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Planting in Canada - Zone 5a Temperate Warm Summer regions

Planting in September - Gardenate

Chinese cabbage (also Wong bok, wong nga pak, napa cabbage) Plant out (transplant) seedlings
Chives (also Garden chives) Sow seed
Collards (also Collard greens, Borekale) Sow seed
Coriander (also Cilantro, Chinese parsley) Sow seed
Garlic Plant cloves
Kale (also Borecole) Sow seed
Pak Choy (also Pak choi) Plant out (transplant) seedlings
Rocket (also Arugula/Rucola) Sow seed
Spinach (also English spinach) Sow seed

Planning for October

Nothing much to plant this month. You can read gardening books and plan your garden!

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Recent Comments

  • 23 Sep - MIKE
    If you grow broccoli you can eat the leaves. Choose middle to small leaves after the head has been harvested. This will encourage tasty little heads at each lateral.
    in Collards
  • 23 Sep - Anonymous
    Thank you!
    in Zucchini
  • 23 Sep - Brenda Jenkins
    Did you ever find out what was causing the hard white lumps in your pumpkins
    in Pumpkin
  • 23 Sep - Sonya
    I would like to choose 2 types of softneck garlic. Any suggestions on which two to choose? I also heard about elephant garlic. If it will grow in 5B... I may just grow that type. ?????? Und...
    in Garlic
  • 22 Sep - Faith Celeste Archer
    From a publication (University of Mass) CORRECTIVE ACTION IS: 1. Rotate bean with non-host crops. 2.Plow under infected crop residues. 3.Eliminate volunteer bean plants. 4.Selec...
    in Beans - climbing
  • 22 Sep - Faith Celeste Archer
    Certainly, BUT GENERALLY you break your bulb apart into it's constituent CLOVES and plant each clove separately. That is, each clove becomes a garlic plant.
    in Garlic
  • 22 Sep - Nora Jencks
    Is there any soft neck garlic varieties that I can grow in my zone (10a)
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See planting calendar for these countries and climate zones

Canada - Zone 8a Mild Temperate,   Canada - Zone 7b Mild Temperate,   Canada - Zone 7a Mild Temperate,   Canada - Zone 6b Temperate Warm Summer,   Canada - Zone 6a Temperate Warm Summer,   Canada - Zone 5b Temperate Warm Summer,   Canada - Zone 5a Temperate Warm Summer,   Canada - Zone 4b Temperate Warm Summer,   Canada - zone 4a Temperate Warm Summer,   Canada - Zone 3b Temperate Warm Summer,   Canada - Zone 3a Temperate Short Summer,   Canada - Zone 2a Sub-Arctic,   Canada - Zone 2b Sub-Arctic  

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