12 Vegetables You Need To Plant In May 2023

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[@JenniferA886]

Tubs and buckets… the best way to grow stuff 👍👍👍

[@Bama_J]

We have potatoes, garlic, onions, carrots, radishes, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussel sprouts, broccoli, lettuce, spinach, have plants on my table that will go in around the 15th. Tomatoes, all manner of peppers, squash, zucchini, and green beans. Also have grown herbs from seeds. Parsley, Basil, oregano, chamomile, dill, chives, and lavender. Thats it for now.

[@hrhtreeoflife4815]

Amazing 👏

[@resarm5007]

❤ You are AMAZING! GREAT JOB!

[@sr2340]

What zone?

[@sr2340]

Cool I'm in zone 8b. What have you put in the ground? So far I have potatoes, garlic that's been there since fall, onions, carrots, greens, and beets. I'm not trying to miss my window. Tomatoes, squash, beans, melons are starting inside, was going to put them out around the 20th, you think that will be okay?

[@Bama_J]

@@sr2340 we went ahead and planted tomatoes, zucchini, peppers of various kinds, and summer squash. No more frosts hopefully here. We already had the cooler weather plants in the ground. Our garlic and onions have been in ground since fall as well. We are eating, spinach, kale, and a little lettuce now.

[@krysium]

I have a 8 ft bed of kale started. 60 canning tomato plants on indoor lights and 30 pepper plants. Just started cucumber seedlings.

[@theoldguy9329]

I suspect that 3 feet of snow we just got does not count as April showers. Peas are more cold tolerant than beans and you can plant them out before the last frost. My red runner beans also are great at attracting pollinators. I ha e not had as much luck as you at growing or keeping potatoes. Of course, we have lots of pesky wildlife and bans on ontrolling the mammalian ones.

[@winniethepoohandeeyore2]

Yellow crookneck squash grows quite well.

[@FloridaFoodForest]

Remember your growing zone!

[@justjoanish]

Last year I grated then dehydrated my zucchini. It's really good in all kinds of soup, stews, and chili. I've even added it to meatloaf.

[@sheila3936]

Your can grind it into a flour too.

[@resarm5007]

ABSOLUTELY...I got a dozen + HUGE zucchini into an old lemon juice jar (the old green ones from WAAAAY back. Grated, dehydrated. stuffed into jars. Wonderful for soups to add extra vitamins and help thicken it.

[@DC-rd6oq]

I love to dehydrate shredded zucchini. Like you, I use it in all sorts of applications, not just soups, stews and chili, but also breakfast casseroles and in baking. I also dehydrated some sliced and some cubed, but I didn't like the texture as much as the shredded.

[@katherinecadwallader5418]

1. Potatoes 2. Sweet Potatoes 3. Garlic, Onions, Alliums 4. Root Vegetables 5. Lettuces 6. Peppers 7. Amaranth, Sorghum, Sunflowers 8. Legumes, Lentils, Beans 9. Squash 10. Tomatoes

[@KapitalTee]

Thank you!

[@Kocolan]

Not apply for Canada

[@Kocolan]

Thanks

[@wendyhannan2454]

Thanks, that’s a great help.😊

[@rhodesjay5952]

Thank you for the list.

[@mamarockshomestead]

I have loved my aerogarden for my lettuce !

[@j.j.savalle4714]

Great garden list Kris! We do all our beans (green kentuck wonder and variety of shelling beans) as pole beans. Uses very little space in the garden this way and much easier also for harvesting without having to bend over. Here in Michigan right now the lettuces and some greens can be planted outside. For the other plants my seeds are started indoors and all starting to pop out. Plant something everyone!

[@dorisdanielsen3296]

Like pumpkin seeds, you can roast and eat other squash family seeds. I love the little acorn squash seeds! Also, plant as many perennials as you can. My yard is small, but I have asparagus, sunchokes, many berries and fruit trees, nuts, grapes, and bunching onions. Learn how to save seeds and buy heirlooms so you never run out of seeds. Some seeds can be collected in the first year, such as lettuce, tomato and beans. Others take a 2 year cycle, such as beets, carrots, kale.

