Comments | gardening: When should I plant outside?

originalmj in gardening

When should I plant outside?

Apr 18, 2010 23:03

I'm working on my first vegetable garden. I built two raised beds and filled them with a mixture of vermiculite, compost and peat moss. My seedlings are started inside and some are looking stronger than others. I'm wondering when I should put them outside. I live on the zone 5B-6 line. The last frost date is predicted to be May 24th, but it has ( Read more... )

vegetable: squash, vegetable: cucumber, transplanting, annuals, vegetable: onion, garden method: square foot/sfg, vegetable: spinach, vegetable: bean, vegetable: pea, seeds, zone: usda 5, zone: usda 6, vegetable: pepper, garden method: raised beds, vegetable: lettuce, beginning gardener

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dangerduckie21 April 19 2010, 16:40:22 UTC

Find out when the last hard freeze is in your area and the onions, lettuce & spinach can go out after that. I wait until after the first spell of really warm weather warms up the soil and plant/transplant as soon as it cools off again, but plants like tomatoes and peppers must stay indoors until after the last frost, and beans also prefer warmer weather.