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planting times for veggies?

I live in NH. our weather is ahead for this time of year. I have not had a veggie garden in a few years, and wanted to have one this year. I know pea's are planted early, and I have seen on some of my seed packages, that they can be planted as soon as the ground can be worked, and it can now the first part of May. My question is, Is it ok to plant before the END of May? I am not planting corn or Potatoes. My garden is a 8x8 raised bed, with all new organic soil and compost, peat, ect. Many thanks,

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  • Baxter
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    1 decade ago
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    What I tend to do is not plant as tight as I should just in case some severe cold comes thru. Then in a couple weeks or towards the end of May Ill fill in my seeds tighter. That way Ill get my vegies coming up staggered and if some freak cold comes thru I dont lose as many seeds. Peas and lettuces, cold weather stuff should be fine. Im in zone 5 and my peas, lettuce, carrots, spinach are doing OK even tho temps are still dropping low. I gave some beans, melons, tomatoes an early shot, they were doing good till last week then the cold got them. But surprisingly I did not lose all my tomatoes yet, which I thought for sure would die off, so Im still hoping for the best on them. Its early still, so its somewhat of a gamble, but for a few bucks in seeds Ill gamble for an early crop since I have a little more room to work with.

  • 1 decade ago

    I put in my root crops (carrots, radishes, stuff like that). The ground is still kinda cool for much else. Onions came up through the snow. I have the room inside my house so I started 60 or more different veggies here. I'm in the hills NW Pa. Similar weather to NH. If you do start early and lose them you really did not lose anything but time, start again with new stuff. My garden is 75ft x 40ft so I got the room to experiment. Have fun and say hello to my sister in Salem.

  • 1 decade ago

    Hello ,

    To get caught up to the season (so to speak) you defiantly should get ROOT MAGIC for the seed starting , they will come up faster and stronger with better roots and produce better..

    The absolute right thing to do is :

    Apply Root Magic + 3-18-18.. together to seed start , 3 oz root magic 1 oz of 3-18-18, per gallon of water, soak into soil over the seed...My entire garden , including Corn,Cucumbers , eggplant and tomato's cam up in 5 days...

    next step is Root Magic and Plant essentials 2oz of each per gallon of water..This is the Organic version of say a Miracle grow...works 10 x's better , like Miracle grow , you do this once a week...your plants will produce more and bigger veggies than Miracle grow could ever give you. this combo can be used on all plants as well..fantastic results...and can be used all the way to harvest ...you only need to mist it on the top and bottom of the leaves..so my one gallon does over 70 plants...Much more cost effective than Miracle grow...and healthier..

    Back to the 3 18-18.....you can use this at 2 oz per gallon once flowering starts ..this will help in fruit production and development ..but it is not necessary because the Plant essentials takes care of that...

    This is an All natural way to grow ..and will give you a MUCH better harvest...

    Each of my Cucumber plants has 12 cucs already developing...Planted April 4 th Here in FL

    Store bought plants ...Root Magic and Plant essentials is all you need ....once a week.....

    Tylerhomeandgarden.com has these products..they are the only ones with plant essentials , it is a new product....e-mail them for pricing ...Well Well worth it.......

    Good luck

    Source(s): Using this myself so happy!!
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