Thank you so much! This will definitely help me get started. If you don't mind, there's one more thing I wasn't sure about. I have a good deal of clay in my yard. Do you think it would be better to get some soil from a shop and put it in a planter box or should I just plant the seedlings in the most fertile area of my yard? Thanks again for all the help!
TLDR tip: Buy what you like to eat already sprouted from a local farm and garden store. Read the little tag that comes with it that tells you the type of sunlight and warmth it needs. Plant it in a spot on your property that meets the min/max sunlight recommendations. Keep it watered when the oh so dependable drought weeks hit. Start with a few plants and see how it goes. Grow from there.
Every farm and garden store sells seedlings that grow well in Georgia. You can go the extra mile and plant the seed yourself if you want. Almost everything grows well here. You barely even have to tend to it short of picking a few weeds and trimming areas that brown or start to die due to bugs or just heat. The growing season is almost all year. I've had tomato plants survive into January with just a clear piece of plastic thrown over them when the frost/ice/snow hits to trap heat and keep the elements off.
The only time I really spend effort is during dry weeks with watering. I have gutters at the highest point of my property diverted into barrels also on the high points with a valve attached for watering without chlorine-filled tap water. They fill up easily in March and April and I empty them out near the end of June through September watering my tiny gardens. I don't spray anything, no enhancements to get the plants to do anything, just shove them in the ground, provide water when needed, and eat from them until they die.
Bell peppers have been the only problem for me. The plants just don't seem to grow well for me and I've done nothing at all to remedy the situation or educate myself on what I may be doing wrong, but I still get a few peppers every year that taste fantastic compared to what I get from the store.
The best performing plants I have are squash/zuchini/tomato. For the squash/zuchini I place a garden fabric around the base of the plants to keep the fruit from sitting on the ground and eventually rotting.
Thanks! I do like bell peppers so maybe I'll try to figure something out once I become a bit more experienced. I'll let you know if I ever happen upon the secret.
Are you talking about seedlings or fresh seeds being planted? We can plant seedlings until mid-July probably but I only do from seed, which it's too late to start new imo.
OregonPede here, can confirm. PNW has a very short growing season and kale grows like a weed. I can keep kale plants in my raised beds for years as long as we don’t get much snow. Tomatoes and peppers usually require a greenhouse here.
Yes we have incredible gardens in GA! Long growing season!
You're both also in Georgia, now kiss
omgosh! I didn't even notice that!! It's possible! hahaha!
I've been thinking of getting into gardening recently. Any books or tips you would suggest for a fellow Georgian?
Thank you so much! This will definitely help me get started. If you don't mind, there's one more thing I wasn't sure about. I have a good deal of clay in my yard. Do you think it would be better to get some soil from a shop and put it in a planter box or should I just plant the seedlings in the most fertile area of my yard? Thanks again for all the help!
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TLDR tip: Buy what you like to eat already sprouted from a local farm and garden store. Read the little tag that comes with it that tells you the type of sunlight and warmth it needs. Plant it in a spot on your property that meets the min/max sunlight recommendations. Keep it watered when the oh so dependable drought weeks hit. Start with a few plants and see how it goes. Grow from there.
Every farm and garden store sells seedlings that grow well in Georgia. You can go the extra mile and plant the seed yourself if you want. Almost everything grows well here. You barely even have to tend to it short of picking a few weeds and trimming areas that brown or start to die due to bugs or just heat. The growing season is almost all year. I've had tomato plants survive into January with just a clear piece of plastic thrown over them when the frost/ice/snow hits to trap heat and keep the elements off.
The only time I really spend effort is during dry weeks with watering. I have gutters at the highest point of my property diverted into barrels also on the high points with a valve attached for watering without chlorine-filled tap water. They fill up easily in March and April and I empty them out near the end of June through September watering my tiny gardens. I don't spray anything, no enhancements to get the plants to do anything, just shove them in the ground, provide water when needed, and eat from them until they die.
Bell peppers have been the only problem for me. The plants just don't seem to grow well for me and I've done nothing at all to remedy the situation or educate myself on what I may be doing wrong, but I still get a few peppers every year that taste fantastic compared to what I get from the store.
The best performing plants I have are squash/zuchini/tomato. For the squash/zuchini I place a garden fabric around the base of the plants to keep the fruit from sitting on the ground and eventually rotting.
Thanks! I do like bell peppers so maybe I'll try to figure something out once I become a bit more experienced. I'll let you know if I ever happen upon the secret.
Northern Idaho checking in. If you don't have your plants in the ground already u fucked
Do you not have a summer crop over there? I'm in NE and people are just putting in Tomatoes and Cucumbers, summer squashes and such go in 2 weeks.
Are you talking about seedlings or fresh seeds being planted? We can plant seedlings until mid-July probably but I only do from seed, which it's too late to start new imo.
I was mostly talking about seedlings, I was surprised when you said things can't go in the ground anymore.
Where did they buy the seedlings?
They crossed the border into America and went to Lowe’s.
Omg, if they get rounded up by the Department of Agriculture SWAT team for illegally trafficking tofu, this will be the greatest story of 2020!
Illegally crossed the border, mind you.
lol They should get some CBP agents to patrol the US border around them
We need to build a wall.
Figures that they'd go to Lowe's after Lowe's and/or their CEO started kowtowing and giving money to
the DNCBLM.Ugh gross I was just about to buy some toilets and paint from them.
Seedlings are for bitches. I started mine under a grow light on Valentine's day. Already have tomato on the vine
You do realized we're talking about gender studies drop outs right?
Me too!
OregonPede here, can confirm. PNW has a very short growing season and kale grows like a weed. I can keep kale plants in my raised beds for years as long as we don’t get much snow. Tomatoes and peppers usually require a greenhouse here.
Western WA hobby farmer currently growing kale, checking in. My radishes are going wild too! Lol. Wish I could grow more 9mm ammo.
What do you mean, I thought you just planted some grains and a little brass and bullets came on the vine...