Still Time for Basil — 108 Days and Counting
Do this: Sow seed or set transplants 0.25" deep, 12" apart, rows 36" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Aug 13.
Start indoors & order seed
Seed Check: Broccoli Needs Ordering This Week
Do this: Planting indoors starts Jul 8. Seed takes time to ship.
Order Cabbage Seed Now or Watch the Season Go By
Do this: Planting indoors starts Jul 8. Seed takes time to ship.
Order Cauliflower Seed Now or Watch the Season Go By
Do this: Planting indoors starts Jul 8. Seed takes time to ship.
Garden chores
Shriveled baby squash?
Do this: Hand-pollinate squash in the morning by rubbing a male flower into the female flowers.
Morning squash date
Do this: Before 10 a.m., dab pollen from a male squash flower onto any open female flower with a baby fruit.
Spray after the bees go home
Do this: If you must spray, wait until evening when flowers have closed and bees have stopped foraging.
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