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Still have room in your garden? Here’s what to plant now!
Did you know you could still implant in your garden in June ? betting odds are good you ’ve already transplanted your tomatoes and peppercorn and harvested simoleons or other leafy vegetable to serve up fresh for dinner .
Yes , your garden has sprung to life , but if you ’re interested in more than just weeding and watering , raft of crops are still right for planting in many regions of the United States . con about USDA Plant Hardiness Zones .
June is the month to seed heat - have it away crop , include :
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Just do n’t draw a blank both to enrich your territory withcompostbefore you plant those crop and to keep your dirt moist once your plants are in the ground . ironic dirt will impede quick and even growth , which is all important for reaping a respectable crop . Learn more about soil health .
So take armoury of what you have already sow — and ponder what else you might like to farm , eat , and even divvy up . No matter what you opt to plant , think of that when you develop historical and heirloom varieties , you are help to carry on our garden inheritance .
Not sure what to plant? Try these customer favorites from SSE.
‘Detroit Dark Red’ Beet:
Great for canning and brisk eating , this variety is a unspoilt custodian , produce orotund , blood - red , 3″-diameter theme . This historical variety was insert in 1892 by D.M. Ferry & Company . Original selections were made from the Early Blood Turnip beet by Mr. Reeves of Port Hope , Ontario , Canada .
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“ This was my grandfather ’s pet common beet . It grows well in grueling territory and the skin splay off very easily after boil . As with most beets , it will phlebotomize like crazy if you remove too much of the tops and then essay and churn it to remove the skin . Great tang , a trivial more earthy than some but very unspoilt . ”
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Rainbow Carrot Mix:
New for 2024 ! If you have it off carrots , this is the mix for you ! It arrest four wonderfully distinguishable mixed bag :
frequent all cultivated carrot variety .
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‘Glass Gem’ Corn:
Unique multifariousness developed by Seed Savers Exchange fellow member Carl Barnes and more recently stewarded by Carl ’s protege , Greg Schoen . A wide range of gem - tone color kernels draw each ear uncommonly beautiful . Use for crafts , decorative decoration , grind into Indian meal , or pop and enjoy . snitch all corn varieties .
“ I could scarcely bring myself to pop any of this corn and ruin such creative activity artwork . Each ear is unequaled , slightly semitransparent . Bugs were n’t too concerned in it . Did n’t try Indian meal with it . ”
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‘Snow’s Fancy Pickling’ Cucumber:
( Aka Snow ’s Pickling ) take from Chicago Pickling by J. C. Snow of the famous Snow Pickle Farm in Rockford , IL . Listed circa 1905 by Vaughan Seed House of Chicago . Once a very pop small pickle , can still be used to make fancy pickles today . Dark fleeceable , short and slender ( 5″ farsighted by 1½ ” wide ) , thin flesh . Shop all cucumber vine varieties .
“ I had keen achiever with these last summer . Brobdingnagian 7 ’ vines that were literally handle with cucumber ! I farm them on a 12 ’ long cattle panel , spaced seeds 3 ” apart . bring about all summertime ! I had plenty of cucumbers to keep up 22 quart of muddle and had plentiful left to share with neighbors all summer ! Very fat , crispy , Disease and pest resistant . ”
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‘Clemson Spineless’ Okra:
An All America Selections winner in 1939 , that was introduced by Clemson University . Still the most popular open - pollinated variety on the market . Vigorous plants get 3 - 5′ tall . Exceptionally uniform , thick green make fun and thornless pod are advantageously harvest when 3″ long . Shop all okra change .
“ Wonderful Abelmoschus esculentus , stays warm to a surprising sizing , although I do hear to pick it correct about 4 or 5 inches long . Multiple side shoots get okra plant in addition to the main stalk . Give it plenty of space so you may search through the side shoots to harvest ! ”
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‘Golden Zucchini’ Squash:
Introduced in 1973 by W. Atlee Burpee of Philadelphia , bred from squash variety supplied by Dr. Oved Shifress . This vivid yellow yield was the first commercial-grade vitamin B complex ( bicolor factor ) cultivar . frizzly and mild - flavored zucchinis are bear prolifically on bush plant . Shop all squeeze varieties .
“ I ’ve grown Golden Zucchini for many year , and tried many other varieties but this stay my ducky . The seed seem to be getting hard to find so I ’m very happy that SSE proceed to offer them . I find the golden color much more appealing than the usual fleeceable courgette when used in most recipes . In my garden in the Michigan Upper Peninsula it continues to farm right through September and into October , until we get a halt . ”
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‘Chris Cross’ Watermelon:
And we end the list with a variety made ( almost ) flat south from Seed Savers Exchange in Montrose , Iowa . This jolly sweetfamily heirloom draws its name from a cross between the Hawkesbury and Dixie Queen watermelons made by a Montrose Fannie Farmer named ( you imagine it ! ) Chris in 1950.Shop all watermelon multifariousness .
“ Grew these down in Southeaster Iowa in 2023 . They did well despite the drought conditions I gave them . Sweet , but not exceedingly dulcet . I got one melon per works , and they grew swelled than expected ( up to basketball size ) . quite a little of seeds in clusters . ”
Learn to grow and save Citrullus vulgaris seeds .
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Pro-Tip: You can find thousands of heirloom seed varieties onthe Exchange, our free gardener-to-gardener seed swap!
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