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| I at the Zone 5/6 border in Illinois. Is it too late for me to plant bush green beans, marigolds, sunflowers? If not, when should I strive to be done by? I should be able to do it by this weekend. I tend to get a little consumed with weeding. I had some sweet corn seed from 09 that didn't come up and I need to fill in the empty areas. |
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- Posted by countrycarolyn 6-7nwTN (My Page) on Thu, Jun 16, 11 at 18:09
| Hey bookjunky!! Ya know I notice the farmers around here are planting soybeans. So the other day I got out some seeds just to see what they say. Ya know my sugar snap peas for my area actually recommend late july. I mean I have always grown up in this area and I always knew the farmers planted their beans a little later in the year but I had never read a seed pack till the other day. Now granted it does recommend planting them earlier in the year also. I went ahead and planted my peas and a few other types of beans. I didn't plant all of my seeds and I figured if they didn't do well I will just plant some more in late july. This is totally my opinion here but I would say for you in zone 5 you should have a better chance now than I do with the beans. As for the marigolds well I actually was extremely late on planting them, well about 3 weeks ago I decided to plant them. If they made it they made it if they didn't they didn't. Well so far so good I already have them planted in the ground. I guess I would check to see when your first frost is and if you have approximately 3 and a half months before I would say go for it. |
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| Here bush beans can be planted every two weeks or so until August for a continuous harvest. I no longer plant bush beans as we like pole beans. For timing and other veg garden questions I like to check my University extension site. Here is a link to the Illinois Extension site. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Guide for beans in Illinois
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