Gardening in NC : Help Please

11 years ago

I am starting a garden at a local middle school in Raleigh. We will be donating produce to local homeless shelters through the plant a row program.

It's been awhile since I started a garden program in NC and I could use some advice on what to start inside in my growlab and when to transplant outside to the garden. I was given a random assortment of organic-non-gmo seeds. Many of these I have no experience with growing in this area.

Eggplant: Black Beauty

Black eyed peas (cowpeas)

Sunflower Mammoth

Green Peas Lincoln

Zucchini Black Beauty

Lettuce Buttercrunch

Pinto Bean

Brussel Sprouts L Island

CA Wonder Pepper

Radish Cherry Belle

Lima Bean Henderson

Onion Yellow Spanish

Turnip 7 Top

Bluelake Bean Bush

Cabbage Golden Acre

Spinach Bloomsdale

Collards GA

Cantaloupe Hales Best

Spanish Crookneck

Cucumber Ashley

Pumpkin Jack O Lantern

Watermelon Jubilee

Cayenne red pepper

Corn yellow bantam

Tomato beefsteak

Cilantro

Celery Utah

Tomato Rutgers

Kidney Bean Dark Red

Broccoli Waltham

Carrot Scarlet Nantes

Jalepeno M

Cucumber Marketmore

Beets Detroit red

Any help or links that you can provide for growing in NC with transplanting dates and tips would be greatly appreciated!

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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
11 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
call you LOCAL COUNTY extension office ... it would seem.. that this would be right up their alley ...

who is going to take care of the garden.. once school is out????

ken

ps: this is more a veg issue.. rather than a pest or disease issue [this is the clinic/pest forum] .. so i suggest .... you track down the veg or cornucopia forum.. whichever they are now calling it ... but do come back.. when the marauding hordes do attack ... otherwise.. i dont care where you post.. i am just trying to get you to a place where you will get the most answers ....
tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱
11 years ago
NC State is a great horticultural resource. They would have the extension office Ken mentioned.

Look for your county here

tj
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claymarion
Original Author
11 years ago
Thanks for the tips. I'm working in a year round school. I'll most likely be showing up daily even when I'm on "vacation" to tend to the garden until I can get a system in place where volunteers and students will be responsible for daily maintenance.

We wrote a grant for a grow lab, which I am now using in the classroom to start tomatoes. I'm just a bit overwhelmed trying to plan and figure out where the money will come from for supplies that I will need throughout the year.

With all the budget cuts and limited funds for schools as it is, it can be difficult to find a steady source of funding even though the vegetables grown will go to local shelters.
kimmq
11 years ago
This, from Growing a Greener World, may pique your interest.

http://www.growingagreenerworld.com/rooftop-greenhouse-school/

as well as this one

http://www.growingagreenerworld.com/episode108/

kimmq is kimmsr
rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
11 years ago
FYI, the average last frost date in your area is somewhere around mid-April, which is the same as mine. I started my tomatoes inside over a month ago. My cold hardy plants have already been sown in the ground and I'll continue to sow seeds for a few more weeks. The veggies that require warmth will be sown after the frost date.

The extension office or website will certainly have vegetable planting guides for you. I wouldn't be surprised if you could wrangle up some volunteers from the Master Gardener program to help get you started and to work with the kids.