Garden Mistakes
This morning's newspaper carried an article about new gardener's mistakes. One of them is to put plants into the ground before the ground is warm enough. The article is geared to our area so it says that it's too soon to plant before Memorial Day. It says that people get lulled by a few nice days and think it's OK to plant but even though the air is warmer, the ground warms up much more slowly and won't be warm enough until after Memorial Day.
It's true that we do get really eager to get our plants in the ground around this time. We did have a few fairly warm days last week and I got a lot of yard work done, but I didn't plant my tomato plants yet. I put most of the annuals into bigger planters but not into the ground. I'm still eager to get the tomatoes planted but I'm holding back until after Memorial Day. I don't want to make that mistake.
Submitted by
NJ
at 5/24/2005 2:02:10 PM- I'm going to have at least one tomato in a container this summer and maybe I'll have a couple more that way. I'd like to see if it's any neater and easier to care for.
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We have to plat in raised beds. Our soil hardly ever gets warm enough, and TOmatoes just dont get ripe in time before the frost hits. So Barrels or Big truck Tires for tomatoes, and raised beds for the rest!