What Are You Planting Today, This Week, This Month?

digitS'

Garden Master
Joined
Dec 13, 2007
Messages
26,617
Reaction score
32,060
Points
457
Location
border, ID/WA(!)
Is it too late to start cabbage? I think I will start a few extra tomatoes and peppers tomorrow.
@lcertuche recently commented on planting seed after frost date - link.

I said that I did that with cabbage but that they matured much later than they were "supposed to." I could have also said that this was according to listed maturing date and I bet store-bought plants are way too often in a state of stress that delays their development.

I said early became late but I am sure it was with Copenhagen Market cabbage and it is sometimes described as early but is more mid-season compared to some. It made a late harvest and wasn't too bad in that role. I only had one South Window in that home and it was small - so reserved for my peppers and tomatoes. With a greenhouse later, I went for early/late and 1 variety of each.

I'm trying several early ones this year; even went back to Jersey Wakefield, which will be fun. Hot, dry weather puts such a stress on any cabbage and the aphids take advantage of it. Frustrating! But, if I can use the early ones early, with all those other greens available at the same time :rolleyes:, maybe I can enjoy growing it more.

Anyway, Copenhagen Market did fine for me from seed direct-sown.

Steve
 
Last edited:

seedcorn

Garden Master
Joined
Jun 21, 2008
Messages
9,650
Reaction score
9,974
Points
397
Location
NE IN
Don't think it's ever too late for cabbage. If it comes on over an extended period of time due to planting date, I see that as a positive. Hate it when all the heads come on at once. Now if you were canning, making kraut, then probably a good thing.
 

catjac1975

Garden Master
Joined
Jul 22, 2010
Messages
9,019
Reaction score
9,144
Points
397
Location
Mattapoisett, Massachusetts
Don't think it's ever too late for cabbage. If it comes on over an extended period of time due to planting date, I see that as a positive. Hate it when all the heads come on at once. Now if you were canning, making kraut, then probably a good thing.
If you plant a variety of seed your will get a harvest that staggers. Also direct sown will come in the fall.
 

valley ranch

Garden Master
Joined
Dec 22, 2014
Messages
5,742
Reaction score
5,733
Points
367
Location
Sierra Nevada mountains, and Nevada high desert
Quote Ridgerunner: your latitude is not as high as I was when I was in Copenhagen Denmark, but the only way I could get a tomato to ripen was to grow it in a greenhouse. That greenhouse was not heated, was glass, and my 5-year-old made sure that glass greenhouse had good ventilation up high at one panel, but it made all the difference in the world. Here I find peppers are later than tomatoes.
--------------------------------------------



Wouldn't mind hearing more about Copenhagen~if you get around to posting story or two of your happenings there.
 

Gardening with Rabbits

Garden Master
Joined
Oct 24, 2012
Messages
3,545
Reaction score
5,739
Points
337
Location
Northern Idaho - Zone 5B
I have only been planting early for the last couple of years with Jersey Wakefield and Greyhound and I have had good luck. I am going to just plant seeds and when I have room to put in I will. I have no idea what I am doing this year. :hu
 

lcertuche

Deeply Rooted
Joined
May 19, 2016
Messages
518
Reaction score
659
Points
167
Location
Arkansas
I planted my sprouted potatoes yesterday. They were the russets and red potatoes I had in the kitchen. I cut them a few days ago and have been letting them dry out a bit. I put an old bed spring over them to keep the chickens off them until they are up.

Today I bought a 4-pack of Arkansas Traveler tomatoes at the local Trade Days. I saw some at Walmart a couple of days but they were $4.50 a plant. Everyone around here loves their Arkansas Travelers so I guess that's why the price was so high. I think next year I'll be trying to buy some seed. I couldn't find any this year. I could probably make a few bucks selling seedlings for a buck a piece. I wonder if I will be remembering this next spring, lol.
 
Top