Cucumbers are a tender, warm-weather crop. Start cucumbers indoors 6 to 3 weeks before you plan to transplant them into the garden or direct sow seed in the garden 2 to 3 weeks after all danger of frost is past and the soil has warmed. Support cucumbers on a trellises, poles, or cages or plant…
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Peanut Seed Starting Tips
Peanuts are a warm-weather crop. They require a long frost-free growing season to mature. If you can grow melons in your garden, you can likely grow peanuts. Start peanuts in the garden after all danger of frost has passed and the soil has warmed to 70°F (21°C) or greater. Peanuts can be started indoors but…
Watermelon Seed Starting Tips
Watermelons are a tender, warm-weather crop. • Sow watermelon seed or set plants directly in garden in spring 2 weeks after all danger of frost has passed after the soil has warmed to 70°F (21°C). • Watermelon seed can be started indoors 8 to 6 weeks before plants are set out. • For the sweetest…
Melons Seed Starting Tips
Melons are a tender, warm-weather crop. • Sow melon seeds or set plants directly into the garden in spring 2 weeks after all danger of frost has passed and when the soil has warmed to 70°F (21°C) or thereabouts. • Melon seed can be started indoors 4 to 3 weeks before plants are transplanted directly…
Strawberry Plant Starting Tips
Strawberry plants are perennials. A strawberry plant will bear fruit for 2 to 3 years. A single plant will send you several runners towards the end of each season; these runners easily establish themselves as new, independent plants. There are many varieties of strawberry. Some can be started from seed but most are started from…
Radicchio Seed Starting Tips
Radicchio grows best in the cool weather of spring and fall. Radicchio has a lettuce like head that colors to a deep rosy red as weather grows cold in autumn or winter. The slightly bitter taste of radicchio sweetens with cooler day temperatures. Direct seed radicchio in the spring as soon as the soil can…
Garlic Plant Starting Tips
Garlic is grown from cloves formed in bulbs. Cloves used to start new plants are called “seed cloves”. Seed clove size is important to yield. The yield of a large clove is usually greater than a medium-size clove, which, in turn is usually greater than a small-size clove. The largest cloves commonly produce the largest…
Artichoke Plant Starting Tips
Artichokes are perennial plants. Artichokes prefer cool, moist summers and mild winters. The perennial artichoke plant will not survive where the ground freezes. Artichokes can be grown from seed or root divisions; they are most commonly grown from root divisions which are also called “crowns”. Sow seed indoors 8 to 6 weeks before the last…
Rhubarb Plant Starting Tips
Rhubarb is a perennial plant grown for its leaf stalks. • Rhubarb grows best in regions where the ground freezes each winter. Winter chill results in rhubarb plants with thick stems and red color. Rhubarb is not productive in areas with very hot summers. • Rhubarb is commonly grown from root divisions called “crowns”, not…
Asparagus Plant Starting Tips
Asparagus is a perennial plant. Plant asparagus where it can grow undisturbed and be productive for 15 to 20 years. Asparagus is one of the earliest crops to come to harvest in spring. The edible parts of the asparagus plant are young, tender, green shoots, called spears. Spears are young leaf stalks—eaten leafless—that grow from…
