early planting

How to Grow Super Early Greenhouse Zucchini in a “Hot Manure Bag” USDA 3-5

Super Early Greenhouse Zucchini in a "Hot Manure Bag"

📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Mid-April Greenhouse Planting Risks & Rewards 🍅 Early Tomatoes: Planting tomatoes directly into the cold greenhouse dirt in mid-April (Zone 4) is risky. Growers use heavy frost blankets, plastic film, and 1.3-gallon (5L) jugs of hot water placed near the plants at night as thermal mass to keep them alive. 🦆 … Read more

Starting Spring Garlic Indoors as Transplants

Starting Spring Garlic Indoors

📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Spring Garlic Transplants What is Spring Garlic? In cooler climates, this usually refers to softneck garlic varieties. Unlike fall-planted hardnecks, they don’t produce scapes, have a milder flavor, and boast a much longer storage life. The Transplant Hack: If your garden soil is too cold or soggy in early spring, you … Read more