Veggies to plant in the garden now: This week’s gardening tips – The Times

into your South Louisiana garden this month (frost-wary gardeners can wait until mid-March to start planting): cantaloupe, collards, corn, cucumbers, cucuzzi, lima beans, mustard, mirliton, pumpkin, radishes, snap beans, Southern peas, summer squash, Swiss chard, watermelons, winter squash. Plant transplants of the following: eggplant (late March), kohlrabi, peppers and tomatoes. Mirlitons are planted using…
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Plant seeds of the following vegetables into your South Louisiana garden this month
(frost-wary gardeners can wait until mid-March to start planting):
cantaloupe, collards, corn, cucumbers, cucuzzi, lima beans, mustard,
mirliton, pumpkin, radishes, snap beans, Southern peas, summer squash,
Swiss chard, watermelons, winter squash. Plant transplants of the
following: eggplant (late March), kohlrabi, peppers and tomatoes.
Mirlitons are planted using the entire fruit with the sprouted end
buried in the soil about 3 inches deep.

More gardening tips:

Clean out your aquatic garden. It is advisable to do this if there is a thick layer of gunk on the bottom. It is best to get this done while the weather is cool, the plants are dormant and the fish are less active. Pond cleaning is the best time to divide and repot water and bog plants that are dormant or semi-dormant. Do not divide those in active growth, such as Louisiana irises and calla lilies.

Continue to plant roses purchased in containers. Bare root roses available at hardware stores, garden departments of chain stores and supermarkets should have been planted last month. They should be planted immediately at this point.

Make notes on your spring-flowering bulbs over the next few weeks while they are blooming. Record when they bloom, how well they performed and other relevant information. This will help you plan for planting this coming fall.