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Should I give up and pull up my spring garden?
I'm a gardening newbie, and used the date ranges shown on the burpee website for planting. The average last frost in my zone is April 15th. I planted the following on March 19th:
Giant spinach, collards, turnip, kohlrabi, golden beets, chicoggia beets, long onions, and buttercrunch lettuce.
On April 3rd I planted broccoli raab and snap peas.
It's been warm here. Today the high is 81. Even in very early April, the high temps were getting into the mid and high 80's on some days, with others being in the mid to high 70's.
Everything germinated, but now I think the growing has slowed. My giant spinach, which is supposed to be ready to harvest in May, is just a few inches tall. Same with my collards and lettuce. I'm not sure what the kohlrabi and turnip should look like at this point, but these are the best looking out of all the plants. They are about five inches high.
I'm thinking that I should just pull some of these up and plant summer veggies. What do you think I should give up on and pull up?
Re: Should I give up and pull up my spring garden?
Be patient.. it will grow. I didn't get real production for much longer after planting. You could eat your spinach now - that's why it says it's "ready" now - but if you want, it will grow more and you'll have more.
I don't know why you'd suggest getting rid of it all. Being new to gardening just means you should be patient, sit back, and know that not everything will necessarily work the way you want, but some will.
I saw your post below. *if* you pull things up, you can still eat the leaves of the spinach, beets & kohlrabi, etc now. They are probably tender enough to eat raw, but you could also do a light sautee.
Whether you pull up or not, your efforts can still be delicious.
Next year, though, you'll want to get an earlier start. My last frost date is April 15th too & I started my kohlrabi in early February and greens in very early March.
I definitely will do this! It will be much easier to plant early next year since we won't have to build boxes (doing SFG).
Thank you both for the advice. If the plants should (or may) still grow rather than die or become inedible due to the heat, I'll wait until May to harvest.