Hops Growing Guide

Feeding Mulch with well rotted compost annually. Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area. Harvesting Harvest fruit when ripe, thinning a few out beforehand to allow others to swell.

Supplemental fertilizer seldom required. Harvesting Gather pods when they dry to tan. Most varieties produce all at once. Feeding Mix an organic fertilizer into the soil before planting, using rates given on the label.

Feeding Not required, unless closely spaced or just planted. Harvesting - Planting and Harvesting Calendar < Back to All Plants Pests which Affect Tree (Small) Aphids (General) Slug Snail

Notes Oats are an ideal late summer cover crop where winters are cold enough to kill it; the dead residue forms its own winter mulch, which is usually well rotted by spring. Frost tolerant Oats are a cool-weather crop that can tolerate light frosts but...

Companions Beans. Small mound-forming annuals like sweet alyssum can be grown at the base of tall sweet peas. Plant sweet peas in the fall in mild winter climates, or first thing in spring in other areas.

Control by allowing hens to feed around trees, or shake branches to dislodge the insects onto a sheet then plunge into very hot water. Young apricot trees are at high risk for damage from insects that bore into the main trunk.

Notes Cilantro seeds are the spice known as coriander. Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area. Spacing Single Plants: 7" (20cm) each way (minimum) Rows: 5" (15cm) with 9" (25cm) row gap (minimum)...

Harvesting Harvest leaves individually, when they are about the size of your hand. Frost tolerant Yes. Dinosaur or Tuscan kale has long, dark green puckered leaves. Start another planting indoors in midsummer, and set out in early fall.

Position Sun or partial afternoon shade. Troubleshooting Protect the trunks of young trees from borers and sunscald with loose tree wrapping. Crop Rotation Group Miscellaneous ● Soil Average, well drained soil.

Snails can be as small as a pea or as big as your thumb, and all leave a trail of slime behind as they move. Natural predators including frogs, toads, snakes, turtles, ground beetles, firefly larvae, songbirds, chickens and ducks eat snails and their...

Fennel can reseed to the point of weediness. Harvesting Gather fennel fronds as you need them in the kitchen. Spacing Single Plants: 1' 1" (35cm) each way (minimum) Rows: 11" (30cm) with 1' 3" (40cm) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant Start seeds indoors...

Harvesting Dig roots anytime you need them in the kitchen. Notes Persistent and long lived, horseradish can become invasive if you accidentally allow pieces of root to be spread around the garden.

Companions Basil, Celery, Dill, Garlic, Mint, Nasturtium, Potatoes, Rosemary, Thyme, Onions, Beans and Agastache. Planting and Harvesting Calendar < Back to All Plants Pests which Affect Chinese Cabbage Aphid, Cabbage Aphids (General) Cabbage Root Maggot...

Companions Carrot, Onion, Onions, Leek and Tomato. Planting and Harvesting Calendar < Back to All Plants Pests which Affect Chili Pepper Aphids (General) Slug Snail Frost tolerant No. Feeding Mix an organic fertilizer into the planting holes as you transplant...

Healthy loganberries will bear for ten to fifteen years or more. Frost tolerant Yes. Notes After harvesting, cut 2 year old branches to ground level. Spacing Single Plants: 8' 2" (2.50m) each way (minimum) Rows: 8' 2" (2.50m) with 8' 2" (2.50m) row gap...

Companions Cucumber, Tomato, Kale, Broccoli and Cabbage. Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area. Harvesting Phacelia can be pulled up and composted or turned under any time.

Cold also can kill plants back to their roots, from which new plants often re-grow. Figs can be dried or made into fig preserves. Feeding Topdress the root zone with a balanced organic fertilizer each spring, and mulch with well-rotted organic matter...

Feeding Drench every two weeks with an organic liquid fertilizer. Planting and Harvesting Calendar < Back to All Plants Pests which Affect Cabbage (Fall Red) Aphid, Cabbage Aphids (General) Cabbage Root Maggot Cabbage Worm Cutworm Diamondback Moth Flea...

Frost tolerant Cranberries tolerate extreme cold, but blossoms are subject to cold damage in spring. Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area.

Companions Endive, Mizuna, Tatsoi and Mustard. Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area. Troubleshooting Bitter flavor is often due to hot weather.

Harvesting Pick when richly colored and fully ripe. When growing dwarf lemons in containers, avoid potting soils that contain wetting agents. In winter, plants may be moved into a greenhouse, sunroom, or heated garage Frost tolerant No. Grow at temperatures...

Frost tolerant None. Persistent wet conditions can cause strawflowers to rot. Crop Rotation Group Miscellaneous ● Soil Fertile, well-drained soil. In midsummer, drench plants with a liquid plant food to stimulate new growth.

Companions Allium, Garlic and Chives. Lavender, purple, pink and white are the most common flower colors. The rounded flowers of many ornamental alliums work like colorful exclamation points in mixed flowerbeds.

Companions Colchicums make their green growth in spring, so they work well when grown with daffodils and other spring-flowering bulbs. Spacing Single Plants: 5" (15cm) each way (minimum) Rows: 5" (15cm) with 5" (15cm) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant Set...

Companions Tomato, Apple, Apricot, Plum, Cherry, Pear, Peach, Raspberry, Red Currant and Gooseberry. Among the most deer-resistant of all edibles. Shake off soil, and cure whole plants dry in a warm, shady place for two weeks before trimming and storing...

Companions Eggplant. Planting and Harvesting Calendar < Back to All Plants Pests which Affect Tarragon Aphids (General) Slug Snail Frost tolerant A cold-hardy perennial, tarragon can survive temperatures to -20F (-30C).

Frost tolerant Bok choy can tolerate light frost, but exposure to cold temperatures in spring can trigger early bolting. Troubleshooting Flea beetles often chew small holes in bok choy leaves in spring, but are less of a problem in the fall.