Part XV
Give a last frost date and a USDA zone. The folio returns when to start indoors, transplant, or sow outdoors — vegetables, herbs, flowers, and fruit.
Typical last frost for 6b is the date we filled in. A ridge runs colder than a hollow — treat the week as a window, not a promise. Soil temperature still rules a bean.
Your frost and zone
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3 of 109 crops in the folio
Vegetable · Seed
Zea mays
Blocks, not a single row, so the wind can pollinate. Soil 60°F, not a calendar wish.
Sow outdoors 1–3 weeks after last frost. Soil about 60°F before anything goes in the ground.
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Flower · Seed
Centaurea cyanus
Bachelor’s button with the lettuce. A fall sowing winters in zone 7 and warmer.
Start indoors 4–6 weeks before last frost. Transplant 0–2 weeks before last frost.
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Herb · Crown
Armoracia rusticana
Root cuttings in early spring. Give it a corner you will never want back.
Plant crowns 1–4 weeks before last frost. Soil about 40°F before anything goes in the ground.
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