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Vegetables started too early just have to live longer in less-than ideal conditions of small pots and imperfect lighting.
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Constancia Wiweru wrote:I know that the last frost generally doesn't vary much,
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Anne Miller wrote:I have used something that I learned is called phenology most of my life.
When I was a kid in Oklahoma we always got a dip in temperature on Easter Sunday so I had to wear a coat over my pretty new Easter dress.
And I use Halloween as an indication of the first frost because I had to wear a coat over my Halloween costume.
I have used Easter as a planting date.
Since being on the forum I have learned to watch the mesquite trees to bud out so I can plant.
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This is all just my opinion based on a flawed memory
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but for many places in the south and eastern US, spring is earlier this year up to one month!
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Constancia Wiweru wrote:I know that the last frost generally doesn't vary much, but I'm up here in zone 6a Ohio and really, really, really wanting to get started on gardening.
We had a day in the upper 60s last week, I was out putzing in the garden in January this year and we've had negligible snow. My daffs are like two inches tall and on a walk today, I saw some dwarf irises out—three weeks or so earlier than normal.
Would starting seeds two to three weeks early this year be foolish or a good bet?
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Cécile Stelzer Johnson wrote:On this forum, folks who do maple syrup are in the same quandary: Tap now or do it by the calendar. Today, 3/6/23, our temperature is 32F and cloudy.
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Constancia Wiweru wrote:
Cécile Stelzer Johnson wrote:On this forum, folks who do maple syrup are in the same quandary: Tap now or do it by the calendar. Today, 3/6/23, our temperature is 32F and cloudy.
On the maple syrup, you have to do it according to temps/ when the sap runs. If they miss their window, they'll miss out!
Ay last with what I'm planting, if I'm late it'll still work. My garlic is so tall!!! Wonder if all of this will affect harvest times.
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Carla Burke wrote:My garlic is about 6 inches tall, already, and my Rhubarb crowns arrived, so (since it said they could be planted now, in my zone 6b) I planted them. I didn't do any seed starting, this year, because it never goes well, for me - but, I'm antsy to get out there! And early 'last frost' might be great. If we are so lucky...
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Constancia Wiweru wrote:
Cécile Stelzer Johnson wrote:On this forum, folks who do maple syrup are in the same quandary: Tap now or do it by the calendar. Today, 3/6/23, our temperature is 32F and cloudy.
On the maple syrup, you have to do it according to temps/ when the sap runs. If they miss their window, they'll miss out!
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Chris Vee wrote:
Carla Burke wrote:My garlic is about 6 inches tall, already, and my Rhubarb crowns arrived, so (since it said they could be planted now, in my zone 6b) I planted them. I didn't do any seed starting, this year, because it never goes well, for me - but, I'm antsy to get out there! And early 'last frost' might be great. If we are so lucky...
I’m curious what you decided to do…
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