What to Plant in Delaware in March
Late March in Delaware is the real start of the outdoor garden season, but the ground still isn’t safe for anything tender.
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Late March in Delaware is the real start of the outdoor garden season, but the ground still isn’t safe for anything tender.
June in Delaware means the frost risk from early April is long gone, so this is the month for warm-season crops that need real heat: tomatoes, peppers…
Delaware gardeners plant fast-maturing summer crops early in July (bush beans, cucumbers, summer squash, okra) and start counting backward for fall…
January puts almost nothing new into open ground in Delaware. Between the April 3 to April 14 last-frost window and the October 26 to November 7…
In Delaware, February sits well ahead of the last spring frost window of April 3 to April 14, so the open garden bed stays mostly closed for business.
December in Delaware falls well past the first fall frost window recorded for the region (October 26 to November 7), so the open garden is mostly closed…
August in Delaware means direct-sowing fast fall crops like bush beans, beets, carrots and turnips, transplanting broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower…
April in Delaware splits into two halves. Before the state’s last frost window clears, cold-hardy crops like peas, spinach, and onion sets go into open…
September in Connecticut still leaves a real planting window open: fall greens, radishes, turnips, and mesclun can go straight into the ground, cover…
October is a planting month in Connecticut, not a shutdown month. Garlic and shallots go into the ground now, cover crops get seeded before the soil…