Raising Vegetables For Market Part Two 1. Review of Last Workshop’s Main Points 2. Where to Plant Your Different crops 3. Information about Different Vegetables 4. Planting in Succession 5. Staking Tomatoes

Healthy Soil for Healthy Plants

Feed the Soil and Plants

What is Fertilizer? Manure Alfalfa Compost

Planting Crops: Direct-Seeding And Transplanting

Weeding the Garden

Information about the Crops 1.When to plant cool season / warm season 2.How to start crops seed / transplant 3.How to plant 4.How many days until harvest starts 5.How many days of harvest

Cool Season Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Cabbage Collards Lettuce Potatoes Peas Onions

Warm & Hot Seasons Beans Eggplant Peppers, Hot & Sweet Okra Zucchini Tomatoes Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

How to Start Vegetable Crops From Transplants Cabbage Collards Onions Eggplant Peppers Tomato

How to Start Vegetable Crops From Seed PeasBeans From “Seed” Potatoes

How to Start Vegetable Crops From Seed OR Transplants Zucchini Okra Lettuce

How to Space the Seed Beans/ Peas Okra Lettuce 1 foot

BED 1 BED 2 BED 3 Leave room for paths.

Plant crops in the right place. Almost all vegetables need full sun- that means sun all day. Plant shorter crops where they will get the most sun. Don’t let tall crops shade shorter crops.

Will Any Vegetable Crops Take a Little Shade? Yes! Lettuce and spinach.

Some more….. Bush green beans, beets, and broccoli

Some herbs that take a little shade…. Lemon balm- used for lemon flavoring. Shiso- a medicinal herb also used for cooking. Lemon balmShiso

Days Until Harvest Starts Beans 50 days Zucchini 50 days Lettuce 55 days Collards 55 days Okra 55 days Cabbage 65 days Peas 65 days Eggplant 65 days Peppers 70 days Tomatoes 80 days Potatoes days Onions 100 days

Days of Harvest Short Harvest Cabbage: 3 weeks Lettuce: 2-3 weeks Peas: 3 weeks Potatoes: harvest in July and store in refrigerator Beans: 2 weeks Zucchini: 4 weeks or longer Onions: 3 weeks

Days of Harvest Long Harvest Collards: spring & fall Tomatoes: 3 months or longer Eggplant: 3 months or longer Okra: 3 months or longer Peppers (sweet & hot) 3 months or longer

Succession Planting -how to have something to pick and sell all season. BED 1 BED 2 BED 3

Succession Planting: April 1 BED 1 BED 2 BED 3 Plant Lettuce

Succession Planting: May 1 BED 1 BED 2 BED 3 Lettuce is still growing Transplant Tomatoes Seed Okra

Succession Planting: May 15 BED 1 BED 2 BED 3 Start harvesting lettuce Tomatoes are still growing Okra is still growing

Succession Planting: June 1 BED 1 BED 2 BED 3 Finish harvesting lettuce Tomatoes are still growing Okra is still growing

Succession Planting: June 7 BED 1 BED 2 BED 3 Plant Beans Tomatoes: Still growing Okra: Still growing

Succession Planting: July 1 BED 1 BED 2 BED 3 Beans: Still growing Tomatoes: Still growing Okra: Harvest begins

Succession Planting: July 20 BED 1 BED 2 BED 3 Beans: Still growing Tomatoes: Harvest begins Okra: Harvest continues

Succession Planting: August 1 BED 1 BED 2 BED 3 Beans: Harvest begins Tomatoes: Harvest continues Okra: Harvest continues

Succession Planting: August 20 BED 1 BED 2 BED 3 Beans: Harvest ends Tomatoes: Harvest continues Okra: Harvest continues

Succession Planting: October 7 BED 1 BED 2 BED 3 Tomatoes: Killed by frost Okra: Killed by frost

Staking Tomatoes

More fruit Better quality Healthier plants

Staking Tomatoes Single wooden stake Tomato cage Stake & Weave

Mulch tomatoes Mulch tomato plants to keep dirt from splashing up on to the fruit and leaves. This prevents diseases. Mulch tomatoes to keep moisture in the soil during the hot summer. Mulch to keep the soil cooler during the summer heat.

Put mulch down after weather is hot. Use rotted leaves, straw, hay, or compost.

Start thinking about YOUR garden. Planting starts in the greenhouse next month.