In theory, the last frost date is mid-May. In practice, it was 77 yesterday and 72 today. So that's fucked up.
However, planting season has phases.
The early planting season is for dormant plants, like the raspberry and blackberry I put in today, although the blackberry already has leaves. It runs from spring thaw to when things leaf out, so March to April here.
The middle planting season is for things that like cool spring weather, such as peas or pansies, along with many wildflowers. It's mostly April here.
The last planting season is for things want warm weather and won't tolerate cold feet, like sweet corn, tomatoes, and many decorative bedding plants. It runs May to early June here. You can put these out with protection, but it's risky and they may sulk on your anyhow.
Something else I tried this year was planting some wildflower seeds in pots, outside, in winter when the seeds arrived. I'm curious to see what happens. I think it'll give them a head start. I need to get out and pop the tubs over a couple of trays to see if that'll speed things up. I'm experimenting.
We were in Rural King today. The bareroot plants are in, like bagged roses and peonies. I really want to go shopping but I exerted all my won't power to avoid looking at plants, because I already had some at home to plant. But soon. These will mostly be the category of things that should be planted before leafing out. Once things leaf out, you're into a different group of plants, and also it gets really fucking difficult to get a shovel in the ground when the roots are active.
Re: Wait, planting out already?
However, planting season has phases.
The early planting season is for dormant plants, like the raspberry and blackberry I put in today, although the blackberry already has leaves. It runs from spring thaw to when things leaf out, so March to April here.
The middle planting season is for things that like cool spring weather, such as peas or pansies, along with many wildflowers. It's mostly April here.
The last planting season is for things want warm weather and won't tolerate cold feet, like sweet corn, tomatoes, and many decorative bedding plants. It runs May to early June here. You can put these out with protection, but it's risky and they may sulk on your anyhow.
Something else I tried this year was planting some wildflower seeds in pots, outside, in winter when the seeds arrived. I'm curious to see what happens. I think it'll give them a head start. I need to get out and pop the tubs over a couple of trays to see if that'll speed things up. I'm experimenting.
We were in Rural King today. The bareroot plants are in, like bagged roses and peonies. I really want to go shopping but I exerted all my won't power to avoid looking at plants, because I already had some at home to plant. But soon. These will mostly be the category of things that should be planted before leafing out. Once things leaf out, you're into a different group of plants, and also it gets really fucking difficult to get a shovel in the ground when the roots are active.