It’s not too late to continue planting, whether you’ve been behind the ball for the season or have already harvested your first vegetables.
Master Gardener Ed Buyarski advises against starting another crop of radishes or spinach until late July. Otherwise, they might bolt as the summer solstice approaches. It’s also too late to plant tomatoes and peppers from seed unless you have a lighted greenhouse.
But it’s a great time to plant more potatoes, carrots, lettuce, broccoli, swiss chard and peas.
Here’s a neat trick: instead of waiting for garden space to open up, start some vegetables now and then transplant them into your garden after you harvest your first crop and clear out the plot.
“You can plant them in pots and have them ready to go in,” Buyarski said. “And, three weeks or a month from now when you take out something else out of the garden, you’ve got some new plants to go into those spaces.”
Don’t forget to check soil temperature, replenish soil nutrients by adding fertilizer or compost, and water appropiately for consistent moisture content.
