Planting February 2020 Planting Guide and Chat

packyderms_wife

Neither here nor there.

3rd - 4th
Any seed planted now will tend to rot.
5th - 6th
Plant seedbeds and flower gardens. Fine for planting beans, tomatoes, corn, cotton, cucumbers, peppers, melons, and other above ground crops where climate allows.
7th - 10th
Clear ground, turn sod, kill plant pests.
11th - 12th
Fine for sowing grains, hay, and forage crops. Plant flowers. Favorable days for planting root crops.
13th - 14th
Start seedbeds. Good days for transplanting. Plant carrots, turnips, onions, beets, Irish potatoes, and other root crops in the South. Lettuce and other leafy vegetables will do well.
15th - 17th
Poor planting days
18th - 19th
Any root crops that can be planted now will do well.
20th - 22nd
Barren days. Fine for clearing, plowing, fertilizing, and killing plant pests.
23rd - 24th
Extra good for cucumbers, peas, cantaloupes, and other vine crops. Set strawberry plants. Plant peppers, sweet corn, tomatoes, and other above-ground crops in southern Florida, California, and Texas.
25th - 27th
Seeds planted now will grow poorly and yield little.
28th - 29th
Fine for planting beans, peppers, cucumbers, melons, and other aboveground crops where climate is suitable.
 

packyderms_wife

Neither here nor there.
This year, 2020, is predicted to be an El Nino year... and I don't doubt it with all of the volcanic eruptions and the lack of solar activity. What precautions have you used in previous El Nino years when it came to gardening, crops, etc.?
 
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