Your 2025 Garden

[CatInTheHenHouse]

@CatInTheHenHouse, where are you located? You can add that to your profile.

I'm in zone 5, or 6a if we should believe the "rezoning" that was done a couple years ago.

New England area. I keep it off on purpose because of rampant paranoia and also my grow zone is usually sufficient.

I’m in 5b, and am likewise ignoring the rezoning.

 

[Nomadicus]

My 2025 garden prep is underway. I'm about done with a frame to suspend grow lights from over a banquet table out in the sun room were we start seedlings. Need to drill 8 pilot holes and put in screws and part one is done. I have two banks of LED grow lights that will cover one end or about 1/4 of the table. I'll be shopping now for a long style fixture for the rest of the table. A tray on the short end can have grow lights down close and the rest of the table a longer stronger light up higher to accommodate growth. Trays are ready to fill with seed starting mix. I'm going to try and grow tomatoes in a semi shaded area in a 10" deep raised bed fill with sterile soil and see if I can get around the virus problem here. If this doesn't work I use a tunnel structure made with cattle panels and the fabric like covers the tunnels that big ag uses. Citrus is being grown in them to prevent the new diseased that have struck producers hard. Both canker and greening.

 

[Nomadicus]

New England area. I keep it off on purpose because of rampant paranoia and also my grow zone is usually sufficient.

I’m in 5b, and am likewise ignoring the rezoning.

I would too. The cold temps are what cause problems. Plant to early in the spring based on a false zoning or to late in the summer can spell disaster. I don't know what they currently say I'm in now and don't care. I'm sticking with 8b.