Seeds to Sow in May- Zone 6: Veg, Flowers & Herbs
Seeds to Sow in May- Zone 6: Veg, Flowers & Herbs
Curious what seeds to sow in May in Zone 6? Check out what I’m sowing from seed in my Zone 6a, Ohio garden this month. I share which vegetables, annual flowers and herbs I’m sowing from seed in May, and well as what is being transplanted into the garden.
May Zone 6
Direct Sow Outdoors:
• Beans (all types- snap, shell, bush/pole, lima, edamame, runner, yard long etc)
• Cowpeas/Southern Peas
• Corn (sweet, flint, dent, ornamental, popcorn)
• Annual flowers like cosmos, nasturtium, morning glories, wildflower mixes, nigella
• Sometimes I’ll do a late sowing of lettuce, carrots, beets, radish, mustard, collards if the weather is staying relatively cool
Direct sow OR transplant
• Okra
• Cucumber
• Summer Squash/Zucchini
• Pumpkin
• Winter Squash
• Watermelon, Cantaloupe and other Melons
• Gourds
• Castor Beans
• Marigold
• Zinnia
• Sunflower
• Basil
Transplant
• Late cabbage/ heat tolerant varieties of lettuce
• Tomatoes/Tomatillos/Ground Cherries
• Peppers
• Eggplant
• Brussels Sprouts
• Sweet Potatoes
• Peanuts
00:00 Intro
00:40 A Word about Last Frost Date
01:23 Seeds to Direct Sow in May
02:50 Seeds to Direct Sow OR Start Indoors in May
04:22 Veggies to Transplant in May
#zone6gardening
#ohiogardening
👌👌👌👌👌
What can I start in door for cool weather?I am in Zone 6a?
Zone 5b/6a.. I really want to plant my tomatoes out but my seedlings are so small Less than 3 inches some much smaller than that! I do have extras. Do you think I could risk planting some of them out? They are hardened off spending most of the day on the porch but just so tiny. I have planted out a zucchini rampicante seedling and a kajari melon seedling I have pre-germinated carrots in I planted some nastersham seeds today in several places and some calendula also summer squash seeds.
Is it safe to plant tomatoes next to tomatillos? I’ve never grown tomatillos, but I have some purple ones, I’d like to give a go. You’re almost to 10,000!!! Woot woot! Happy gardening 🧑🌾.
Thanks for the tips! Will you do a video on how to plant peanuts?
excellent! very handy. That last frost got my cuc’s, squash and zuch’s I had just brought out from the greenhouse…you can never get ahead in Spring planting!
Here in the UK, mid May, still cold and windy but not frosty, I keep testing the situation by placing one bean outside and it dies overnight. We still have no slugs which I take as a sign that it is too early to plant out. I believe they need 4 degrees before they parachute in.
thanks
I’m in zone 6b -South east PA. I have been wondering for years what that plant is, I’m so glad you show pictures of plants when listing them. I saw this plant on a trail one day and haven’t figured it out until you just mentioned it! The castor bean plant. They are so attractive! I want to plant it just for the aesthetic and then I can figure out what to do with the bean I guess. But where do you order your seeds from? Thanks so much! PS, I just found your channel this year. It’s so nice to finally have a YT influencer in my zone! Happy planting!
I grew up in and outside of Akron. I have been a gardener since I was about 10 years old, and although on average, we were fine to plant around May 20, it wasn’t always a guarantee.
Plus our backyard was very low-lying and a frost pocket as they call it. I remember one year we had a frost on June 22 (1992, I think) that was hard enough to kill pretty much all of our warm season crops. That was unusual, but it did happen.
You are such an inspiration for us zone 6rs. I’ve sprinkled some zinnias, I’ve lost some cucumbers and I’m planted out tomatoes and ginger as well as drip some bean seeds! Thank you so much
I’m in Zone 6b (Chicago) my tomatos and tomatillos are getting too tall for the house but the weather is crazy I dont trust it. Lol
Like your 6a garden and style of presenting. I’m also in 6a in northern Ohio near the west end of lake Erie (which does provide a mild frost protection) and typically put warm weather crops in on mothers day. Started my own plants from seed under grow lights since 1st week march. Peppers and tomatoes got a bit large for their pots, but I did a longer 2 week hardening off, just so I could move the plants into the garage at night during the crazy cold nights in early May. Now I’m all in, annual flowers, and veg transplants are in the ground. Thankfully, we have some nice warm weather coming. Last thing to plant is direct sow some cucumbers and green beans, that will be this coming weekend. keep up the good work. Cheers!
I want to plant a thorn bush, natural security under a northfacing, mostly shade, window, in zone 6a. Any ideas which bush would work?
Chicago 5b; starting tomorrow it will be 63 and by Friday high is supposed to be 82. Right now just DS carrots, peas, napa, radishes and transplanted kale, rapini, radicchio, and onion seedlings. After 2 more days of hardening off, warm crops will go in. You’ve got a lot of healthy tomatoes!! How close do you plant them?
A beautiful day to be gardening!!!
Zone 5b. Have my greens, lettuce, cabbage, carrots, cilantro, beets, radish, chives and onions going.
Usually May is when I put everything out. The freeze the other day got me so fed up, because last frost date already pass. I gardened in Ohio a few years so far and it’s the first time it get this cold in mid-May so I got caught out.
I ripped two of my steel raised bed off and built cold frames over it instead. Will have more low tunnels and a bigger greenhouse before end of season too.
