Re: Vegaholics anonymous
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- Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 05:07:04 -0800
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rosenlund wrote:
>
> > From: Neason <Rebecca.Neason@foxinternet.net>
> > You should follow my schedule, since we are in the same climate.
> (See
> > my previous post for the cultural details.) I start mine on Feb 8
> (my
> > wedding anniversary -- that's how I remember it) and try to have
> them
> > transplanted by mid-April. In Rainier you could probably set them
> out
> > the first week of April but I wouldn't start them any earlier than
> 1st
> > week of Feb in case the weather is too wet to transplant.
> >
> > Steve (Maritime...)
> ----------
> Excellent Steve, Thanks.
> (Smart man on the anniversary remembrance.)
>
> I have it in my ''veggie file'', to be printed out for my veggie
> references ''notebook''. (along with many others I'm gleaming.) We
> are suppose to have our first (guess that's last frost, right ?)
> frost April 1st, yes, wet too.
>
> Sincerely,
> ~Carleen~
> Keeper of Sheep & Old Roses
> Rainier, OR zone 8
Don't worry about frost with onions. They can take anything the Pacific
NW can dish out after the 1st of March. The problem is that it's
usually too wet to transplant and even then they grow so slowly that the
slugs eat them. After April 1 or so they grow fast there's enough other
"stuff" that the slugs ignore them.
Be careful with that frost date. It's probably a 50 or 60% date,
meaning that about half the time you'll get a frost after April 1. for
brassica's, potatos, salad greens and such it's no problem, but avoid
setting out tomatoes and peppers and such very sensitive plants until
the first week of May. And even then it may still be a little wet and
cold.
Steve (Maritime...)
