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Cool March

3/15/2018

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  Like most of you I'm impatient to get started planting the garden. After the warm temperatures we had in February I was thinking (wrongly) that maybe, just maybe, we would enjoy an early spring. My broccoli and cabbage seedlings were outgrowing the basement light racks so I staged them in the hoop house to harden off. When I saw a warm 10 day stretch of weather in late February I rolled the dice and put the transplants into the garden. My records show that was the earliest I had ever put those crops in the ground.
   The calendar changed and so did the weather. The warmth of February regressed into January temps with 2 mornings this month dawning at 25 degrees. The transplants have survived but put on little to no new growth. And I can see the cold weather indications in the leaves of the broccoli. A definite purple tint indicates a lack of phosphorous, the plants just can't take up phosphorous when the soil is cold. Not to worry, with warm weather the soil will warm and the phosphorous will flow.
  I'd be thinking about planting potatoes next week, my seed potatoes arrive next week. Patience is a virtue, I'll wait awhile for the soil to warm before planting potatoes.
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JoLynn
3/22/2018 11:55:10 am

Hi Larry, I am a first time gardener. Do I need to add fertilizer and/or planting soil to the garden plot, or is it ready for planting? Thanks!

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Larry Dove
3/22/2018 06:09:57 pm

All the beds have been fertilized for the spring, so go ahead and plant. Then in about 60 days, add blood meal (look for blood meal at local garden centers) to give the garden a little boost for the summer.

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