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
Cucumis sativus
Peat pots if you start them — the root does not like a move. Warm soil, not a cold May.
Start indoors 4 weeks before last frost. Transplant 1–3 weeks after last frost.
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Fruit · Seed
Momordica charantia
Treat it as a cucumber that wants more heat. Nick the seed. Trellis.
Start indoors 4 weeks before last frost. Transplant 2–4 weeks after last frost.
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Herb · Seed
Borago officinalis
Taproot. Direct is kinder. Bees first, cucumber-cool leaf second. It self-sows.
Start indoors 4 weeks before last frost. Transplant 1–3 weeks after last frost.
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