Planting Early Spring!

[Sherrynboo]

We here in the deep south are being treated to an early spring! I got out today and found some 6 pks of Celebrity tomato plants at Home Depot so I repotted them into larger pots and they will remain in those until I know all danger of frost is passed. They can stay in the garden unless a frost is forecast, then I can just load them in the wagon and bring them in.

 

[ejagno]

Hold on Georgia peach cause we are sending some wet and cold crap your way. I want to play in my garden so bad. Our ag centers master gardeners do a huge tomato plant sale the last Saturday of February every year to raise money to support free classes and such. I was there early to pick out my tomato plants for the year and walked out with 12. I'm sharing with my daughter in laws but instructed her to repot in a larger pot and hold off until mid March at the very least when the soil is above 50º. Like you, we will be riding them around back and forth in a garden cart to keep them safe until then.

 

[philkar]

Count me in! I have a small green house. Mine are hanging out there for a few more weeks!

 

[Martinhouse]

I have a greenhouse attached to the south end of my house and I will likely be planting tomato seeds out there after this last cold spell is totally over. NW of central Arkansas here and things like tomato plants don't show until a little farther into Spring around here. Actually, because of the weather, Bonnie Plants hasn't even brought the cold weather plants to my small town yet.

I do have seeds for anything that the garden center doesn't get.

 

[onmyown30]

After many fake springs I finally learned that I have to wait till April to put out the tomatoes and peppers

 

[Murt]

I fear that I am going to get hammered here in middle GA
I have peach trees --pear trees--apple trees that are nearly in full bloom
and
it is supposed to get into the mid to low 20's this weekend
too many and too large to cover
but that is why I planted some late blooming varieties just in case of this
but it is still a bummer

 

[philkar]

We are in the same boat Murt in Alabama. We are going to try to save the blueberries but everything else is on their own!

 

[fish hook]

I fear that I am going to get hammered here in middle GA
I have peach trees --pear trees--apple trees that are nearly in full bloom
and
it is supposed to get into the mid to low 20's this weekend
too many and too large to cover
but that is why I planted some late blooming varieties just in case of this
but it is still a bummer

Sad, seems like this is happening more and more lately.

 

[summerthyme]

We are in the same boat Murt in Alabama. We are going to try to save the blueberries but everything else is on their own!

We once had 22 degrees when our blueberries (not Southern rabbiteye types, though!) were in full bloom. I was sure they were toast. We got a full crop!

Summerthyme

 

[summerthyme]

Sad, seems like this is happening more and more lately.

Yep, the erratic weather from the Grand Solar Minimum is making it more difficult to grow food. We used to mound snow up around our peach and apricot trees to keep them from breaking dormancy too early.. but we haven't been getting the deep, long term snowpack we've been used to, either.

Summerthyme

 

[Pinecone]

I saw the first vulture of the season today. Spring is here.

 

[oops]

Can't touch the gardens til ground dries out...usually early April at the earliest...then just the taters n brassicas n such...memorial weekend is the goal for everything else...sigh...saddest part...I've seen snow flurries as late as early June... n this weird weather...memorial weekend may be pushin it n tempting fate...oh well is what it is even if it isn't...at least I get to play in the dirt gettin the seeds started...

 

[Rabbit]

I fear that I am going to get hammered here in middle GA
I have peach trees --pear trees--apple trees that are nearly in full bloom
and
it is supposed to get into the mid to low 20's this weekend
too many and too large to cover
but that is why I planted some late blooming varieties just in case of this
but it is still a bummer

Yeah boy, March in Georgia has always been decietful for gardeners. The weather has been so nice sunny and warm (low 80s even). I have wanted to start planting so badly but I knew what would happen if I did and this weekend proves it. Storms Friday night and a cold front (Yankee weather) late Saturday and early Sunday 25 degrees. Next week we will probably be running our air conditoners.