Cool Season Vegetables

Haywood County Extension Director Walter Battle talks about the different kinds of cool season vegetables. Cool season vegetables can be planted based on the last frost date in your area.  In Shelby County the date where there is a 50/50 chance of a later frost is March 28. Looking at the plant label or seed packet you can see how long before that date you can plant or transplant your vegetables into the ground. To prepare the soil Walter tills his soil and mounds up beds for his plants. You need to make sure your soil is dry enough to work, If you can make a mud ball, the soil is too wet. Depending on the kind of plant it will be better to plant from seed or transplant from starts. If you use seeds plant at the proper depth. If transplanting it is necessary to harden off the plants so they get used to the colder weather. If you buy transplants look for a little purple on the plant. That means the plant is already hardened off.

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