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Succession Planting Succession planting provides a continuous stream of a particular vegetable over an extended portion of the growing season. For example, by practicing succession planting, your garden can produce lettuce continuously, over most of the gardening season. And it is easy to do! How to plant successive crops: It's incredibly easy. It just takes a little planning. We will use lettuce as our example. Instead of planting a large crop, sow a small row or even partial row, sufficient for a week or two's harvest at most. Plant each row or partial row every two weeks. After three to five plantings, you will be able to use the space from the first row again, as it will be harvested. As summer approaches, use lettuce varieties that are more heat tolerant. Then, change back to cooler weather lettuce in the fall. Make observations and keep notes on how well your succession plan worked. Make alterations in future seasons, as necessary. The exact timing between harvests will vary. Several factors affect the timing of each plants' maturation. They include the grower, soil quality, plant variety, and weather to name a few. Any vegetable with a short growing cycle is a potential candidate. You can even practice this method of expanding the harvest period on longer growing vegetables like corn. For vegetables like corn, there is two basic methods of doing so. With the first method, you divide the garden space that you allot for corn into three or four portions. Then plant each section one to two weeks apart. A second method is to choose four different varieties with four different maturity dates. Again, divide your garden space into three or four sections. But, this time, plant is all varieties at once. A variation of this is to plant the early corn first, the next type one week or so later, and so on. If you are planting a lot of corn, this gives a small break in between harvests. As much as we all love corn on the cob, some people do get tired of it, if it is eaten too frequently. Vegetables that work well with succession planting( Some key examples): Excellent Carrots- Harvest small carrots as "baby carrots" early, then a continuous harvest. Grow two or three plantings two weeks apart. Lettuce -most types, especially non-heading ones do very well. Select more heat tolerant varieties in mid-summer. Radish- Their short growing cycle makes them ideal candidates. But, how many can you eat!?! Spinach- Switch to heat tolerant varieties in the summer. Good Beans- plant every two weeks. Try different varieties! Corn Onions- Green onions work best Peas- Peas have a short enough growing cycle, they just do not grow well in mid-summer heat. Zucchini- Usually two or three at most plantings per year. Okay Cucumber- You can usually get two crops. More Information: Buy Flower, Vegetable and Herb Seeds Finest quality Ferry Morse Seed, America's oldest seed company with their famous "guarantee to grow". Sponsors - Shop For: Gardening: Annual Seeds Perennials Seeds Vegetable Seeds Herb Seeds Organic Seed/Supply Flower Bulbs Composters Greenhouses Houseplants Planters Raised Beds Supplies Tools Yard & Deck: Grills Hammocks Hose Carts/Reels Outdoor Fireplace Outdoor Storage Statues/Elves Pest Control Seasonal: Halloween Thanksgiving Christmas Other Holidays Carving Stuff Jello Molds Lights House Flags Candles Decorations Kitchen/Party Supply TGN OnLine Florist

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