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Gardening for a Short Season
Growing food in a garden is challenging, when the available growing season is very short. I live in a mountain valley, where summer comes late, and autumn comes early. there are killer frosts, that come down from the mountains. Cold air falls into the valley bottom at night, all year round. Planting plants outside too early in summer can result
in your plants being killed by frost.
There are strategies which help make the best use of the short growing season. One way for the plant to get a jump start, is to germinate the plant indoors several months before the weather is ideal for planting outside.
This works well with tomato plants.
Plant the tomato seeds in house plant pots using good soil.
By treating the young tomato plants the way you would a house plant they thrive. Be sure to set them in a sunny window during the day. Keep them warm at night away from a cold window. Occasionally give the tomato plants watered down plant fertilizer. Water the plants regularly but not too much. Tomato plants don’t like being in soggy soil. Corn plants can be started in doors too. Plant several corn seeds in a good sized pail filled with good soil.
The corn will also live as a house plant until it is warm enough not to be frozen at night.
Give the corn plant sunlight, by taking the pail it is in out side for a few minutes each day. It is best to start on a cloudy day, so the plant doesn’t get burnt by suddenly being in sunlight. Then gradually lengthen the time the plant is outside every day.
This method of starting the plant indoors, works with cucumber plants too.
You can plant them in the house much later than tomato plants. You don’t want them to get too big, and full of vines before it is time to plant them outside.
Plants that grow quickly, such as lettuce, radishes, and peas, can be started outside when the weather is warm enough for them to germinate. During the early summer it is a good idea to cover the young plants with plastic sheeting. If you have little plastic containers
large enough to fit over the plants you can use them too.
Your garden needs tender loving care after it is planted. To get a good crop of food, you need to weed and water your garden every day.
When summer comes be sure to keep the corn plants well watered so the seeds will be large and juicy.
If your summer is warm and sunny, with an average amount of
rain you should grow a good crop. |
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