Natural Signs for Planting Times
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- Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 09:38:47 -0600
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If anybody wants to add anything to this list, I'd sure like to hear about
it!
-- Jumpin' Julianne in Zone 6 (or 6-point-3 with gusts of up to 8 or 9)
FORSYTHIA AND DAFFFODILS ARE IN FULL BLOOM; AND LILAC HAS LEAFED OUT:
beets, cabbage, chard, chervil, cos, cress, endive, escarole, kohlrabi,
leeks, lettuce, onions (seeds & sets) parsely, parsnips, peas, spinach,
radishes, salsify, turnips.
BLOOMING DANDELIONS:
beets and carrots.
BLOOMING MAGNOLIA, GRAPE HYACINTH, NARCISSUS:
broad beans, broccoli, celeriac, celery, corn salad, florence fennel,
potatoes, marigold, pansy, petunia, pinks (or celery and broccoli set out
as plants)
DAYLILIES BEGIN TO BLOOM; DOGWOOD IN PEAK BLOOM:
tomatoes, early corn and peppers
BLOOMING REDBUD, CRABAPPLE,; APPLE BLOSSOMS BEGIN TO FALL; LILAC FLOWERS
HAVE FADED; OAK LEAVES ARE THE SIZE OF A SQUIRREL'S EAR:
corn, cucumbers, muskmelons, pumpkins, snap beans, squash, zucchini,
morning glory, nasturtium, sunflower
AZALEA, IRIS, PEONY, RUGOSA ROSE AND HONEYSUCKLE:
eggplant (plants), okra, pepper (plants), lima beans, new zealand spinach,
soybeans, scarlet runner beans, sweet potato (plants),
