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Planting in Late Spring 
 

We plant warm season seeds and other transplants in late May the week after students harvest their early spring garden.  The gives us room to plant and helps protect newly sprouted plants or ungerminated seeds from overeager harvesters.  In some cases, transplants are used instead of seeds to give a head start to plants that have a long growing season or for plants that we have found to be more successful from transplants during our seasonal conditions.

 

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Planting Forward in Late Spring - Students plant warm season seeds and transplants that will be harvested by the teacher's class in the following late summer term.

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May

Planting Forward in Late Spring - Students plant warm season seeds and transplants that will be harvested by the teacher's class in the following late summer term.

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May

Planting Forward in Late Spring - Students plant warm season seeds and transplants that will be harvested by the teacher's class in the following late summer term.

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May

Planting Forward in Late Spring - Students plant warm season seeds and transplants that will be harvested by the teacher's class in the following late summer term.

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May

 

From seeds

beans, pole

Plant:  1 inch deep and 2 inches apart
Germinate:  6 to 14 days
Harvest:  70 to 90 days

 

In the late spring garden, bush beans can be planted between the pea plants growing in the beds.  They'll have plenty of space when the peas finish producing.

cucumber, bush

Plant:  1/2 inch to 1 inch deep and 12 inches apart
Germinate:  5 to 10 days 
Harvest:  50 to 75 days

 

We plant bush cucumbers in garden beds and vining cucumbers in selected areas where they can climb a fence or trellis.  A new favorite in our gardens is lemon cucumber - bright yellow and rounded, traditional cucumber flavor, very nice crunch.

nasturtium

Plant:  1 inch deep
Germinate:  10 to 14 days
 

The benefits of nasturtium are many.  We plant nasturtium around the outer edge of our beds about 3 feet apart.  We plant them near squash to attempt to repel squash bugs.  Nasturtium is also planted to repel white fly.  Nasturtium is a popular trap crop that attracts aphids away from other plants.  Be sure to look for lady beetles and their larva if you spot aphids.  Apart from insect control, nasturtium flowers and leaves are edible with a peppery flavor.

 

This Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons image is from the user Armon and is freely available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nasturtium-Tropaeolum.jpg under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license, 11-27-10.

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popcorn

Plant:  1 inch deep and 6 inches apart

Germinate:  5 to 10 days

Harvest:  85 to 110 days

 

This Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons image is from the user Royalbroil and is freely available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PopcornCobs2007.jpg, under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.12-13-10.

rutabaga

Plant:  1/2 inch deep and 2 inches apart
Germinate:  7 to 10 days
Harvest:  90 to 100 days

 

Rutabaga is a cross between a cabbage and a turnip.  Proper thinning ensures good root development. 

 

This Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons image is from the user Rainer Zenz and is freely available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Steckr%C3%BCbe.jpg under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license, 11-17-10.

squash, summer

Plant:  1 inch deep, 3 feet apart
Germinate:  7 to 14 days
Harvest:  55 to 70 days

 

Because the majority of our class beds are 3 feet by 9 feet (each class has two), we plant summer squash on the outside, 3 foot edge of each garden bed.  Some varieties we plant are scallop, zucchini, and yellow straight neck.  Summer squash grows in a bush style and takes up less garden space than winter and fall vining squash.

 

From transplants

broccoli

Each class plants one broccoli plant in their garden.  Broccoli continues to produce into the cool days and nights of early fall.

Brussels sprouts

Each class plants one Brussels sprouts plant in their garden.  Brussels sprouts is one of the last remaining plants in our fall garden since it grows best in cool temperatures.

  

This Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons image is freely available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Brussels-sprouts-on-stalk.jpg under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

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cabbage

Cabbage is another plant that does well in cool temperatures.  As with other cabbage family plants like Brussels sprouts and broccoli, watch for eggs and larva of the cabbage white butterfly.

chard

Chard is a beet grown for its leaf production, not root development.  Chard is biennial.  If you left a plant in your bed last fall, watch for the development of flowers in the second season.

eggplant

 

Eggplant is in the same family as tomatoes, peppers, and potatoes.  Plant transplants about 2 feet apart.  Eggplant requires warm soil and air temperatures throughout its growing season.

 

Image courtesy of Carolyn Keeney, eggplant.jpg.  1-Aug. Pics4Learning.  http://pics.tech4learning.com, 12-15-10.

leeks

Leeks offer a mild onion flavor to be enjoyed into fall.  Long-season varieties produce thicker stems than  short-season varieties.  If you planted potatoes, leek and potato soup in the classroom is an easy way to enjoy the harvest.

peppers, sweet bell

Pepper transplants are planted about 2 feet apart.  Green peppers are unripe peppers.  Sweetness develops as the pepper ripens to its true color. 

tomato

We plant many varieties of tomatoes.  We especially like cherry tomato varieties for students to be able to have a quick sampling at the end of a class with little preparation.  A quick rinse and it's ready to eat.  We plant color variations for students to distinguish taste differences.

  

 

 

 

 
"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant."  Robert Louis Stevenson
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