Calculate the number of days before the first cold weather
Quebec being a large territory, the first cold weather does not arrive everywhere at the same time. To know if you can resow, you need to know the approximate date when the first cold weather begins. Today, it is not always easy, because with climate change the beginnings of the seasons are sometimes later and the end of the seasons too.
In warmer regions, vegetables can be grown that require 45 days before being harvested, while in colder regions only those from 18 to 20 days can be sown.
Choosing the right species and varieties
Not all vegetables can be planted a second time. For example, with the exception of very compact varieties, tomatoes require 55 to 75 days to reach maturity, while we only have 45 days to the maximum. We must therefore select species whose cultivation period is short.
Among these vegetables, you also have to choose the right varieties. For example, some varieties of bok choy require 30 days of culture, while others ask for it 50.
Vegetables by maturity date
From fastest to slowest:
- Radish of every month: 18 to 30 days, especially radish French breakfast (25 days);
- meclun : 20 at 28 days, such as mixed lettucee (25 days);
- Mizuna : 20 to 40 days, the leaves of the red mizuna can be harvested after 20 days;
- Mustard : 21 to 40 days, with a harvest of young mustard leaves Great Wave Miike after 21 days;
- Pak choy : 21 to 50 days, Tatsoi Chinese cabbage is harvested from the 21ste day;
- Swiss chard : 25 to 50 days, the young leaves of Swiss chard Fordhook Giant are harvested after 25 days.
- Lettuce : 25 to 75 days, especially lettuce Oak Leaf (28 days) and many others;
- Curly and wild chicory : from 35 to 60 days, the first leaves can be picked after 30 to 40 and in particular that of the curly chicory Very fine market gardening and Catalona wild chicory.
- Turnip little : 35 à 60 days, but we can tear off small white turnips with purple collar at the end of 35 days;
- Roquette : 40 à 70 days, we choose the garden rocket whose harvest can start from 21 days;
- Spinach : 40 to 55 days, asVerdil spinach (40 days);
- Chews : 45 à 60, as the green salad;
- Dwarf bean : 48 to 55, provided you sow early in summer, you can obtain, for example, a harvest of Black Valentine beans;
- Beet : 55 à 60 days, however, beet greens can be eaten after 30 à 40 days and smaller beets can be harvested afterwards. One of the fastest beets is Touchstone Gold.
Harvest dates are approximate and may vary depending on weather and growing conditions.
To learn more about the days of harvesting seeds from ecoumene gardens, consult the article Understanding “days to maturity or harvest” in the ÉcouInfo section.
Sowing directly in the vegetable garden
Most of the time we proceed by sowing, directly in the vegetable garden. The challenge is then watering since at the time of sowing the heat is still quite present. THE bok choy , lettuce , rockets and kidney beans can also be sown in containers outdoors or indoors before being transplanted into the vegetable garden.
Whatever the situation, if the heat is still very present, it is sometimes indicated to provide shade to the young plants during the hottest hours of the day. A Bio Plus protective net protects both from the blazing sun and from insect pests.
Extend the season
If the temperature is expected to cool down, particularly at night, it is always possible to set up mini-tunnels covered with a Bio Plus protective net, An Novagryl floating cover, or a DeWitt protective cloth. An old sheet can also act as temporary protection. Spinach, lettuce, lamb's lettuce, mixed greens, turnips and radishes from all months can be protected in this way.
Rather than vegetables, you can opt for growing green manure. See Écouinfo on this subject: Green manures; a technique that greatly benefits your crops.
