NORTHERN NEVADA VEGETABLE PLANTING GUIDE (These are approximate dates. Year-to-year variation may need to be considered.)
February 15 Start indoors seeds for April 1st transplanting out under walls-of-water (w-o-w’s) - tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, etc.
April 15 Plant potatoes. For a jump-start, plant squash, cucumber or melon seeds into soil under w-o-w’s.
May 15 Seed or transplant into soil without protection - cucumbers, corn, melons, okra, peppers, tomatoes, basil, sweet potatoes, eggplant, beans, squash, pumpkins, and other warm season crops - Keep covers handy just in case a freeze is expected!
May 15 - 31 Remove w-o-w’s as weather warms (early morning only).
July 5 Latest recommended planting of corn.
July 15 For a fall crop. seed into soil - carrots, beets, mesclun mixes, cole, etc.
Oct. 15 Plant spinach and hardy lettuce and then cover with wire mesh etc. to keep critters away during winter.Oct. 1 - 31 Plant garlic and shallot cloves while the soil is warm so they can root before the ground freezes
* cabbage, kohlrabi, chard, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, collards, and more
** lettuces, mustards, arugula, Asian greens, beets, cress, endive, mizuna, radicchio, sorrel, spinach, and such
*** onions, shallots, leeks, bunching onions, green onions, chives, etc.
**** tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, tomatillo, basil, and other cold sensitive plants
2009 - Bill and Korena Mewaldt