March Planting Guide Zones 5 & 6 - What you should plant in your garden in March
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- March Planting Guide Zones 5 & 6 - What you should plant in your garden in March
Here's a look at what you can be planting both indoors and outside in your garden in March if you live in Gardening Zones 5 and 6. I also cover some basic garden tasks that you should be working on in March, including pruning.
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Finally! Someone who talks about my zone! Yea!
Welcome!
I'll be 70 in 4 months and have been gardening many years. I also took the Master Gardener course years ago. Here in zone 6 where I live, I've always planted potatoes on St Patty's Day, unless it was too wet, snow, etc. The latest I ever went past that date was two weeks once, and my crop was late coming in, of course. I have never covered my potatoes. I also plant the whole potato, not pieces as most do. I think, if I remember, you do also? By planting on St Patty's Day, I harvest the third week of June. I like to plant some blue, or purple potatoes, as they are said to have 4 times the antioxidants of other potatoes, but they don't get very large, so I plant Yukon Gold as well. I plant on hills in rows, 50' long, and usually two rows. I used drip tape with a timer so watering is a breeze. I used to plant more, but now I don't get any help planting, harvesting, etc. and my body isn't up to more.
I find your emails informative. I'm always trying to learn more. We should never think we know it all. I learn new stuff every year. Like two years ago when I ran across You Tube explaining using cattle panels to make arches for vining plants to climb. I built my first one in 2018 and it was great. This year I'll build more. I'm also thinking of building a small green house using old storm windows on framed walls and plastic stretched over cattle panels for the roof. You have to stay active or the body wants to stop moving! Gardening in Kansas
I'm a science teacher and we are all shut out of school due to corona. I'm trying to learn how to garden and sharing the experience with my students on my TH-cam channel. This video was REALLY helpful to me as I don't know what I'm doing. For example, I was about to plant tomato plants outdoors a couple of days ago when my neighbor/gardening expert stopped me because it is WAY too early to do that. Thanks again. I subscribed and look forward to more of your videos.
Thanks and welcome to the channel. I'm sure the whole online teaching thing is a big challenge for you. It has been quite an adjustment. My wife teaches PE at an elementary and has been doing videos for the kids twice a week! Good luck with your garden!
I’m in 6b, too, this is super helpful, thanks!
You are very welcome!!
I’m a beginner gardener in Zone 5 but I plan to mostly use bags and a small raised garden bed. Trouble here is we are in a drought and they’re predicting a hot and dry spring! Last year began getting hot in May and by June 100 degree temps so I’m hoping they’ll be a warm April and May so I can plant. Your video was helpful. I always want to plant flowers early but along comes snow in May!
I'm glad that it was helpful!
Thank you; I'm preparing for my beginner garden this summer and this was very helpful!
You are so welcome!
Super helpful, I'm a novice gardener and I'm just too lazy to make a notebook of what things to do when - I'll probably reference this video series for a couple years until I either retain the information myself or muster up the will to write these things down. Looking forward to the April guide. Thank you!
This is very helpful for me as a new gardener in zone 6. I am looking forward to this series. Thank you!
We're dying for the zone 5/6 April planting guide. :-) Keep up the good work!
Working on them today. I hope to have them up in the next day or 2 .
Here's the link for the new video:
th-cam.com/video/2HNcPB-hFLM/w-d-xo.html
I was told by some I was planting my cool weather plants to early. I am in zone 6.Thank you confirming I am not. I feel more confident now with my gardening. Thank you for the video. I am subscribing!! Thanks again!
You are welcome!!
My neighbor tried to tell me it was too early to grow anything, but I've got kale, mustard greens, radishes, broccoli. Don't listen to know-it-alls.
Hey Gang! Here's this month's planting guide for Zones 5 & 6. I should have the other videos up later this evening for the other zones. Enjoy!!
We will be opening our gardening academy soon!! Follow this link to sign up for the wait list!
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ourstoneyacres our garden is under 3 feet of snow here in zone 5 yet. Onions and leeks planted 4 weeks ago and doing good.
Thank you for the knowledge you share with us. I’m really excited to get more started and this has helped.
This will be my 1st spring garden. Thank you for your videos they are extremely helpful
Best of luck!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! IM IN ZONE 6B too!!!
You're welcome!!
Finally, someone who answered my question. Can you tell me about when I can direct sow onion seed outside in zone 6 (Ohio just south of Cleveland). We're pushing the end of March. I'm a teacher. Spring Break is coming up. For the first time in years, they aren't predicting Noah's floods for our spring so I'd like to get things started.
