Time to plant salad gardens

[Hotzcatz]

Aloha Punatics!

Anyone else out there planting salad gardens now? Generally early fall is a good time to plant salad gardens for greens and beans and such. The plants will grow a bit slower since there's less sun, but it isn't as hot so the plants don't bolt. Also they have time to get established before the winter rains come.

The U of H has some nice seeds:
http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/seed

The "home packets" are $1.00 each and I think that covers postage, too. Good prices, especially for seen which is pre-selected for our climate.

Well, gotta go put up some bean trellis.

A hui hou,
Cathy

[hpp4me]

I never knew about this seed source! God I wish I could just quit my job, move today, put the house up, and start gardening!

P.S. Thank you!!!

Edited by - hpp4me on 08/31/2007 09:02:19

[Kukanaka]

Mahalo Cathy. I'm ordering mine now. Any suggestions on what the plant this time of year?

Aloha ke Akua
Loko

[Hotzcatz]

This time of year is good to plant things that like cooler weather. Peas, beans, greens, etc. I've got collards, beets, pole beans, indeterminate tomatoes and green peppers started. The lettuce seeds get direct sown since lettuces are too fussy to transplant from the starting flats. Whatever is planted should be grown enough when the rains start to survive the winter rains.