Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Anything that can be planted in the garden before the last
spring frost can also be grown as a fall crop. For fall cabbage,
if my average date of the first fall frost is on September 6th,
and my cabbage requires 65 days to mature according to the
seed package, then I would transplant my cabbage seedlings
on July 28th. This is computed by adding 25 days (from the
table) to September 6th then subtracting 65 days for the days
to maturity (from the seed package). I can tell when to start
my cabbage from seed by subtracting 56 days (from the table)
from the transplant date. So I should start my cabbage
seedlings for fall on June 2nd.
Starting Medium
Gardening experts have many varied opinions on the best
starting medium. To confuse matters, seed catalogs try to sell
all kinds of starting mediums for that purpose, and the
number of choices can be confusing.
