Growing Beets in Alaska: Soil, Sowing and Bolting
Beets sown directly in Alaska ground face two separate problems: soil that rarely resembles the deep, sandy loam beets prefer, and a six-week window…
Growing Pumpkins in Alabama: Will They Ripen in Time?
In central Alabama, a pumpkin flower needs to open by roughly the second week of September to have a real shot at turning orange before frost.
Growing Beets in Alabama: Soil, Sowing and Bolting
The Bama series, Alabama’s official state soil, is 67 percent sand and drains fast, which means beet roots planted in ground like it will feel dry spells…
Growing Pumpkins: Count Forward From the Flower
Count forty-five to fifty-five days forward from the day a pumpkin’s flower opens, not from the day you dropped the seed in the ground.
Growing Peppers: The Two Temperatures That Decide the Crop
Pepper fruit set collapses at two separate points on the thermometer: nights below 55 F and days above 90 F.
Growing Beets: The Six Weeks That Decide the Root
A beet’s root is decided long before harvest, in the six weeks right after the seed goes into cool soil.
What to Plant in Yukon in September
By September, Yukon’s growing season has typically already closed. Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Whitehorse A station puts the average first…
What to Plant in Yukon in October
By October, most of Yukon is already weeks past its average first fall frost, and the ground in many yards is either freezing or already frozen solid.
What to Plant in Yukon in November
Outdoor planting in Yukon is over for the month. With a mean first fall frost around August 25 and a Canadian hardiness zone of 1b, the ground has been…
What to Plant in Yukon in May
May in Yukon means cold soil and lingering frost risk, so the safe list stays short: peas, spinach, hardy greens, and onion sets, once the ground…