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We plant these foods in the middle to the end of March for a
salad harvest at the end of May.
For more information about spring planting:
Planting the garden - planning and tips for planting your class garden
Potato patch - planting potatoes in early spring for a late summer
harvest
Late
spring planting - what to plant after your frost free date
Sweet potato patch - planting sweet potato slips for a late summer harvest
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Related lesson plans |
Grade |
When in Our Garden Cycle |
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Planting a Salad in Early Spring
- Students welcome spring by
planting cool season seeds in their beds and learn about the basic needs
of seeds to grow. |
1 |
March |
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Planting a Salad in Early Spring
- Students welcome spring by
planting cool season seeds in their beds and learn that
seed germination is dependent on
conditions in the seed’s habitat. |
2 |
March |
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Planting a Salad in Early Spring
- Students welcome spring by
planting cool season seeds in their beds, and learn that
seed germination is dependent on conditions in the seed’s habitat
and what it means to garden organically. |
3 |
March |
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Planting a Salad in Early Spring
- Students welcome spring by
planting cool season seeds in their beds, and learn
that plants have unique life cycles
and conditions for seed germination that are linked to soil temperature.
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4 |
March |
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beets |
Plant: 1/2
inch deep and 2 inches apart
Germinate: 10 to 20 days
Harvest:
60 days
Beet seeds are located in the dried
fruits (formerly flowers) of the plant.
Each dried pod contains
about a half dozen seeds, so instruct students to plant one pod in a spot,
and then space for
the next pod, and so on. Each dried fruit
contains
about half a dozen seeds. |
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carrot |
Plant: 1/4 to 1/2 inch deep
and 2 inches apart
Germinate: 14 to 25 days
Harvest:
60 to 70 days
Carrots are biennial. If you left a
carrot or two from the fall, watch for the development of flowers in
this second season. Proper thinning ensures
good root development. |
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kohlrabi |
Plant: 1/4
to 1/2 inch deep
and 2 inches apart
Germinate: 12 to 15 days
Harvest: 44 to 55 days
Kohlrabi is a cabbage family plant
that is is grown for its rounded stem that sits on top of the soil.
We grow the Kossack
variety because it is still edible when harvested in September. |
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lettuce |
Plant: 1/4
to 1/2 inch deep
and 2 inches apart
Germinate: 7 to 21 days
Harvest: 40 to 50 days
Lettuce grows best in the cool temperatures of spring and
fall, but some leaf lettuces can tolerate heat. |
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onion |
Plant seeds: 1/4
to 1/2 inch deep and 2 inches apart
Plant sets: 1 inch deep
and 3 inches apart
Germinate: 10 to 14 days
Harvest: 90 to 120 days
We grow many onion varieties including Egyptian onions (also
called walking onions), a perennial, winter onion that produces sets at the top of the plant,
and bunching onions, another perennial, winter onion that does not
form a large bulb.
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peas, snow |
Plant: 1 to 1 1/2
inch deep and 5 to 6
inches apart
Germinate: 5 to 8 days
Harvest: 55 to 80 days
We grow snow peas to harvest as flat, tender pods.
The pods are ready for harvesting within a week of spotting the flowers.
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potatoes |
Plant:
6 inches deep and 12 inches apart
Harvest: when the plant has died back
The potatoes you harvest will
form above the seed potato. After planting the seed potato, only
back fill your hole halfway. Completely fill the hole when the
potato plant reaches 8 inches tall. |
radish, spring
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Plant:
1/4 to 1/2
inch deep and 2
inches apart
Germinate: 3 to 10 days
Harvest: 25 to 50 days
Proper thinning ensures good root development.
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spinach
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Plant:
1/2 inch deep
and 2 inches apart
Germinate: 8 to 10 days
Harvest: 40 to 50 days
Watch for early bolting
(development of a flower stalk) if spring has been warm, and harvest. |
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