All Discussions Tagged 'planting' - Trellis Community Vegetable Gardening Forum2024-03-28T15:34:36Zhttp://trellis.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=planting&feed=yes&xn_auth=noImportance of knowing soil temperaturetag:trellis.ning.com,2021-02-08:4877250:Topic:914892021-02-08T16:04:45.679ZDavid Bachhttp://trellis.ning.com/profile/DavidBach
<p>Here's an article about soil temperature linked from Colin's recent post (thanks, Colin!).</p>
<p><a href="https://insteading.com/blog/soil-temperature/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="group-color">https://insteading.com/blog/soil-temperature/</a></p>
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<p>Here's an article about soil temperature linked from Colin's recent post (thanks, Colin!).</p>
<p><a href="https://insteading.com/blog/soil-temperature/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="group-color">https://insteading.com/blog/soil-temperature/</a></p>
<p></p> A Spring Planting Calendar - a predicament? What do you do?tag:trellis.ning.com,2017-03-16:4877250:Topic:191152017-03-16T17:42:07.905ZDavid Bachhttp://trellis.ning.com/profile/DavidBach
<p>If you care to add a personalized planting calendar to your tool bucket you can check out <a href="http://awaytogarden.com/when-to-start-seeds-calculator/" target="_blank">Your Spring Planting Calendar</a>. Also, there is one reproduced here on the Trellis website and available <a href="https://uprisingorganics.com/planting-guide/" target="_blank">online at the Uprising Organics website.</a></p>
<p>However, you may have noticed that the recommended time either to direct sow a number of…</p>
<p>If you care to add a personalized planting calendar to your tool bucket you can check out <a href="http://awaytogarden.com/when-to-start-seeds-calculator/" target="_blank">Your Spring Planting Calendar</a>. Also, there is one reproduced here on the Trellis website and available <a href="https://uprisingorganics.com/planting-guide/" target="_blank">online at the Uprising Organics website.</a></p>
<p>However, you may have noticed that the recommended time either to direct sow a number of plants is when conditions are too cool, too cloudy and too wet to support growth. And that current soil conditions suggest that starting seeds inside will likely result in plants that are getting root bound while soil conditions are still unfavorable.</p>
<p>For those of us who want to have longer-season plants (which reach close to their bearing potential), this is a predicament.</p>
<p>One solution is not to attempt to grow these longer-season plants, and limit our production to those that can thrive in a June through mid-August growing season.</p>
<p>Another is to convert more of our garden space to low tents or hoop houses that help retain heat in the soil.</p>
<p>Another is to risk losing seeds and seedlings to unfavorable conditions by "following the planning calendar" when conditions are questionable.</p>
<p>What are your strategies?</p>
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<p></p> Yet another planting calendar!tag:trellis.ning.com,2017-02-03:4877250:Topic:192012017-02-03T01:40:50.146ZDavid Bachhttp://trellis.ning.com/profile/DavidBach
<p>This is from a seed catalog. It is color-coded to identify dates for seeding inside, direct sowing transplanting and harvesting.</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3807315648?profile=original" target="_self">PlantingCalendarPNW.jpg</a></p>
<p>This is from a seed catalog. It is color-coded to identify dates for seeding inside, direct sowing transplanting and harvesting.</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3807315648?profile=original" target="_self">PlantingCalendarPNW.jpg</a></p> Frost dates in the Valleytag:trellis.ning.com,2017-01-23:4877250:Topic:187182017-01-23T18:56:44.669ZDavid Bachhttp://trellis.ning.com/profile/DavidBach
<p>Often a seed packet will say to sow seeds or transplant seedlings after the last Spring frost, or mention the first Fall frost. Those dates vay from year to year and from one location to another. It's good to have some local history to gauge our target dates.</p>
<p>At the Fall City Learning Garden and P-Patch weather station (<a href="http://letusgarden.org/weather" target="_blank">http://letusgarden.org/weather</a>) we have data for 3 years. …</p>
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<p>Often a seed packet will say to sow seeds or transplant seedlings after the last Spring frost, or mention the first Fall frost. Those dates vay from year to year and from one location to another. It's good to have some local history to gauge our target dates.</p>
<p>At the Fall City Learning Garden and P-Patch weather station (<a href="http://letusgarden.org/weather" target="_blank">http://letusgarden.org/weather</a>) we have data for 3 years. </p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3038453140?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="527" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3038453140?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="527" class="align-center" style="padding: 12px;"/></a></p>
<p>A longer history of freezing temperatures is in the attached PDF from Kate Ryan of WSU Extension in Snohomish county.</p>
<p>Keep in mind the extreme outliers - I once lost some covered tomato seedlings from a severe frost in the last week of May in 2013. At critical times of the year it may be necessary to pay attention to weather forecasts and provide cover for tender plants.</p>