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Post by daylilydude on Mar 21, 2012 6:04:08 GMT -5
I was checking these out and thought it interesting enough to post it and see if anyone has any others they use, and can add it to the list!
When fishermen are sitting on the riverbank instead of on their bait buckets, the soil is warm enough to plant.
Plant potatoes as the first dandelions bloom, and peas when the daffodils flower.
Transplant eggplant, melons and peppers when the irises bloom.
Start looking for trouble from squash vine borers when chicory flowers open.
Put seed corn in the ground when oak leaves are about the size of a squirrel's ear.
The time is right for planting tomatoes when lily-of-the-valley is in full bloom.
Seed morning glories as soon as the maple trees leaf out.
Grasshopper eggs hatch roughly at the same time that lilacs bloom.
Prune roses when crocuses begin to flower.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2012 8:20:08 GMT -5
Hey-I like this! My grandpa planted using these kinds of methods-wish I had paid more attention!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2012 14:30:59 GMT -5
I know a few of those.The chicory one is interesting as there is mass of beautiful delicate blue wild chicory growing in the pasture next to our home,it blooms early summer,just when the the bugs step up their feeding. I was told once not to plant vegetables with similar names together and a tip from grandad , if I wanted soil turned with out digging it to first plant a few rows of spuds thew first year,never done it, I don't know if it works or not.I would like to think that these little facts are being kept alive, to live closer to nature and be more sensitive to changing seasons and what happens in nature and your space is I think is really a better way to go.
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Post by swamper on Mar 21, 2012 21:50:17 GMT -5
Plant peppers when the dogwood petals start to fall.
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Post by littleminnie on Apr 9, 2012 21:17:36 GMT -5
Did you steal some of those from me? I love phenology but I am still doing a lot of journaling on it. This weird spring isn't really helping. The first dandelions are blooming now but it is too early to plant taters since there could be frost still for many weeks. We are getting two 28 degree nights tonight and tomorrow too. It is all wacky. Still the various things blooming tells you the soil temp without having to check it.
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Post by littleminnie on May 5, 2012 11:38:47 GMT -5
Still really mixed up here. but it is fun to see how things go and increase my phenology IQ.
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