Southern Gardener
Deeply Rooted
I planted 34 tomatoes and 25 pepper plants yesterday!
I'm also in zone 8 and my planting date for warm season crops was March 15th. My tomatoes have been out for a week. If I waited until May to plant the summer heat would kill most things. Does elevation make that much of a difference?marshallsmyth said:
Today I planted...not quite yet!
But I'm working on getting the netting connected over the rear extension of my garden. This may be the bottom of zone 8, but it is mountainous here, and last year May 11th, my planting day, was almost too early for the coolness and wetness we had until june 8th. But I'm shooting for before May 1st for things like peas and lettuce. My coldframe will be in operation next year so things will be sooner then.
On the other hand, providing I keep the deer completely out with my switch to chicken wire this year, the season does not usually end here until sometime in november.
I wanted to make sure I'm on and subscribed with this thread for when I do get to planting. It's gonna be cool!