Planting July 2021 Planting and Chat Thread

packyderms_wife

Neither here nor there.

  • 1st – 2nd
    A barren period.
  • 3rd – 4th
    Good days for transplanting. Root crops that can be planted now will yield well.
  • 5th – 7th
    Poor days for planting, seeds tend to rot in ground.
  • 8th – 9th
    Plant seedbeds and flower gardens. First day is a good day for transplanting. First day is also most fruitful day for planting root crops. Second day is most favorable for corn, cotton, okra, beans, peppers, eggplant, and other aboveground crops
  • 10th – 14th
    A most barren period. Kill plant pests and do general farm work.
  • 15th – 16th
    Sow grains and forage crops. Plant flowers. Favorable for planting peas, beans, tomatoes, and other fall crops bearing aboveground.
  • 17th – 18th
    Start seedbeds. Extra good for fall cabbage, lettuce, cauliflower, mustard greens, and other leafy vegetables. Good for any aboveground crop that can be planted now.
  • 19th – 20th
    Barren days, neither plant nor sow.
  • 21st – 22nd
    Any aboveground crops that can be planted now will do well.
  • 23rd – 24th
    Good days for killing weeds, briars, and other plant pests. Poor for planting.
  • 25th – 27th
    Set strawberry plants. Good days for transplanting. Good days for planting beets, carrots, radishes, salsify, turnips, peanuts, and other root crops. Also good for vine crops.
  • 28th – 29th
    A barren period.
 

packyderms_wife

Neither here nor there.
Orion Commander has been watering our garden every day so it's starting to look better. While most of Iowa did get rain for the most part it went around our town, sigh. Supposed to be in the 90s through Tuesday of this week.
 

seraphima

Veteran Member
Harvesting rhubarb, green onions as i thin the bulbing onions, lettuce, kale, and herbs. Lettuce sure isn't going to bolt this year, with all the cool weather!
 
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