I never recommend direct sowing onions. You should plant them from either seedlings or sets (and my preference is seedlings). You just don't have enough time in Zone 6 to direct sow.
Thank you! I am working hard to expand my garden and harvest availability during this uncertain time due to the virus. I appreciate your knowledge.
Lisa, zone 5, Illinois
In Zone 6B, Kentucky. Glad to find your channel. Very helpful
Thanks and welcome
Great seasonal planting guide - especially for someone who moved from zone 10a to 5b! It would be helpful if you could include a written list of crops, dates, etc. It would make it easier to take notes. Thank you!
Boy that will be a big change for you!! Zone 10 to 5 is a big jump.
Love your videos!
Thank you!
Me too! 😊
Same here in 6b- potatoes in on St. Patty’s Day! I forget what state you’re in? I’m southern Missouri 😊-Kristy! But got a bit excited and have my kiddie pool gardens and wheel barrow gardens already stocked with onions and then 23 potatoes in ground and the others healing after I cut up!!!!
We are 6b Utah.
What a great reminder. Thanks for sharing!
You're welcome.
You may want to add broad beans to your repertoire. I started mine last week, and when they are a bit bigger they get replanted into milk crates (9 plants per crate), and put into the greenhouse until its time to plant my tomatoes. Then they get lugged out and set in a sheltered spot (its very windy where we live) to keep growing. I get a decent harvest from them. When the weather warms up, I also plant more in the main garden.
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!
Good job .NIce video series .I started my peppers last year on March 1. I plan on starting mid feb this year .
Good luck!
Thank you... very informative videos.. Can you please make a video on hardy perennial roses for zone 5 to 9
I'm not much of a flower guy, if you can't eat it I don't grow it. So you might need to search some other places for that info. Sorry.
Thank you for the informative video!
You bet!
This was so useful thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much. this really helped.
You're welcome!
Great info. Can u guide on flower plants/shrubs in the flower bed? Thank u
Should I be fertilizing my soil before I plant seeds outdoors. Awesome video. Thank you.
Thank you
You're welcome
Very informative. Love it
Glad you enjoyed it!
When you say to “put out in the garden in late March (or early April)” does that mean you harden the seedlings for a week outside in late March or you are actually planting them directly in the garden in late March? Thanks!! Love your videos!
Thanks 4 useful tips.im in zone7 so getting ready to put cool crops in raised beds
You're welcome! Here's a link to my zone 7 guide.
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Good explanation. Thx for sharing
You're very welcome
I'm in 6b too! Thank you!
Gardening has been on my mind for a minute and watching video since February I live in Ohio Akron Canton area just last night I separated my seed packs indoor outdoor seedlings I found this informative if I have any questions how can I contact you this is only my second year doing a garden thank you very much
Our website is www.ourstoneyacres.com. You would also love our Gardening Academy. We are opening it up to new members later in the month. Here's a link to sign up for the waiting list:
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2nd year gardener here, it’s funny how much harder it is this year now that I know way more yet oh sooo little still. 🤣
I do a LOT of containers in my tiny zone 6a yard. So my big question is... can I sew seeds outside in containers the same way I would in the ground in the early spring???
Yep, as long as they are cool season crops.
@@StoneyAcresGardening Awesome! Thank you. I’m REALLY eager to start Snap/Snow Peas. I have flowers like Violas, Sunflowers, Marigolds, Morning Glory’s I’d like to start too. I’m hoping to do a bunch of edible pod beans in containers soon too but it sounds like I need to wait for the weather to be more dry...
Hi from Polettirosa Homestead. I live in 6b, in Wise County VA, Southwest VA
Welcome!
In zone 6 you can start planting a lot match 19 too April especially this year it has been a abnormally Warner winter most places have been 1 or 2 zone warmer this year then normal
We have been pretty mild this year, but not that mild. We still got our annual dose of single digits in late December.
Thank you.. planting tomorrow.. PA here.. Raised bed.. I can cover.
Same here
I know that this is a year old but im curious about starting kale indoors?
I start kale and spinach in the fall, they stay small and look dead over the winter and shoot up fast and get huge early in the spring. Zone 6
We plant in the fall as well. I just like to have a constant supply of new plants, we eat a lot of greens around our place and kale is a big part of that.
Thanks for the infi
Any time!
Good stuff, thanks!
Glad you liked it!
