What To Plant

TBAR · Mar 21, 2005

Plowing under the winter wheat and oats.

Ok, now what am I going to plant?

Watermelons, cantalope, new potatos, sweet potatos, squash, cucumbers, sweet peas, corn..................What???

Tbar

MMM · Mar 21, 2005

All of the above..............and 'maters.....and in a month or so don't forget speckled butterbeans, crowders, purplehulls...................

Poppa · Mar 21, 2005

I'm a pepper man myself, Serano, jalapeno, Red Bell, Purple Bell. I have about forty seedlings for those types growing in my dining room right now. You are in a better climate than I for pepper heaven. In Texas I would have to add Cayenne, Habaneros and some minisweets just for kicks and grins.

Also, how about cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower? I say those because they are my favorite to eat. You have already heard tomato, If it were me I would have scads of tomatillos to mix with the peppers and then live off of all the chili verde I could make. How about okra? Radishes? Beets? Turnips, Parsnips, onions and scallions and garlic and Leeks. Lot's of leeks for soup.

Greens? Pac Choi, Mustard, Arugula. And then add some Spinach and some Swiss chard. Starting to get hungry now.

And don't even get me started on herbs...

I am jealous. living on the edge of a desert I am planning a nice raised bed garden. A plot the size of yours would require a whole new well and a second mortgage to pay for the electricity to operate the pump /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Enjoy

Mike

Tdog · Mar 21, 2005

Just a little later - - okra!

Jim_Fisher · Mar 21, 2005

Mike,

( In Texas I would have to add Cayenne, Habaneros and some minisweets just for kicks and grins. )

I grew Cayenne's last summer in PA. They hit their prime in August and September (planted mid May). Milled some of them in the food processer with a little olive oil and simmered them for about a half hour. Still have about a pint left in the refrigerator. Hope I can grow some more this year.

rbeitz · Mar 21, 2005

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I grew Cayenne's last summer in PA. They hit their prime in August and September (planted mid May). Milled some of them in the food processer with a little olive oil and simmered them for about a half hour. Still have about a pint left in the refrigerator. Hope I can grow some more this year.

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Same here. I grew cayenne's habenaro's Jalepeno's, italian hot and sweets. I had peppers coming out my ears last year.

TBAR · Mar 21, 2005

Would y'all hill up the rows before planting or flat ground it?

Would you plant from seed or use seedlings?

Tbar

Poppa · Mar 21, 2005

Well, I do have the seedlings started for the Jalapeno's and the Serranos. I won't be able to get them into the ground before the end of May and any time after the first of September they could get snowed on so hopefully the heat of July and August will be enough to make peppers.

I have some Cayenne seeds a buddy from Georgia sent me. He sent me some of the peppers last year and they were fantastic so I will probably give them a try. I have a love/hate relationship with Cayenne. I love it and it hates me. I can handle habaneros and serranos and jalapenos just fine but something about the cayenne just refuses to go down without a fight.

Mike

EastTexFrank · Mar 22, 2005

( Would you plant from seed or use seedlings? )

Both. Seedlings are easier and usually earlier if you can get the types you want to plant. Generally plant the type of vegetables your family likes to eat and maybe some more exotic types just for the fun of it.

At this time of year, I spend part of one day a week running round the local nurseries just to check out what they have in stock. I ordered seeds from totallytomato.com but my shipment has got lost somewhere so I'm hassling with them but it's made me late getting my seeds started. I went to Central Market in Dallas a couple of weeks ago and couldn't believe the price they were asking for bell peppers, $1 for green and almost $2 for coloured. So, this past week-end I planted a bunch of them, all different colors, tons of tomatoes - mostly Roma but a couple of other types, 3 kinds of squash and green beans. I've got to put out more bush tomatoes today and some eggplant. If those seeds ever show up and I can get them started in time, that'll just about fill out the garden for this year. My wife planted greens and radishes in her garden along with more green beans, tomatoes and onions. I don't grow hot peppers, I'm too much of a p*s*y to eat them, though I do grow some occasionly for the rest of the family.

If everything grows and given a little cooperation from the elements, and if I can get the watering right this time, it will be a good picking year. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

MMM · Mar 22, 2005

( Would y'all hill up the rows before planting or flat ground it?
Would you plant from seed or use seedlings?
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Most plants do better in raised bed. Melons need a wide bed or no bed. I like transplants for early stuff so you can hot box them 'till frosts are gone. Later stuff I plant from seed and thin. Check your zone because corn, peas, melons and some others don't do well in low soil temps.
Bury tomatoes to 1st node and they'll develop better roots. I plant late heat tolerant tomatoes from seed in peat pots in May and transplant in June so they come in when early one give out in August.You get tomatoes 'till frost if you keep bugs off them.