Vegetable Planting Guide For The Ottawa Area
By
George Bushell
1st
Week of March - Start onions from
seeds
indoors
-
Place sweet potatoes in water to sprout indoors
1st
Week of April -
Start tomatoes,
peppers and eggplant indoors
-
Start early brassicas and romaine lettuce indoors if you have a cold
frame
Middle of April
- (or whenever soil can be worked) plant
peas, radish, lettuce, spinach & a few onion sets for greens
outdoors
3rd Week
of April - Transplant
brassicas and romaine lettuce
to cold frame
1st
Week of May -
Start watermelon and
cantaloupe indoors
-
Start one container of slicing cucumbers indoors
-
Plant beets and carrots for early harvest, Swiss chard and storage
onions
outdoors
Middle of May
- Start early corn outdoors (if soil
reasonably warm)
-
Plant early potatoes--
Last Week of May
- Cut sweet potato vines into 7-8” pieces
and place in 2-3” of water to root
-
- Start mid-season corn,
green beans, cucumbers and squash outdoors
-
-
Transplant tomatoes and peppers outdoors
1st
Week of June -
Plant lima beans and
okra outdoors
-
Transplant sweet potatoes, watermelons, cantaloupes and slicing
cucumber
outdoors
2nd Week
of June - Plant late corn
outdoors
-
Plant winter storage carrots, beets,
rutabagas and potatoes outdoors at end of week
-
Start late season brassicas (cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli)
outdoors for
later transplanting
1st
Week of July -
Plant Chinese
vegetables/cabbage outdoors
-
Transplant late season brassicas
Late August - Start fall garden of
radish, lettuce and onion sets
1st Week
of Sept - Start
spinach and onion sets for spring harvest
Late
Sept -
Plant garlic bulbs for spring harvest