I have the worst luck gardening one year.... Black ants raids everything in sight. What is the best solution to avoid from recurring ?
Thank you, Great tips.
Zone 5b. Sweet peas. When can I plant out?
New to Idaho, I went to your website for the zone, didn't see it.
Follow this link to the article. It will then point you to the USDA website and you can put in your zip code>
ourstoneyacres.com/what-is-my-garden-zone
I believe you are quite a bit behind later late April or May might be your start date guessing!
I have a lot of trees in perimeter of possible garden area. Would you recommend container gardening over raised beds? 5b zone🙂
I"m not a big fan of containers, they require a lot more water and fertilizers, so If you have the space I would go with raised beds or in ground. You biggest worry will be shade from the trees.
Is it time to prune roses?
I was just going thru my seeds in the freezer and mapping out my garden. I'm tentatively zone 6a but on the border of 5. I'm hoping to get seeds for root veggies and greens in the ground by the end of the month so thanks for the tips. Question: I have red raspberry bushes that I am giving my SIL, when is a good time to dig them up for transplant? Thank you.
I always wait until the new grow starts coming up at the base and then transplant those new young starts. Here's a link to a video that will help:
th-cam.com/video/AjIDzKsbH6E/w-d-xo.html
@@StoneyAcresGardening Thank you for the link!
Cheryl Craig you must be in Carmel Indy area.
@@Adeline9418 I am in mid-to Mideast Ohio bordering the blotch of 5b-6a. Has it's pros and cons as every zone has but I am low elevation in a heavily wooded area where sunshine is a premium! Great info here on ourstoneyacres!
I live in PEI and in Zone 5. Nothing goes in the ground before June. We shovel snow into April.
Even cool season crops?
@@StoneyAcresGardening for most of us backyard gardeners. We have frost into June.
i'm 5b and my last frost date can be as late as june 5th
Hi great info I live in 7a and we have been having beautiful weather 60s during the day and mid 30s at night.. My garlic I planted in November is really starting to take off.. I've been keeping it mulched because our last frost date is April 25th but my soil is really wet from rain.. Should I remove the mulch so it can dry out
. Concerned about root rot
Watch the forecast their gonna be a big warmup most of March
We are cooling back down this week.
Zone 6. I put down carrot and Alaska pea seeds. There is about 2 to 4 inches of barn manure/shavings. Then a layer of hay. All in a cold frame/tunnel. Was this foolish? First time gardening after moving from California.
No not foolish. I love cold frames they are a great way to extend your growing season. And a great place to experiment.
@@StoneyAcresGardening thank you for the videos and advice. Can you do a hardening off video of you have the time. Killed brassica seedlings in two days trying to harden them off for cold frames. They had true leaves, are pretty leggy due to no larger containers for transfer, and were started too early.
When should we sow flower seeds in zone 6 or 6b?
It depends on the type of flower and how cold sensitive it is.
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What about artichokes from seeds?? Thank you!
I'm really sorry, but I the wrong person to be asking about Artichokes, they don't grow well in our area and they are something I have no experience growing. Can any one else help Mary???
@@StoneyAcresGardening ok, thank you. Lol, maybe that is why I wasn’t successful, because I don’t grow well in my area either I’m in zone 5B.
I'm supposed to prune my little blueberry bushes?
Yep, every year.
I’m in Ohio I stated April first *didnt know what I was doing just got started put everything in peat pellets I have small plants now under the lights.... just finished building my bed .... is it too late for me to take them outside ?
hi what state is stoney acres in?
We are in Utah
What is your location? I will be growing a garden for the 1st time in Chesterton in. Am I in zone 6 or 6a?
We are in Utah, Zone 6b
Please tell us where are zone 5&6?
There is a link in the video description that will help you find your garden zone.
Where are you located? I'm in Mercer county,Western PA.
Just south of Salt Lake City Utah
Hey...what happened to flower seeds? January videos included flowers. LOL
gust got a sub HAHA
Hooray!
...and if one were to prefer a paid assistant answer their comment?🤔
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No paid assistant here, It's just me answering comments, TH-cam doesn't pay enough for me to afford and assistant!! LOL!
Talk to much telling the weather instead of planting
You literally repeated your last video. I thought you were trying to be a gardener not a TH-cam star.
Thanks for this video really had a lot of info was thinking of starting a garden at my new house. Really dont know where to start so I thought Id start with what zone I live in. Not many videos that explain like yours so I really enjoyed this.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you
You're welcome!!