I live on the border of zone 6/7. I’m growing, spinach, lettuce, radishes, cucumbers, peas, and watermelon. I’ve grown spinach and cucumbers before with much success, but I’m new to radishes, lettuce, and watermelon. Any help?
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Any tips on my growing my garden this year?
August 7th, 2010 - 11:10 pm
Growing Tips:
Radishes are a cool season vegetable that can mature very quickly. The small, round varieties will get woody if grown in hot temperatures.
Planting Radishes
Radishes are direct seeded in the garden. They can be started very early in the spring, as soon as the ground is relatively dry and can be worked and again in late fall, in cold frames. . Radishes can be squeezed in between other plants and are good at loosening and cultivating soil for slower sprouting vegetables, like carrots.
Sow seeds 1/4 to ½ inch deep. You’ll want at least and 2 inches between plants, but seedlings can be thinned and eaten when they are an inch or two tall.
Starting Lettuce
Lettuce is a cool season crop and consequently is best grown in either spring or fall.
However, lettuce likes a temperature around 70o to germinate, so early plantings should be started as plugs.
Lettuce seeds need light to germinate. Just barely cover the seed with soil.
After a couple of weeks check to see if the roots have branched out to the sides of the plug. If so, they are hardy enough to go in the ground.
Don’t let the seedlings get too large before placing them out.
Care & Feeding of Green Crops
If you have fertile soil, you shouldn’t need to feed lettuce plants, unless you plant the “cut and come again†varieties all summer. This is one crop where extra nitrogen can’t hurt, since all you want from the plant is leaf.
Well-rotted manure or compost is ideal.
The plants will need regular watering, as lettuce tends to have a shallow root system.
Don’t keep the area damp or use mulch or you will be inviting slugs.
A lettuce crop is ideal for the intensive gardening method which is getting a lot of attention lately, because it matures rapidly, can be planted quite closely and can be planted in succession if you choose seasonal varieties.
Lettuce can even be grown in containers or used as a decorative border.
If your lettuce looks like it’s about to bolt, pull it out of the ground, roots and all, and replant. This shock to its system will slow its growth. Keep well watered.
Choose the Right Seed
This is the most important step, because some varieties simply grow larger than others. Serious giant growers will often seek out rare seeds to grow. You can start your own giant lineage by selecting a promising variety, like Atlantic Giant Pumpkin or Old Colossus Heirloom Tomato and then saving the seeds from your largest fruits for planting next year. (This only works with open-pollinated varieties, so steer clear of hybrids if you plan to save seeds. )
You may have to do some research on varieties that dependably grow into giants, but the name usually gives it away, like Russian Mammoth Sunflower, that grows upwards of 17 feet tall. Here are a few suggestions to get you started.