[@Junzar56]

Some have to wait until May or June if you are at a higher altitude or northern latitude. I start my microdwarf and dwarf tomatoes in February and March, but the indeterminate varieties can be started indoors now to be planted after Memorial Day where we live!

[@joyjobe487]

Same here. Last year we got a for of snow in May. It's hard to wait when it's 65 degrees! But I've seen what the mountains can do.

[@anantameier8270]

And for some of us, potato planting season has already passed. I am about to harvest mine.

[@resarm5007]

Same here. Our climate has changed so much over the years. It used to be 4 month long harsh winters, 5B zone. Reliably we used to be able to plant peas and onions around midMarch. Now, we are zoned 6, BUT we have a "milder" longer winter. It has become 6 months of bipolar weather, ranging from negative single digits up to 80 degrees mid winter! we literally have 40-50 degree weather swings here. And our old frost free date was April 15, even if we did plant onions and peas and some other hardier stuff midMarch. NOW our frost free date had been moved to May 15, and even then we have had the odd snowstorm in JUNE! It is not unheard of for everything to be out and blooming including trees and we get a hard frost which damages. It is so unreliable anymore that we have such a shorter growing season. I have been lax in getting plants started this year because of illness. I know I need to start my seeds. And I'm thinking it is April. I may take a chance and plant out onions and some other seeds...that can tolerate the cooler nights because they aren't but a few hours early morning for the most part. We are still having 20's and 30's. So I'm taking a chance. I just hope and pray I can do the garden this year because I have had no garden to a very small patch of a few tomato and pepper plants in the past few years. I once planted 35'x45' area! I'm hoping to utilize that space again. If my body can tolerate it! I think I got really disgusted the last time I tried was 3 years ago and we had a slug bloom. We always have bad slug blooms here when it rains a lot. And I literally could walk outside and everything was COVERED in slugs. You hardly could walk anywhere without stepping on them. all over my garden seedlings literally they consumed all my work in one night. And all over my vining plants growing on the walls, all over the sides of the house. it is disgusting. I wish I had a salt mine...I'd probably walk around tossing salt like a maniac.

[@resarm5007]

​@@anantameier8270 lucky you! You must be in a much warmer climate!

[@47retta]

I'm in zone 9b in Florida. We are going into the summer vegetables now. Too hot for many things.

[@kbjerke]

Thanks, Kris! Got my potatoes and garlic planted last fall, and even with snow on the ground still, the garlic is shooting up! Tomato seedlings are starting on the windowsills now. Can't wait until it's warm enough to put things in the ground! Best wishes to you!

[@resarm5007]

garlic always grows over the winter. it doesn't stay dormant. It takes it 8 months or longer of growth to get done. Just remember when it sends up the scapes (flowering stalks) to remove most or all of them. If you want "seed" garlic, leave a few. If not, then cut them when they come up. At the bottom of the scape stalk. Not the whole garlic top leaves and all. leave the leaves. The scape will take away energy from making a larger bulb. Use the scapes in your cooking. They're considered a delicacy. Harvest the garlic when the tops turn brown. Oh and I always break up some bulbs and replant the garlic right away. I don't wait til fall like they say to. I have perpetual garlic garden. I never get them all out.

[@katespencer4038]

I trim off the tomato suckers dip them in rooting hormone. They will grow and produce some tomatoes although not as many as original plant

[@lindahamilton3520]

Thank you. Somewhat of a newbie. Appreciate your advice😊

[@jennbama]

Planted all my peppers, celery, herbs, peas and some of my tomatoes today. I'll try to get a few more things done this afternoon.

[@clarkkent4991]

I’m literally in my garden 🪴 planting as we speak! Wow. Thanks

[@BosleyBeats]

This is a post of high value. Thank you so much

[@davidfreiberg5637]

Been outside all morning uncovering my beds and dressing them with compost from my pallet compost bin. I think made too much compost though 😅. I've got 4 4×8 beds and a 10×2 bed with planters on the ends. Also about 30 containers. But I kept adding to my compost all last season and through the winter and now I've got about 800lbs of compost. All of the beds and the bin are full of worms varying in size from an inch to 12 inches long. Pretty stoked. It is hard work though.

