow lettuce
in the summer, you will need to provide some shade for it.
You can also do successive plantings of carrots ad radishes.

>Also, are these particular veggies worth growing, or
>should I try other hybrids?  I'm a new garderner and 
>could use some advice.  Thanks in advance.
I am growing the varieties that I can find for a price that I can
afford. I have been somewhat inundated with seeds from a couple of
internet friends (I'm not complaining) and gotten some particular
varieties I want to try - such as Triumph de Farcy beans, and oriental
eggplant  - and also some varieties I haven't seen around here in the
10 packets for $1.00 sales. Of course, now I have about 10 varieties
of tomatoes and I'm having a tough time trying to decide which ones to
grow. I think I've gotten 3 of them knocked out so far.

As far as whether they are worth growing or not: if you like them and
will eat them and enjoy them, grow them. My husband claims he likes
beets, so I'm growing a square or two of them, and we'll see. But for
everything else, I'm growing what I like to eat, and I'm growing more
of the things I *really* like than the things I find just so-so.

I'm still trying to figure out whether I'm a new gardener or not, or a
novice at least. I've been helping my mum garden since I was a
teenager, although flowers and trees and bushes and things, not
veggies. And I've attempted to grow some tomatoes and peppers and
things a couple of times, with limited success (in FL). I know how to
handle plants and repot them and prune them and all that fun stuff.
But I wouldn't call myself experienced or successful, certainly not
with veggies.  ::shrug::

Dara (who is all of 21 by the way)


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