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Planting in USA - Zone 12a regions

Planting in May - Gardenate

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Recent Comments

  • 19 May - Joyce
    I am away in April and half of May. I live in zone 7b. My asparagus are or nearly are ferns. Is there a variety that takes longer into the season to send up spears? Is it too late in the seaso...
    in Asparagus
  • 19 May - Bee-Pie's Greens
    Livingseeds sells them.
    in Rutabaga
  • 19 May - Bee
    Yes, if the netting is so fine that pollinators can't in.
    in Cucumber
  • 19 May - Jan
    I have a kent pumpkin vine which is producing lots of male and female flowers but none are developing and I rarely see a bee around. I have tried hand pollinating (thanks to Youtube instructions) ...
    in Pumpkin
  • 19 May - Jan
    Last year I planted brown onions. As they grew their stems became thick and most were as large as a softball or bigger. I kept them growing, waiting for the leaves to die back but they never did a...
    in Onion
  • 18 May - Yvonne
    Do I need to help pollinate cucumber when they are flowering if I have netting over them?
    in Cucumber
  • 16 May - Anonymous
    With leafy greens such as spinach, the blooming of flowers causes the plant to stop producing. So yeah, maybe give that a try.
    in Rocket

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See planting calendar for these countries and climate zones

USA - Zone 2a,   USA - Zone 2b,   USA - Zone 3a,   USA - Zone 3b,   USA - Zone 4a,   USA - Zone 4b,   USA - Zone 5a,   USA - Zone 5b,   USA - Zone 6a,   USA - Zone 6b,   USA - Zone 7a,   USA - Zone 7b,   USA - Zone 8b,   USA - Zone 8a,   USA - Zone 9a,   USA - Zone 9b,   USA - Zone 10a,   USA - Zone 10b,   USA - Zone 11a,   USA - Zone 11b,   USA - Zone 12a,   USA - Zone 12b,   USA - Zone 13a,   USA - Zone 13b  

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