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Preferences
Store your preferences, such as your average first and last frost
date and the number of people for whom you are gardening. You may
also view a list of the plants you have selected to grow, and
delete any whcih no longer interested you from your preferred plants
list. To add plants to your preferred plants list, please use
the search or browse options.
DatabaseBrowse Browse the plant database.
SearchSearch for a specific plant.
CalculationsPlanting Schedule (New!)
Create a Timeline showing when to sow seeds indoors, and
when to transplant or direct sow outdoors.
Note that these calculations will
be based on frost dates so they are subject to error. Please use
your common sense and adjust according to your local conditions
during the particular year.
Quantity*
Calculate how much of each item to plant for your family's
needs. Note that these calculations are based on national
averages so your results may vary greatly. For example,
apples and canteloupes perform very differently in Florida
and Vermont!
Space*
Calculate how much space your desired garden will require.
Note that these calculations are based on national averages
so your results may vary greatly. For example, the soil
and rainfall in Idaho are very different to that found in
Nevada.
Administrators OnlyAdd/Edit Plants
Add a plant group to the database, such as "Corn, sweet" or "Tomato".
To add a specific variety, such as "Country Gentleman" corn or
"Mortgage Lifter" tomato, use the Add Cultivar option.
Add Cultivar
Add a specific variety, such as "Country Gentleman" corn or
"Mortgage Lifter" tomato to the database.
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- a - annual - Plants that are started from seed and produce seed themselves within one growing season. -ltward Back to Top - b - - c - - d - dent corn - Most commonly grown type of corn; also called field corn. Good for feed and syrup, sugar, starch, oil. -ltward determinate - Determinate tomatoes grow to a fixed size. All of their fruit ripens more or less at once. -ltward Back to Top - e - - f - flint corn - Very hard, multicolored kernels. Used for autumn decorations, hominy, polenta, and masa harina. -ltward flour corn - Starchy and soft kernels, used for making fine corn flour. -ltward Back to Top - g - - h - hybrid - Hybrid seeds are the first generation offsprings of two distinct varieties of the same species. Hybrids may be sterile. More commonly, they will produce offspring but the offspring fail to breed true - that is, they differ from the parents. -ltward Back to Top - i - indeterminate - Indeterminate tomatoes continue to grow throughout the season; they are sometimes called vining tomatoes. -ltward Back to Top - j - - k - - l - - m - - n - - o - open pollinated - A plant that is identical to its parent plants and, when pollinated with itself or another plant of the same variety, will produce seed that in turn grows into a plant with the same characteristics. -ltward Back to Top - p - - q - - r - - s - sweet corn - Corn on the cob. Eaten like a vegetable, either fresh or preserved by canning or freezing. -ltward Back to Top - t - test2 - test -ltward Back to Top - u - - v - - w - - x - - y - - z - |