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GARDEN CLIPPINGS: Planting summer vegetable seeds

Too many gardeners have told me that their veggies aren’t growing yet. 

The plants are not dying, but they look the same as the day they were planted in the middle of May.   

GARDEN CLIPPINGS: Planting summer vegetable seeds Back to video

Therein lies the issue. Aha! The middle of May was only three weeks ago, as of writing. May was cooler than we would have liked, and plants don’t like cold soil. 

That’s true for tomatoes, but especially true for peppers. Peppers will remain stubbornly idle until sunshine is steady, and nighttime temperatures are consistently above 10 C.   

Lettuce, radish,........

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