Seasonal and monthly breakdown guides on what to plant, & when.
Seasonal and monthly breakdown guides on what to plant, & when.
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New Mexico: Vegetable Planting Calendar. Urban Farmer Seeds.
Planting vegetable seeds or transplants at the correct time is important for getting the most out of your garden. Knowing your first and last frost dates will help you start your vegetable seeds at the right time.
New Mexico is in 4-9 USDA plant hardiness zones.
Download printable version here: Growing in New Mexico
Albuquerque Gardening Calendar. NMSU Bernalillo County Extension Office Master Gardeners Program.
Printable seasonal gardening guides.
When to Plant Vegetables. The National Gardening Association.
List of edible plants and when to sow seeds indoors, transplant or direct sow outdoors based on the season. Learning Library.
New Mexico's Enchanted Xeriscape Guide. Office of the State Engineer.
Introduction to Xeriscaping and planting with the seasons benefits and constraints in mind.
Month to Month Quick Guide. Cirrelda Snider-Bryan NMMNHS Garden Programs Coordinator.
Month to Month Quick Guide. Cirrelda Snider-Bryan NMMNHS Garden Programs Coordinator.
Maintenance: Examine trees and start pruning. Remove heavy snow from branches early in morning so they won’t break from weight.
Planting: Start planning the garden. Start some flowering plants inside.
Blooming: annuals, indoor forced bulbs.
Watering: Trees once a month. Bulbs and shrubs if no other precipitation.
Maintenance: Test moisture in beds with finger - add more mulch if dry.
Planting: start inside – broccoli, chard, collards, tomatoes. Plant outside carrots, onions, peas, spinach, poppies
Blooming: Winter Jasmine, Rocket Mustard (leave some blooming this month and next because it provides early nectar), Flowering Quince
Watering: Trees once a month. Bulbs and shrubs if no other precipitation.
Maintenance: Watch perennials for new growth, dead-head seed stalks.
Planting: Potatoes around St. Patrick’s, Winter Rye cover crop, onions, lettuce, arugula
Blooming: Tulip, Daffodil, Forsythia, Winter Jasmine, and more.
Watering: Trees once a month. Water beds with re-emerging plants.
Maintenance: Hoe or hand pull Rocket Mustard
Planting: seed beans, radishes
Blooming: Lilac, iris, Redbud, Wisteria, Peach, Apple, Annual Flowers.
Watering: Trees once a month. Water beds with re-emerging plants.
Maintenance: Replenish mulches to 3” deep, to maintain moisture as temps rise.
Planting: Pumpkin with mulch; tomato transplants with plastic protection; Corn, Squash, Melon, Cucumber, Morning Glory, Amaranth
Blooming: Broom shrub, Roses, Yucca, Prickly Pear Cactus, Mesquite, ad infinitum.
Watering: Trees twice a month. Water beds 1x/week.
Maintenance: Cultivate around plants, pull back mulch to check for insects.
Planting: Sunflower, tomato, pepper starts, squash after June 21 to avoid bugs.
Blooming: Roses, Cholla cactus, ad infinitum.
Watering: Trees deeply twice a month. Water beds 2x/week.
Maintenance: Boards under squash for squash bugs - squash early in morning.
Planting: Radish, Drought tolerant beans (Anasazi, Tepary)
Blooming: Trumpet Vine, Gladiola, Lavender, Yarrow, ad infinitum.
Watering: Trees deeply twice a month. Water beds 2x/week, or 1x with heavy mulch.
Maintenance: Harvest garlic and potatoes.
Planting: Drought tolerant beans (Anasazi, Tepary)
Blooming: Sunflowers, Trumpet Vine, Chives, ad infinitum.
Watering: Trees deeply twice a month. Water beds 2x/week, or 1x with heavy mulch.
Maintenance: Harvest melon when the stem breaks easily.
Planting: in a cold frame - lettuces, radishes, carrots, onions, garlic, broccoli, fava beans, snow peas, and turnips
Blooming: Sunflower, Lavender, ad infinitum.
Watering: Trees twice a month. Water beds 2x/week, or 1x with heavy mulch.
Maintenance: Harvest tomatoes & chiles. Rake leaves, use as mulch on beds and trees.
Planting: Garlic. Sow cover crops. Bulbs.
Blooming: Purple aster, chamiza, sunflowers.
Watering: Trees once a month. Water beds 1x/week.
Maintenance: Mulch beds with leaves and straw.
Planting: Sow lettuce, arugula, peas in covered beds, bulbs.
Blooming: Purple aster, chamiza.
Watering: Trees once a month.
Maintenance: Remove heavy snow from branches early in morning.
Planting: Garlic, bulbs.
Blooming: Indoor Poinsettias
Watering: Trees once a month.
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