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<blockquote data-quote="keith99" data-source="post: 55835223" data-attributes="member: 211648"><p>My understanding of the midwest is that yuo have real winters. Check locally if there is a chance yuo can get something in and harvested before winter. I doubt it, but if yuo can it would be peas, brocolli or cabbage. </p><p> </p><p>One thing I learned long ago was feed the soil, not the plants. That is something yuo can do now. See if yuo can find a source of compost or manure and dig a lot in now. (If you have a seperate trash can for 'garden waste' then that almost for sure gets composted, usually that means free or very cheap compost if you can find out where to pick it up).</p><p> </p><p>The more organic material in the soil the better the harvest, it also helps make watering errors less important. BTW almost everyone overwaters. Once a plant is established DO NOT water every day, but try to water deeply. </p><p> </p><p>Also look up coldframes. these will allow yuo to get plants started earlier. </p><p> </p><p>Learn what plants make sense to transplant. Tomatoes, cabbage, lettuce, peppers, squash, okra and eggplant make sense to start in pots and transplant. Corn, beans and peas do not. If you buy plants to get a head start save the cheap plastic containers they come it. Next year you can start your own. </p><p> </p><p>If you drink milk consider buying it in 1 gallon plastic containers. Cut off the bottom and theymake a nice mini-hothouse for getting things started. I leave them on tomatoes until the plant virtually forces them off. </p><p> </p><p>Oh and read labels carefully, figure out how big a plant will be when full grown, many tomatoes can get huge. Peas and beans come in both bush and pole vatieties, the pole varieties require somethgin to climb and can get 6 feet tall easily.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="keith99, post: 55835223, member: 211648"] My understanding of the midwest is that yuo have real winters. Check locally if there is a chance yuo can get something in and harvested before winter. I doubt it, but if yuo can it would be peas, brocolli or cabbage. One thing I learned long ago was feed the soil, not the plants. That is something yuo can do now. See if yuo can find a source of compost or manure and dig a lot in now. (If you have a seperate trash can for 'garden waste' then that almost for sure gets composted, usually that means free or very cheap compost if you can find out where to pick it up). The more organic material in the soil the better the harvest, it also helps make watering errors less important. BTW almost everyone overwaters. Once a plant is established DO NOT water every day, but try to water deeply. Also look up coldframes. these will allow yuo to get plants started earlier. Learn what plants make sense to transplant. Tomatoes, cabbage, lettuce, peppers, squash, okra and eggplant make sense to start in pots and transplant. Corn, beans and peas do not. If you buy plants to get a head start save the cheap plastic containers they come it. Next year you can start your own. If you drink milk consider buying it in 1 gallon plastic containers. Cut off the bottom and theymake a nice mini-hothouse for getting things started. I leave them on tomatoes until the plant virtually forces them off. Oh and read labels carefully, figure out how big a plant will be when full grown, many tomatoes can get huge. Peas and beans come in both bush and pole vatieties, the pole varieties require somethgin to climb and can get 6 feet tall easily. [/QUOTE]
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