Comments on: When Can I Plant My Garden? http://www.albertahomegardening.com/when-can-i-plant-my-garden/ The Documented Experiments of an Alberta Gardener Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:47:13 +0000 hourly 1 By: lionel http://www.albertahomegardening.com/when-can-i-plant-my-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-63471 lionel Fri, 06 May 2011 02:16:08 +0000 http://www.albertahomegardening.com/?p=30#comment-63471 Thank's im going to give a garden a try again this year.. Thank's for the info on frost dates a forecast's.:) Thank’s im going to give a garden a try again this year..
Thank’s for the info on frost dates a forecast’s.:)

]]> By: Louise http://www.albertahomegardening.com/when-can-i-plant-my-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-10792 Louise Mon, 03 May 2010 22:42:44 +0000 http://www.albertahomegardening.com/?p=30#comment-10792 Is preen weed control a good product to use in our area Is preen weed control a good product to use in our area

]]> By: Dave http://www.albertahomegardening.com/when-can-i-plant-my-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-4064 Dave Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:25:48 +0000 http://www.albertahomegardening.com/?p=30#comment-4064 Hi Carmine, Seeds always take longer than you think they should! :) I wouldn't be too worried yet, but you could carefully try to dig up a bean seed or a potato and see what's happening... If you watered once I day I can't imagine they dried out, and if they haven't sprouted yet I don't think it's been cold enough to freeze the seeds in the dirt. (Though the cold will certainly set them back and perhaps hurt their germination rate...) But I would dig up something carefully and take a look! Hi Carmine,

Seeds always take longer than you think they should! :) I wouldn’t be too worried yet, but you could carefully try to dig up a bean seed or a potato and see what’s happening… If you watered once I day I can’t imagine they dried out, and if they haven’t sprouted yet I don’t think it’s been cold enough to freeze the seeds in the dirt. (Though the cold will certainly set them back and perhaps hurt their germination rate…) But I would dig up something carefully and take a look!

]]> By: Carmine Henderson http://www.albertahomegardening.com/when-can-i-plant-my-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-4061 Carmine Henderson Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:24:15 +0000 http://www.albertahomegardening.com/?p=30#comment-4061 Hi Dave I am in Penhold and planted my square foot gardens the week after the long weekend. As of today I have mostly radishes and a few spinach and arugula that have come up. I had planted corn, peas, a variety of greens, beans, herbs, onions, potatoes, carrots and beets. I am seeing almost nothing! Is it possible that they have all died wither from drying out (I water once a day but the soil is very porous) or from freezing during some of our frost warnings?? I am very dicouraged as I did about 15 box gardens, mixed vermiculite, peat moss and our soil/compost mix and even bought a soil tester which showed the soil to be ok. Even the potatoes that we planted on the May long weekend haven't come up yet. Is it too early to worry. Thanks for reading! Carmine Hi Dave
I am in Penhold and planted my square foot gardens the week after the long weekend. As of today I have mostly radishes and a few spinach and arugula that have come up. I had planted corn, peas, a variety of greens, beans, herbs, onions, potatoes, carrots and beets. I am seeing almost nothing! Is it possible that they have all died wither from drying out (I water once a day but the soil is very porous) or from freezing during some of our frost warnings?? I am very dicouraged as I did about 15 box gardens, mixed vermiculite, peat moss and our soil/compost mix and even bought a soil tester which showed the soil to be ok. Even the potatoes that we planted on the May long weekend haven’t come up yet. Is it too early to worry. Thanks for reading! Carmine

]]> By: Amy http://www.albertahomegardening.com/when-can-i-plant-my-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-215 Amy Wed, 07 May 2008 14:53:01 +0000 http://www.albertahomegardening.com/?p=30#comment-215 Our last frost date is May 22 but I think this year, due to very strange weather, I'm going to wait a bit later for some of my plants - especially the tomatoes! Our last frost date is May 22 but I think this year, due to very strange weather, I’m going to wait a bit later for some of my plants – especially the tomatoes!

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