Hmmm...
I was just tinkering with the calendar app here on garden.org and came upon something confusing to me. (Remember, it doesn't take much to confuse me!
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I entered my zip code and it came up showing a suggested earliest planting date of March 27. This is, in my opinion, really too soon for warmth-loving okra. But, again, I'm no genius.
It did make me start tinkering around with the calendar a bit.
I entered a zip code for a town roughly 65-70 miles to the north of me and maybe 40-50 feet lower elevation and it suggested the earliest date for planting okra is March 22. That is five days earlier than it states for my area and I'm a fair distance further south.
So then I moved to the west to a town about 65-70 miles to the west of me at roughly the same latitude and elevation and the calendar suggests the earliest planting date for okra as being April 9.
I looked back at the Alabama Extension Office's suggested earliest planting time at it shows April 10.
Through my own records of freezing temperatures I've averaged that the latest freeze date is April 15.
And, finally, most folks around here wait a bit later than the April 10, state recommended date so that the soil has warmed up more.
Just some gleanings from an early morning computer frenzy...
So...is your head hurting yet from reading all of this?
Ed
