Succession Planting

Some annuals have a relatively short bloom season, just as some vegetables are harvested once and then are gone. To have a continual supply of color or food, plant seeds of these in succession, a couple of weeks apart, from spring to mid summer. I have harvested big, juicy Tomatoes in November from a July planting, and enjoyed fresh, vigorous Marigolds in late summer from summer planting. Beans and Corn are also excellent for succession planting, and a second planting of Zinnia makes a wonderful late summer display.

 

Gardeners' Quotes

"You can tell which diseases tomatoes are resistant to by looking for letters such as V, F, N and T after the name of the tomato.  Each letter represents a problem the plant is bred to resist, and the more letters the better!"

---from Orene Horton's book, "Clippings from Orene's Garden"---