Comments on: What I Always Plant Midsummer for an Epic Fall Harvest https://gardenbetty.com/seed-starting-in-the-summer/ Gardening made easy, life made simpler. Sun, 06 Jul 2025 14:26:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dan Hemenway https://gardenbetty.com/seed-starting-in-the-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-75287 Sun, 06 Jul 2025 14:26:14 +0000 http://gardenbetty.com/?p=8439#comment-75287 In reply to theGardenBetty.

One other point: In succession planting, I try to never follow plants from one family with plants from the same family. So I would not follow pac choi with radishes, because they are in different genera, but the same botanical family. Someone should make a chart for people who don’t happen to have this knowledge…but not me.

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By: Dan Hememway https://gardenbetty.com/seed-starting-in-the-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-75286 Sun, 06 Jul 2025 14:18:43 +0000 http://gardenbetty.com/?p=8439#comment-75286 In reply to Linda Ly.

I use the ratty leaves from turnips etc as mulch. Also use weeds except oxalis, which I detest and toss into the path. I position up rooted weeds so that the roots don’t touch soil. The sun does the rest.

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By: Linda Ly https://gardenbetty.com/seed-starting-in-the-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-67914 Thu, 04 Jul 2024 07:07:19 +0000 http://gardenbetty.com/?p=8439#comment-67914 In reply to TJ.

You can definitely wait a few more weeks to start your fall garden. When I sow carrot seeds, I put a very thin layer of straw mulch over the soil to help retain some moisture, since the surface dries out much faster in summer. You can also cover the bed with a floating row cover or something similar, and water over it. (Remove the cover once the seeds germinate.)

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By: TJ https://gardenbetty.com/seed-starting-in-the-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-67888 Wed, 03 Jul 2024 18:05:02 +0000 http://gardenbetty.com/?p=8439#comment-67888 Are you mulching the carrots after they sprout or after you sow the seed?
I live in the deep south, temps here are 90-100 deg. most days with at least 50% humidity. I think I may have to wait another month before I can sow seed outdoors. I do plant succession waves of black eye and field peas. Top-pick purple hull peas do wonderful in the heat!

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By: nativegardener https://gardenbetty.com/seed-starting-in-the-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-4990 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 23:20:25 +0000 http://gardenbetty.com/?p=8439#comment-4990 Seed Starting in the Summer http://t.co/Zh9xorXD4e #paperli

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