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First time gardener questions....
My husband and i are planting a garden for the first time and i have a few questions. Where i live, it will be about 40-60 degrees for the next 3 months. I'm curious when to plant the garden. We are looking to plant tomatoes, cucumber, lettuce, herbs, zuccini and squash. Does anyone have tips for a new gardener? Thanks!
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Re: First time gardener questions....
Not sure where your knowledge level is, but many seed packets have a map on the back with color coded recommended planting times. Local garden centers are also more than happy to recommend. Usually you can go by what plants they currently have for sale. I'm not sure where you are - I'm in Virginia, and we have a relatively long planting season. I just put in lettuce, peas, spinach, carrots, and onions today. These are all "cool weather crops" that you plant as soon as the soil is workable, while the weather is still cool. If its too hot, they won't grow well and lettuce can get bitter. Spinach will bolt, or seed, in hot weather. There are warmer weather varieties of lettuce/spinach, though.
Tomatoes, cucumber, zucchini, and squash are warm weather. These are typically planted a few weeks after the last frost, or when there is no more danger of frost. If it frosts, it can severely damage your plants, if not kill them. I planted too early last year and a late season frost really damaged/killed some of my green beans and a few other plants.
You can private message me or email me at uvanurse09 at yahoo dot com if you have more questions. I've been gardening with my dad since I was little, and its quite my passion.
If you are looking for a low care garden, I recommend Square Foot Gardening - I just pulled up old plants, refreshed, and replanted a 4x4 garden square while sitting and on modified bedrest. Talk about easy!
Those are all warm weather like PP said. I'm in Upstate NY and honestly I typically buy plants and put them in Memorial Day weekend or about then. I think we are zone 5. Its easier than messing around with seed germination.
This is where I'm gonna order stuff from:
http://www.seedsavers.org/
you can get their free catalog.
I'm looking into square foot gardening, since its a smaller commitment, but still yeilds results. I'm still doing my research though!
This was super helpful! Thank you so much for posting this.