What did you do in the garden today?

[jerryse]

My spinach seedlings are bolting and I haven’t even got them planted outside yet.

FYI bolting is triggered by length of day. Here outdoor planted seed will bolt near the end of May no matter how old the plants are. Too long a day under the lights.

 

[igorsMistress]

FYI bolting is triggered by length of day. Here outdoor planted seed will bolt near the end of May no matter how old the plants are. Too long a day under the lights.

Huh, I didn’t know that day length had an impact. Good to know!

 

[igorsMistress]

G’morning all. Well, I have a week to get anything pressing done outside. Triple digits may show up next week Time to finish mulching and feeding and all that. I am not in the mood, poop.

 

[jerryse]

Huh, I didn’t know that day length had an impact. Good to know!

Nature is amazing. Many plants we try to grow in spring do better fall planted when day length is getting shorter. Turnips, radish, Chinese cabbage - mustard family and spinach. Will not bolt in the fall.
I like to catch sunfish during their spawn. Triggered by 68 degree water and day length. Ensures it does not happen too early or in the fall. Success is the goal.

 

[lagrange chicks]

All my tomato's are up in there solo cups, no sign of any peppers yet. Tilled in the chicken manure and shavings, I don't plant most things until the last week of May most years.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Red or black raspberries? Here we have wild blacks but at my MN. cabin they have wild reds.

Mostly red but some black, too

 

[igorsMistress]

Nature is amazing. Many plants we try to grow in spring do better fall planted when day length is getting shorter. Turnips, radish, Chinese cabbage - mustard family and spinach. Will not bolt in the fall.
I like to catch sunfish during their spawn. Triggered by 68 degree water and day length. Ensures it does not happen too early or in the fall. Success is the goal.

I was just talking to my neighbor about how fall is much better for planting a lot of stuff, but local nurseries only get stuff in Spring and sometimes that’s way too short a time before the heat hits.

 

[Minanora]

I was just talking to my neighbor about how fall is much better for planting a lot of stuff, but local nurseries only get stuff in Spring and sometimes that’s way too short a time before the heat hits.

This exact thing is what got me hooked on starting from seed.

I try to start 90% of my food crops from seed.

Usually works out great, you know, unless I accidently cook my seeds.

 

[igorsMistress]

This exact thing is what got me hooked on starting from seed.

I try to start 90% of my food crops from seed.

Usually works out great, you know, unless I accidently cook my seeds.

Our big box stores get all the food type starts at the right time, but the ornamentals and flowers they don’t. It’s easier to transplant trees and shrubs here in fall before it gets cold and overwinter them outside than it is to do this in spring when our temps warm up quick. We literally went from mid 70’s to mid 90’s with only a few days in the 80’s and now we’re flirting with triple digits. Our winter is like spring for most people. We can direct sow in fall and most of the winter, but our non growing season is primarily summer when it’s too hot.

 

[jerryse]

Going through my seeds and getting restless. Still too early to be frost free. I have spinach up and some winter sown wildflowers. Still waiting on others to sprout. I have butternut seed that is likely crossed with Dickinson pumpkin. Might be interesting.