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Fall garden
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:36 pm
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:36 pm
What and when to plant?
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Posted on 8/6/19 at 10:42 pm to beef42
Go to the LSU AG site. They will tell you varietals that do well in your zone. South LA is 9B
This post was edited on 8/6/19 at 10:42 pm
Posted on 8/6/19 at 11:19 pm to beef42
Posted on 8/7/19 at 12:31 pm to beef42
Posted on 8/7/19 at 12:38 pm to lsuson
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Go to the LSU AG site. They will tell you varietals that do well in your zone. South LA is 9B
Link? I looked all over that site but can't find anything on zones & varieties. I know about their recommended varieties for Louisiana.
Posted on 8/7/19 at 2:34 pm to jyoung1
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Link? I looked all over that site but can't find anything on zones & varieties.
The AgCenter will usually just provide recommended planting dates for south LA and N LA, which if I had to guess likely coincides with with zone 9 (S) and zone 8 (N). But this is what they state in the vegetable planting guide I linked.
“Planting Dates – For spring planting, gardeners in Louisiana’s southernmost parishes may use the earliest dates given for their first plantings. Gardeners in central Louisiana should plant about two weeks later than the ear- liest dates given, and those in north Louisiana about four weeks later. For example, snap beans may be planted on Feb. 15 in New Orleans but around March 1 in Alexandria and about March 15 in the Shreveport or Monroe areas. Generally, with the spring vegetables, the first planting should be made after the danger of frost is over (March 15 for south Louisiana/April 1 for north Louisiana).”
Presumably for fall planting of vegetables you would just reverse that that 2-week interval order, with N LA planted earlier and S LA planted later.
Posted on 8/7/19 at 4:09 pm to beef42
Assuming you're from La. or at least in the deep south, you should have stuff already in starter pots if you want to transplant into a garden. I usually just buy plants in 4 or 6 packs from garden centers to transplant once it gets cooler.
As for direct sowing seeds into the soil, I'll put stuff into my rows in another week or so like cucumbers, pole beans and wait a bit longer until late September to put in things like leaf lettuce, kale, Swiss Chard for salads.
I usually put in things like collards, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, Brussel sprouts and spinach when it gets a bit cooler in early October. Those plants will handle a good bit of cold weather and it actually makes them taste better----especially greens like collards, turnip greens and mustard greens.
That is also when I plant onions and garlic in my raised bed.
ETA: I'm in New Orleans. Planting Zone 9.
As for direct sowing seeds into the soil, I'll put stuff into my rows in another week or so like cucumbers, pole beans and wait a bit longer until late September to put in things like leaf lettuce, kale, Swiss Chard for salads.
I usually put in things like collards, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, Brussel sprouts and spinach when it gets a bit cooler in early October. Those plants will handle a good bit of cold weather and it actually makes them taste better----especially greens like collards, turnip greens and mustard greens.
That is also when I plant onions and garlic in my raised bed.
ETA: I'm in New Orleans. Planting Zone 9.
This post was edited on 8/7/19 at 4:12 pm
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