Planting April 2022 Planting and Chat Thread

[packyderms_wife]

Planting Calendar - Gardening by the moon

This planting calendar helps you pick the best days for gardening tasks based a 200-year-old formula. Our readers swear by it! Learn more.

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• 1st – 1st
  Poor planting day. Break ground or cultivate.
• 2nd – 3rd
  Favorable for planting beans, corn, cotton, tomatoes, peppers, and other aboveground crops.
• 4th – 6th
  Poor days for planting, seeds tend to rot in ground.
• 7th – 8th
  Plant seedbeds and start flower gardens. Plant tomatoes, beans, peppers, corn, cotton, and other aboveground crops on these most fruitful days.
• 9th – 13th
  Grub out weeds, briars, and other plant pests.
• 14th – 15th
  A favorable time for sowing grains, hay, and fodder crops. Plant flowers. Plant corn, melons, squash, tomatoes, and other aboveground crops.
• 16th – 17th
  Start seedbeds. Good days for transplanting. Good days for planting beets, carrots, radishes, turnips, peanuts, and other root crops. Also good for leafy vegetables.
• 18th – 19th
  Neither plant nor sow on these barren days.
• 20th – 22nd
  Favorable days for planting beets, carrots, turnips, radishes, onions, and other root crops.

 

[packyderms_wife]

I need to put water in my seedling trays tonight to get them prepped for adding seeds this week. Gonna start with herbs and maybe some squash and cabbage plants.

 

[h_oder]

The grow bags for my 'taters got here today Won't be a huge garden this year, and if DH doesn't get to feeling better soon, might be virtually no garden (raised bed). But, when we get back from vacation, things are going to start kicking off!

 

[Meemur]

Taters are going in, even if I feel like crap. Need a decent harvest this year. There no law that says it all has to be planted on the same day. If it takes me three days to do it, so what?

 

[Jackalope]

I need to start our seed beds in the greenhouse. Here on the Cumberland Plateau in TN we're still getting frost at least one night a week, so I've been hesitant to plant potatoes yet. We've got some healthy looking garlic plants though, and I had to weed them today.

 

[philkar]

Meemur I love planting potatoes 3 or 4 times! Prolongs the harvest for us!

 

[Shotsie]

We are still getting frost here is Central Va as well so we haven’t planted our potatoes. It has just been so cold and windy here. Hopefully, we can get them planted soon.

 

[Barry Natchitoches]

I need to start our seed beds in the greenhouse. Here on the Cumberland Plateau in TN we're still getting frost at least one night a week, so I've been hesitant to plant potatoes yet. We've got some healthy looking garlic plants though, and I had to weed them today.

Know what you mean about those frosty nights. We are still having them occasionally in west Tennessee.

I have 5 tomato plants in the ground already. I cover each little plant every night with their very own 5 gallon bucket. Then uncover them in the morning. Same thing with two sweet pepper plants. Our temps are mild enough that if you cover the plants at night, they will get a head start on the upcoming tomato season.

I do not grow potatoes at all. For some reason, every time I have attempted it, the crop failed.

 

[Littlesister]

We planted Terra Rosa potatoes for the first time this spring. It has red flesh and I hope it does well. We always plant a blue variety of some sort and are hoping to feed the grandkids red, white and blue potaoe salad for our Fourth of July dinner.

 

[ReneeT]

Packy, thank you for posting this!

 

[packyderms_wife]

Looks like they finally posted the rest of the month.

Planting Calendar - Gardening by the moon

This planting calendar helps you pick the best days for gardening tasks based a 200-year-old formula. Our readers swear by it! Learn more.

www.farmersalmanac.com

• 4th – 6th
  Poor days for planting, seeds tend to rot in ground.
• 7th – 8th
  Plant seedbeds and start flower gardens. Plant tomatoes, beans, peppers, corn, cotton, and other aboveground crops on these most fruitful days.
• 9th – 13th
  Grub out weeds, briars, and other plant pests.
• 14th – 15th
  A favorable time for sowing grains, hay, and fodder crops. Plant flowers. Plant corn, melons, squash, tomatoes, and other aboveground crops.
• 16th – 17th
  Start seedbeds. Good days for transplanting. Good days for planting beets, carrots, radishes, turnips, peanuts, and other root crops. Also good for leafy vegetables.
• 18th – 19th
  Neither plant nor sow on these barren days.
• 20th – 22nd
  Favorable days for planting beets, carrots, turnips, radishes, onions, and other root crops.
• 23rd – 24th
  Excellent time to kill weeds, briars, poison ivy, and other plant pests. Good harvest days.
• 25th – 26th
  Set strawberry plants. Excellent for any vine crops, such as beans, peas, and cucumbers. Good days for transplanting. Favorable days for planting root crops.
• 27th – 28th
  Poor planting days. Break ground or cultivate. Good harvest days.
• 29th – 30th
  First day is a good day for transplanting. First day is also when planted root crops will yield well. Second day is favorable for planting beans, corn, cotton, tomatoes, peppers, and other aboveground crops.

 

[Murt]

trying to get the planting going--storms and rain are hindering it big time
tornado yesterday and right now a strong thunderstorm in going through--high winds -lots of rain and constant lightening
had about and inch and a half of rain yesterday and looks like we will have 2" plus today
I have managed to get the tomatoes and peppers put in between storms--all that I plan to do--38 peppers and 55 tomatoes
some day (maybe) I will be able to get the rest of the garden planted

 

[seraphima]

Had the first crocuses open two days ago, and three wild swans showed up on the lake! The mountaintops all around are in deep snow, but down here today we are just getting drizzle mixed with snow and the grass is greening up here and there. The two rhubarb beds have big red knobbies with a few leaves unfurling; garlic is sprouting up maybe an inch. Patience, patience...

 

[seraphima]

I have slowly been starting seeds inside- parsley (takes a long time to grow), calendula, and today Red Sails lettuce, Black Seeded Simpson lettuce, and Red Russian kale.
The hardware store got in Stuttgarter onion sets, and I bought two bags, enough for two beds. Now that I'm older and slowing down, easy care planting and maintenance are big helps, and onion sets, potatoes, and garlic are among my favorites.
Today the new daffodils in a protected spot by the doorway are showing color, and some of the yellow primroses are out. New bulbs are always welcome spring brighteners.

 

[Jaybird]

Got my okra and cukes(straight8 and painted serpent) planted yesterday evening just in time for some good rain. Planted six 35 foot rows of heavy hitter okra. Was developed here in Oklahoma. Hope it does good. The herb garden is 4x20. It has been revamped and planted onions in all the open areas. The herbs will probably take it over but may get a few onions out of it first. If anyone is interested in the okra here is the website of the gentleman who developed it.

Heavy hitter okra / dry creek farm store

Heavy hitter okra is a full-flavored, premium-quality, 56-day variety of branching okra; currently holding the record as the heaviest producer in the State of Oklahoma. Heavy Hitter was developed here, at Dry Creek Farm, at our Certified Organic Market Gardening Facility, in Moodys, Oklahoma.

www.heavyhitterokra.com

Not about planting but was in Atwoods today and they are now selling Harvest Right freeze driers.