Where’s the stevia
Got it!
Hi, Dottie here from NE Ohio,loving your videos and just love all your experiments!! I’m gardening in fabric pots this year in my fenced in patio-away from the deer 🦌! Thanks for all you do!! What was the name of the mini romaine lettuce that sounds like Tendim?? I’d like to try that! Thanks
Going to plant some corn and more lettuce soon. You have way more diversity than I do. Thanks for the video!
Wow.! Nice place again.nice jenna im happy to watch you.keep sharing my Dear Jenna.i admire you a lot😍
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Woke up to 37 degrees here this morning. Have another cold night coming tonight. They really need to adjust the last frost dates with the time change. Our last frost date is April 15th. That has been off for years now. Needs to be moved to May 15th. I know next year I will not be planting until May from here on out. The weather people have no clue until it happens anymore. As you know we have everything planted out now. Lost a bunch but we will recover. Stay safe my friend and have a wonderful rest of the week and weekend!
Madam video super 👋👌👌👌👌
Bell peppers, beets, bush beans, peas, Kale, carrots, and soon to be planted cucumbers and maybe watermelon. I love your channel!
Madam me call number, please
Here in NW Montana, we can have sudden one night drops in temperature of 50 degrees. Last September, during the first week, a bumper crop of tomatoes got hit a freakish cold snap, killing everything. Fortunately, the next 3 weeks were nice and warn the harvest ripened on the vine. This can happen in the spring as well.
Micro climates can be very different from river valleys making frost dates more of a guideline. I’m on the foothills of a mountain range that Glacier Park is in, making severe weather changes more likely. Yes, it is gorgeous here, and full of big game, including big Grizzly, but my micro climate is colder than zone 6, because of the wind currents that come down suddenly from these mountains. Ask the locals who garden in your area about their experiences. Some warm weather crops such as potatoes, because they grow several inches below the ground level, can be sown about 2 weeks ahead of the frost date.
This year, because of what is happening to our country, I am planted an extra large amount of potato for the purposes of producing potato seed. Food prices are expected to increase by 75% within the next 6 months, and our local supply of seed potato, just like last year, will be in short supply, as will other seed. Last year, I was prepared to supply friends with seed, and I will likely need to provide them with potato seed next spring. I can also supply them with lots of Swiss Chard seed as well. In my book, Swiss Chard, along with the potato, is a survival food in my region. Easy to grow, and grows in the snow. Although not a considered a ‘cold hearty’ plant, because the potatoes are under ground, they can escape the risk of frost, even if the plant tops are damaged going into the fall. Unlike tomatoes that need air to circulate, planted close together in a raised bed, the potato plants collectively protect themselves to some extent. It is also easy to throw some sort of frost protection, or covering over them, if one is forewarned about unseasonably cold weather. Throw clear plastic over them, and it has a green house result.
Most people are not thinking about the future. I’m also saving my used metal canning lids to give to them. Metal backed lids in good condition, can be reused. Dunn it many times. I have a life time supply of reusable hard plastic canning lids from Harvest Guard. Here is a rare account, an article from a fellow who has a great deal of experience reusing the standard canning lid. https://survivalblog.com/2021/05/06/reusing-can-canning-jar-lids-st-funogas/
BTW, those ‘toe head kids, were ‘super cute’. As a general rule in show biz, never share the stage with kids and animals, they will steal the show! Please show them off more often. What a wonderful family you must have. As we head into dark times, I am working hard to protect kids like this, as they are our future too. This is why I have taken to writing about preparedness topics of all kinds. Naturally, they must be an inspiration for yourself. They will be highly intelligent, and down to earth as are their parents… Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful…. May God bless and protect this family.
Great reminder to get some of these things planted. What type of morning glory was that at about 2:10?
I will probably plant sunflowers and other flowers this weekend here in Southwest Ohio. Tomatoes, potatoes and cukes are already up and growing. My granddaughter helped me harvest radishes on Saturday. That alone makes it worthwhile to have a garden. She helped grandma in the flower bed on Wednesday. The joy on her face when she picked green tomatoes (not ripe at all) and brought them in the house, last year is a treasure I will always cherish. She was beaming with pride!
Sowing direct seeds of bean in organic mixed soil is the best way to grow ,plz mulch it after sowing the seeds ok thank you very informative video , take care of you my sweet sister
I’m planting in ground and containers this year. Today I plan to sow corn and sunflower seeds in a new bed to surprise my husband.
All thanks for @dr.isahi_herbs what he have done for me, he Cured me from herpes virus with the herbal mixture, I ordered from him, now I’m perfectly okay No more herpes again contact him for any kind of disease. You can him on doctorisahi@gmail.com whatsapp or +2349071459499
Zone 8b: SW Washington State. Starting in early to mid May (forecast dependant) I transplant Tomatoes, Peppers, Mini Melons, green beans, squash, zucchini, cucumbers, and various herbs. This year I’m direct sowing Autumn Beauty Sunflower, Radishes, Dill, Lavender and Red Zinnia for the hummingbirds. Lettuce and greens mix I do on the countertop away from slugs and early heatwaves like the one we are having right now. Powdery mildew and other fungus can be a constant struggle here in the temperate rainforest. Neem oil is applied as a preventative measure before anything shows up. Rain and T-storms early next week already. Oh, and two dead moles are planted in the flower beds. 🙂