Is July too late to grow vegetable garden in central virginia? If not, what could I grow? Thanks?

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I found some helpful guide on when to grow vegetables in Virginia at ehow.com. What Are the Planting Times for Garden Vegetables in Virginia? If you want to plant a vegetable garden and live in Virginia, you will want to know what the best planting times are specifically for Virginia.

The best way is to know when the last frost of spring and first frost of winter are. You would also want to know which vegetables can be grown best during what parts of the year Frost 1. Make sure you are aware of the times for first and last frost for your section of the state. Check with the nearest city weather station or check with your County Cooperative Extension for specific dates.

Knowing when the last frost of the winter is will help you get an early jump on spring vegetables. Knowing when to expect the first frost of the current year will help get the maximum yield from autumn plantings. Virginia is in Zone 7 of the frost map, which records when the first and last frosts are, and has a growing season from March or April to the middle of October.

Vegetables 2. Know which vegetables can grow in what part of the year. There are cool-season vegetables that can tolerate shorter days and cooler temperatures: snow peas, cabbage, broccoli and lettuce do well in cooler weather.

There are also vegetables that need the full amount of daylight and warmth: okra, tomatoes, beans and squash need the longer hot days to give their full potential. Calculations 3. Understanding how to calculate when to plant garden vegetables is essential.

Determining the time to plant is not complicated but takes many steps. You need: the number of days it takes something to go from seed to transplant; the average time from transplant to harvest; the frost factor (about two weeks before and after the planting season time line); and the days to count either back to the last frost or ahead to the last frost. Spring 4.

Order your seeds in January or mid-February to have them in time. Start the seeds indoors within 6 weeks of the last scheduled frost; in this way your sprouts can be easily transplanted directly into the ground in April. You want to transplant the seedlings as soon after the last frost to ensure enough of a growing season.

Plan on successive crops by keeping track of the growing time for each vegetable and the frost dates. Fall 5. Knowing when the first frost of the season will be and then counting backward two weeks will help ensure a complete harvest.

Starting your plants indoors while the spring garden is finishing up can add another week onto the season for the autumn garden. Be ready for sudden cold snaps with newspaper, old sheets or blankets to cover your plants. Take the covers off the next morning so that the sun can keep them warm.

Sources: http://www. Ehow.com/way_5157114_planting-times-garden-vegetables-virginia. Html .

Central Virginia Organic Gardener Soilphoto: bed being prepared with organic matter in fallA recent phone call with my sister in law has made me think more about soil. She is having trouble with slow growth in her northern NJ vegetable garden and is puzzled. The area is sunny and was just built this year to increase her growing space.

She had a load of top soil delivered for the area and planted in it. She did something similar at a school garden a mile or two away last season, and that garden is showing good plant growth this season. I told her I am not sure why the school garden is doing better, though she thought it might be greater earthworm activity and the longer time frame for the school garden to get some organic matter into it.In addition, I thought that underlying soil at the school garden might be better, that commercial top soils can differ, even if purchased at the same place, and, of course, the site is different.

But I still think that the unimproved, commercial soil is the issue for uniformly slow growth. People think that topsoil is the thing to buy and use, that it is rich and good soil for growing, there are a few problems with this: 1. Where is the soil from?

It can be excavation dirt from building, which might mean it is not the top few inches of loamy soil, and the soil typology of the area can vary a lot. Did you know that some commercial top soils are dyed to look like rich, black earth and are really clay?2. The top soils I have encountered (in bags, or bulk delivered) seem to have very little organic matter in them.

When I have planted into mostly commercial top soils, my plants have not had great growth. Also I noticed that they seemed to clump and bake in the sun, which a soil filled with organic matter would not do. I know you need to start with something, that you can't make raised beds out of thin air, but you need to amend commercial top soils- they are insufficient in themselves for good vegetable plant growth.

Sources: cvog.blogspot.com/ .

1 Here's some ideas:powhatanva.com/planting/plantingguide.htm .

2 I'm just curious. What made you want to be anonymous, wanting to grow vegetables or living in Central Virginia?Seriously. I think people here are really understanding about things like that, and wouldn't blame you for it.

I'm just curious. What made you want to be anonymous, wanting to grow vegetables or living in Central Virginia?Seriously. I think people here are really understanding about things like that, and wouldn't blame you for it.

3 It is just about time to start planting the fall garden...If you are into things like Broccoli and Spinach, for example, now's the time to get busy...Interestingly, some of the Spinach we planted last summer - for the fall - wintered over, and we got more in the spring from the same plants... We are in zone 6...

It is just about time to start planting the fall garden...If you are into things like Broccoli and Spinach, for example, now's the time to get busy...Interestingly, some of the Spinach we planted last summer - for the fall - wintered over, and we got more in the spring from the same plants... We are in zone 6...

" "I love a vegetable garden! But now I live in a place that won't let me have one. But I do have a big deck and can do" "I just saw on the local news that today Michelle Obama broke ground on a vegetable garden on the White House lawn.

" "I want to buy a full spectrum grow light bulb to use outdoors where my garden does not get enough sun.

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I love a vegetable garden! But now I live in a place that won't let me have one. But I do have a big deck and can do.

I just saw on the local news that today Michelle Obama broke ground on a vegetable garden on the White House lawn.

I want to buy a full spectrum grow light bulb to use outdoors where my garden does not get enough sun.

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