When to Pick Tomatoes in Maryland, and Ripening the Rest
Maryland gardeners pick ripe tomatoes by color and give, not by a date on the calendar, but the fall frost window (October 26 to November 5, per NOAA…
When to Harvest Garlic in Maryland, and How to Cure It
Garlic planted in Maryland the previous fall comes out of the ground the following summer, once the lower leaves have gone brown and only four or five…
Growing Cucumbers in Hawaii
In lowland Hawaii, cucumbers can go in the ground almost any month of the year. There’s no frost to wait out and no frost to race against before fall.
When to Pick Tomatoes in Manitoba, and Ripening the Rest
The short answer: pick ripe or near-ripe tomatoes before the first fall frost, and don’t wait for a calendar date to make that call.
When to Harvest Garlic in Manitoba, and How to Cure It
In Manitoba, garlic planted the previous fall usually comes out of the ground between mid-July and early August, once the lower third to half of the…
When to Pick Tomatoes in Maine, and Ripening the Rest
Frost decides the picking date more than the calendar does. Along the coast near Portland, the first fall freeze typically lands between October 9 and…
Growing Cucumbers in Georgia
In most of Georgia, cucumbers go in the ground once the soil sits reliably above 60F, which for the Atlanta area lands somewhere between late March and…
Growing Cucumbers in Florida
Cucumber seed goes into north Florida ground once the frost risk clears in late February through early March, but that answer only works from about Ocala…
When to Pick Tomatoes in Louisiana, and Ripening the Rest
In Louisiana, the day to pick a tomato has less to do with a date on the calendar and more to do with what the fruit is doing at that moment.
When to Harvest Garlic in Louisiana, and How to Cure It
Garlic in Louisiana comes out of the ground earlier than gardeners in cooler states expect, usually as summer heat starts climbing hard, not by the…