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Transplanting Snapdragon Seedlings

What a beautiful March we have had! Many of us were able to work in the yard, do some spring clean up and even some planting. Did anyone get their peas planted on St. Patrick’s Day?

Transplanting Snapdragon Seedlings - Whose hands are these?

But don’t let the warm weather fool you! After a week of record warmth we have had freeze warnings this week. Our frost free target date is still May 15th with a 10% chance of frost until Memorial Day. It’s OK to plant trees, shrubs and perennials now as long as they were grown outside or cool and from our zone (zone 5) or colder. Onion, lettuce, radishes, spinach and peas can also be sown in your garden. Remember do not work or plant in the garden if soil is still wet. Wet soil will compact easily and plants will not grow well. If you can squeeze the soil and it stays clumped it is too wet. When dry, soil should crumble.

Talking about planting…we are transplanting peppers, eggplant and tomatoes this week. Next week we will transplant coleus, impatiens, petunias and cosmos. With warm weather the seeds germinated quickly and there are a lot of seedlings ready to plant.