4 Days Left on the Collards Clock
Do this: Sow seed or set transplants 0.5" deep, 18" apart, rows 36" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Mar 18.
Plant today
Last Call for English Peas: Window Shuts in 4 Days
Do this: Sow seed directly 1" deep, 1" apart, rows 18" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Mar 23.
Last Call for Kale: Window Shuts in 4 Days
Do this: Sow seed or set transplants 0.5" deep, 12" apart, rows 18" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Mar 18.
Last Call for Swiss Chard: Window Shuts in 4 Days
Do this: Sow seed or set transplants 1" deep, 6" apart, rows 18" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Mar 13.
Last Call for Turnips: Window Shuts in 4 Days
Do this: Sow seed directly 0.5" deep, 4" apart, rows 18" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Feb 27.
Radish Round 4 Goes In Today
Do this: Sow another row today so the harvest never stops. Sow seed directly 0.5" deep, 1" apart, rows 14" apart. Why: Repeat every 8 days while the window is open.
In season now
Spinach: 11 Days Left to Plant
Do this: Sow seed directly 0.5" deep, 4" apart, rows 18" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Mar 8.
Cilantro Is In Season. 31 Days to Make It Count.
Do this: Sow seed directly 0.25" deep, 2" apart, rows 12" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Mar 13.
Still Time for Lettuce — 32 Days and Counting
Do this: Sow seed or set transplants 0.25" deep, 3" apart, rows 18" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Mar 8.
Radish: 46 Days Left to Plant
Do this: Sow seed directly 0.5" deep, 1" apart, rows 14" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Feb 22.
Start indoors & order seed
Cantaloupe (Muskmelon) Seeds Go Under Lights Tuesday
Do this: Start seed 3 weeks before transplant day (Feb 22). Why: Transplants get a head start so you pick sooner.
Watermelon Seeds Go Under Lights Tuesday
Do this: Start seed 3 weeks before transplant day (Feb 22). Why: Transplants get a head start so you pick sooner.
Planning ahead: next 30 days
18 Days Out: Basil
Do this: Opens Feb 15. Get seed and bed space lined up now.
25 Days Out: Bell Pepper
Do this: Opens Feb 22. Get seed and bed space lined up now.
25 Days Out: Cantaloupe (Muskmelon)
Do this: Opens Feb 22. Get seed and bed space lined up now.
25 Days Out: Cucumber
Do this: Opens Feb 22. Get seed and bed space lined up now.
25 Days Out: Hot Pepper (Jalapeño)
Do this: Opens Feb 22. Get seed and bed space lined up now.
25 Days Out: Mustard Greens
Do this: Opens Feb 22. Get seed and bed space lined up now.
25 Days Out: Snap Beans (Bush Green Beans)
Do this: Opens Feb 22. Get seed and bed space lined up now.
25 Days Out: Summer Squash (Yellow & Zucchini)
Do this: Opens Feb 22. Get seed and bed space lined up now.
25 Days Out: Sweet Corn
Do this: Opens Feb 22. Get seed and bed space lined up now.
25 Days Out: Tomato
Do this: Opens Feb 22. Get seed and bed space lined up now.
25 Days Out: Watermelon
Do this: Opens Feb 22. Get seed and bed space lined up now.
25 Days Out: Winter Squash & Pumpkin
Do this: Opens Feb 22. Get seed and bed space lined up now.
Garden chores
Sort your wood pile
Do this: Set aside oak, maple and cottonwood for a hugel mound, and keep black walnut and cedar out of it.
Looper patrol on cabbage
Do this: Check broccoli, cabbage and collards for small green caterpillars and treat young ones with Bt.
Draw your rotation map
Do this: Sketch your beds and shift each crop family one bed over for next year.
Texas farm & garden news
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