Eugen ly e ’s
Week al
Annu
Planting Guide
Gardeners,
get
started!
T
his year’s planting guide gives you guidance for
when to plant starts outside in the Willamette
Valley from Cottage Grove to Portland.
The fi rst column gives information on when to start
plants indoors before then planting outside. If you are
already gardening — or eating produce — then we hope
you know what a ripe vegetable looks like. But for root
vegetables that hide beneath the dirt, such as potatoes
and carrots, look for crowning in the soil for indication of
ripe produce.
The Rest
of the Year
September - November
Covercrops
As Oregon moves into fall and the harvest season wraps
up, it is time to plant cover crops. Legumes like crimson
clover give soil a healthy boost of nitrogen, while various
grasses can add organic matter to your soil for tilling
come spring.
January - February
Compost/Build Beds
It might be cold and wet outside, but it’s still time to
think of your garden.
Till your cover crop into your soil, add compost, map out
your coming garden and build beds. Take into account
watering and drainage, note that limiting the width of
your bed to 4 feet makes the center easy to reach, and
think about companion planting (putting plants that ben-
efi t one another near each other) and fi nally, of course,
sunlight.
Start plants indoors this
long before planting date
Beets
Broccoli
Snap Beans
Cabbage
Cannabis
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celery
Chard
Cucumber
Corn
Eggplant
Garlic
Kale
Kohlrabi
Lettuce
Onions
Parsley
Peas
Peppers
Potatoes
Pumpkins
Spinach
Tomatoes
Zucchini
Watermelons
Jan Feb Mar Apr Ma
not suitable
6 weeks
not suitable
6 weeks
8 weeks
not suitable
6 weeks
9 weeks
not suitable
4 weeks
not suitable
9 weeks
not suitable
not suitable
not suitable
5 weeks
10 weeks
10 weeks
not suitable
10 weeks
not suitable
4 weeks
not suitable
8 weeks
4 weeks
4 weeks
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