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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 05 Jul, Mairlyn (USA - Zone 8a climate): Is early July too late to sow okra in zone 8a (Virginia)? (www.gardenate.com/plant/Okra?zone=13)
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 07 Jul, Matt Holloway (USA - Zone 8b climate): Nope, get em in the ground!
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Brussels sprouts 01 Jul, Tasha (USA - Zone 8a climate): We live in Alabama and super new to gardening. Is it too late to start seedlings now?
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Brussels sprouts 02 Jul, Paula (USA - Zone 9a climate): I live in South Louisiana and a good time to plant seeds in indoor trays is this month; direct sow in ground would be September. Best of luck in your gardening journey.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 29 Jun, John Martin Barger (USA - Zone 7b climate): I have a sweet potato that has sprouted pretty heavily on my kitchen counter. I live in Memphis, TN. Is there any chance of having success if I were to plant it now? Or is it too late in season?
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 23 Jun, Anonymous (USA - Zone 7b climate): Where I live (Australia) they grow it from just a piece of the growing vine - a slip. Either put them in water until they produce roots or straight into the ground and keep watered. Take a piece about 18cm (6 - 8 inches).
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 30 Jun, Betty (USA - Zone 7b climate): I'm just next door in Arkansas and will be planting some slips from one in my kitchen today (June 30). We have just enough time before frost to make decent sweet potatoes. You know we can eat the leaves like spinach as well? My (American) kids grew up in SE Asia and thought sweet potato leaves were a variety spinach.
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Celery 26 Jun, Maria (USA - Zone 7a climate): My celery plant has been wilting more and more. It has been raining quite a bit in the area, and I checked the dampness of the soil but the plant is still wilting more. The leaves are not yellowing but they are getting darker each day. I am unsure of how to proceed or if it will even survive. Thank you in advance.
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Beetroot (also Beets) 26 Jun, Sue (USA - Zone 8b climate): My beets have been in the ground for sometime now. I have tried to thin. The plant is now at least 12 inches tall. As I thin some of the smaller plants there is very little to no 'beet'? It is just a very small root the size and shape of a pencil about an inch long. Any suggestions? Thanks
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Beetroot (also Beets) 14 Jan, Jen (USA - Zone 8a climate): I try to thin my small seedlings when they are about 1” to 2”. I’d space the plants as directed 4” apart if you want beets, by snipping them with scissors. That way you don’t disturb the root. I often remove as many as I keep.
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Beetroot (also Beets) 18 Nov, Adilene (USA - Zone 10a climate): You should thin them early on and make sure your soil isn't compacted.
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Beetroot (also Beets) 06 Aug, Anonymous (USA - Zone 9b climate): Read how long it takes for beetroot to grow. No use worrying if they are only 5 weeks old if it takes 10 weeks to produce good size beets. Also don't over feed with too much nitrogen.
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Peas 23 Jun, Aubrey (USA - Zone 7b climate): When is it time to pull out pea plants?
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 20 Jun, Harvey Youssef (USA - Zone 7a climate): Will the plants survive the winter in Virginia (zone 7)?
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Potato 19 Jun, ace (USA - Zone 10b climate): Anyone grow True Seed Potatoes in zone 10? Curious when you start your seeds. My seeds are low dormancy and short-day length. Start seeds in August, maybe, to plant out in October?
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Brussels sprouts 18 Jun, Lucy Karrys (USA - Zone 7b climate): I want to plant brussel sprouts now June 20th or wait til July 12th when its rainy and cooler for late fall harvesting .Is that wise ?
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Cauliflower 16 Jun, Melanie (USA - Zone 9a climate): What is the best variety of cauliflower to grow in zone 9a?
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Brussels sprouts 16 Jun, Melanie (USA - Zone 9a climate): What is the best variety of Brussels Sprouts to plant in zone 9a?
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Cucumber 14 Jun, Ann (USA - Zone 6a climate): Is there a smaller pickling type cucumber that I could plant in a pot with a trellis in the month of June so that I would be able to get at least some cucumbers .
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Amaranth (also Love-lies-bleeding) 13 Jun, Rupa (USA - Zone 10a climate): Can I sow the amaranthus seed now(June month). Will it work?? I am living in zone10a
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Sunflower 12 Jun, Vicki Holley (USA - Zone 9a climate): Looking for a monthly calendar to plant by for zone 9a. Was hoping to plant something in June? (Try here https://www.gardenate.com/?zone=115) Gardenate
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Broccoli 12 Jun, April (USA - Zone 5b climate): Could I plant broccoli from seed now for a fall crop?
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Borage (also Burrage, Bugloss) 07 Jun, Mateo G Gomez (USA - Zone 8a climate): Hello, I live in the american southwest so I don't have the ability to grow in ground. I really want to grow borage and see the beautiful blue flowers and use it as a calming recipe in my teas. Is there any tips you could give me please? Best wishes Mateo G. Gomez.
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Borage (also Burrage, Bugloss) 08 Jun, Chris (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Hi Mateo, Borage is pretty tough and will grow easily in a container.
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Thyme (also Common thyme) 07 Jun, George Stephens (USA - Zone 10a climate): We live in zone 10 a. We are in the process of replacing our west facing front lawn. We are considering thyme. In your estimation, what types of thyme would be best suited for this situation?
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Thyme (also Common thyme) 22 Aug, Barbara (USA - Zone 10a climate): I'd like to know this, too - considering the same.
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Cabbage 05 Jun, Helen Prince Bailey (USA - Zone 7a climate): Cabbage question... Should we cut the bottom leaves? Especially if it is dying (yellow or just shriveling)? Thanks!
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Mustard greens (also gai choy) 03 Jun, FELECIA L CADE (USA - Zone 5a climate): Gai Choy able to be sowed in July for Fall harvest right? Do these leaves grow pretty big? I ordered Asian mustard from someone in the spring and believe I received the small Gai Choy.
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Potato 30 May, Laura (USA - Zone 7b climate): Could I plant certain potatoes in zone 7B in June? I live in Southampton County, Va.
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Potato 07 Jun, Ross (USA - Zone 7b climate): I live in Zone 7b in Arkansas. It's been an unusually cool and wet spring / summer. I planted four varieties in a prepared bed. (composted manure was tilled in.) The varieties were Pontiac red, Kenebek, Russet and Yukon Gold in roughly equal amounts, purchased prepackaged at a farm store. The seed potatoes were sown in rows 12 -18 inch spacing on Feb 28 by burying shallow, then covering with several inches of composted manure followed by several inches of straw, two bales on roughly 120 sq feet. I did not document when they sprouted but it seemed weak initially but success rate of sprouts was eventually good. The composted manure is weedy and so was the straw, eventually weed pressure was high so I covered with another layer of composted manure. ( I don't remember the date and the plants were 20 inches or so tall, some in blossom. ) Although at the time of harvest the bed was heavy with weeds again that worked long enough to bring in a harvest on June 4th. While harvesting the soil was still quite moist, only two or three potatoes had rotted and the yield was about 2 to 3 nice sized potatoes per plant with up to three small potatoes per plant too. I followed the harvest with a sweet corn. I contemplated a second potato planting but i think it will be too hot. I'm going to make a deep raised bed from pallets manure and straw out in a shady part of my homestead and try a few to see what happens. Hopefully that helps.
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