When Should I start my garden?
I am in Northern Virginia. We have had a really strange winter with some cold days but a vast majority of 60deg days. Today it will be 71deg. When should I go ahead and plant outside?
Im afraid that if I do it too soon, we will have a cold snap and I will be screwed. Any ideas?
Thanks.
Google " average last frost date" for your zip code. Should give you a general idea if you don't want to gamble.
Originally Posted By Marmike600:
I am in Northern Virginia. We have had a really strange winter with some cold days but a vast majority of 60deg days. Today it will be 71deg. When should I go ahead and plant outside?
Im afraid that if I do it too soon, we will have a cold snap and I will be screwed. Any ideas?
Thanks.
Of course you could have a cold snap. It's still February!
We've had an unbelievable warm winter, too. Yet today, I walked out to have the drink in my truck frozen solid. Just because the winter WAS warm doesn't mean that it WILL be for another two months.
Originally Posted By GlutealCleft:
Originally Posted By Marmike600:
I am in Northern Virginia. We have had a really strange winter with some cold days but a vast majority of 60deg days. Today it will be 71deg. When should I go ahead and plant outside?
Im afraid that if I do it too soon, we will have a cold snap and I will be screwed. Any ideas?
Thanks.
Of course you could have a cold snap. It's still February!
We've had an unbelievable warm winter, too. Yet today, I walked out to have the drink in my truck frozen solid. Just because the winter WAS warm doesn't mean that it WILL be for another two months.
Thats true. I will do as mentioned above and get my usual last frost date, start my sprouting indoors and just wait it out. Thank you both.
Keep in mind that is for tender types of veggies. You can and should plant cool weather crops earlier.
I'm in N.VA as well. I've put some broccoli and snow peas into the ground. I've got pepper, tomato, and cantelope seeds started inside. As for a hard freeze, I've got a 6mil plastic cover over my outside so they stay warmer anyway. I'd say it lets me start two or three weeks earlier. This years warm weather is definitely odd, but I'm hoping for good things early this season!
I've got some flowers on my strawberrys already. Hopefully be picking some by April.
are u taking starting in the ground or starting your seeds?
I already have tomatoes, peppers and onions (several varities of each) started from seed in my basement. I will transplant the seedlings on/after may 15 (average last frost for me). Direct seed stuff (carrots, beets, cukes, beans etc) will also be seeded at that time.
The back of the seed packets should tell u how long before last frost u should start our the seeds.
J-