[@johnbilsky1153]

Too much compost? LOL Is that even possible?

[@jmfc5]

Regarding zucchini, do not wait to produce very large zucchini. The plant will yield a lot more overall if harvested regularly when compared harvesting fewer larger ones. Zucchini also freezes very well so pick them regularly.

[@dickvoce4461]

Its noon here in Oregon and 38 degrees. Weird weather and to soon and muddy to garden

[@kimgordon3695]

Happy Spring 🌱 Happy planting!

[@ArielG5000]

I would love to start planting, but it won't stop snowing here.

[@skeeter1]

Same here, got more snow in Zone 2 😮, hoping we can plant outside by the third week of May! 😅

[@ht6684]

Zone 4b for me, nothing in the ground yet.

[@todddammit4628]

Start them indoors. Get a cheap grow light setup, maybe a heat mat if it's really cold inside, and get them seedlings going. That way when it does come time to plant, your plants have a head start!

[@stevedmytrusz8347]

I just commented this on another post. Even Walmart sells grow lights- some starters as low as $19.99.

[@marilynriley8248]

Where are you in Utah

[@Out-to-Pastor]

I love it. Thank you for the post. I have my list to start this week now, thank you

[@jon5421]

I put my potatoes and beets in last week. Garlic has been in since last spring.

[@christicha8692]

Love it!!!!

[@cheristump9404]

You can also pressure can potatoes. So very easy to do and so convenient. We plant our potatoes once the weather allows it. If we plant to soon they have been know to rot from the rain. Great video. We get excited every year about our garden. We were raised ourselves in a garden!

[@gailoreilly1516]

I'm going full tilt with potatoes this year. I'll plant everything I can outdoors but add bushels from the farmers market, to can.

[@CoventryPrepper]

Great video just started getting into growing food thank you.

[@choctaw2sticks193]

love my garden, sure do hope it does better this year than last year . . .

[@MCathy]

Thank you Kris!💕💕

[@Waitingforthewormstocome]

I started some seeds in my basement last Friday 3-24 and now I have at least 6 weeks before they go outside here in Pennsylvania, and bean plants 6 inches high already. Ugh! Live and learn

[@nora22000]

Use those bean plants for sprouts and plant more😂...

[@stevenschnepp576]

Use a fan and a couple hours of sunlight a day to stress them. It's good for them long-term, and it will stop them trying to reach so high. If you planted them in tiny pots, up-pot them to some 6" pots. You can get the cheap plastic kind for just a few dollars.

[@Waitingforthewormstocome]

@stevenschnepp576 thanks, I put a fan on them this morning. Definitely gonna up pot them.

[@gailoreilly1516]

JM, I am in upstate NY. I also have huge "seedlings" now. All I can do is look for bigger pots to transplant them into.

[@Waitingforthewormstocome]

@@gailoreilly1516 I hope they stay healthy for ya

[@robert4027]

Lots of purple viking potatoes I planted and some Yukon gold.. green beans .yellow squash and butternut squash . zucchini lettuce and spinach. Is all I'm doing this year

[@AcreWood-ns5gt]

The garden calls me at this time of year! As always thank you for a great video

[@vickyokahas9762]

Your recommendations work beautifully for CA. However, in the upper midwest, most of these plants need to be planted later

[@hands2hearts-seeds2feedamu83]

I have started SEEDs of a few different vegetables this yr. Just got my garden fence fixed up enough to keep out the chickens & Elle-May. Wish I had a bigger fenced place to grow in...

[@jabow1878]

Nothing in April in the cold of Idaho. May we begin our cool weather crops- lettuces, spinach. Then June---yes June!- for the regular crops in the ground!

[@andrewzemotel]

Such a helpful video, I listened to this while prepping my garden for some spring planting. Most of the plants I started indoors are on this list!

[@ginapadilla5386]

Hi Andrew I live in an apt I don’t have a place to grow. I started green pinions inside. Can I keep them inside and put outside for sun?? I have many pots 🤔 thx

[@anchorageprepper9008]

Love my spuds! Now all I need to do is wait for our snow to melt off 😬 Hoping to grow potatoes, peas, onions, carrots, garlic, lettuce, chives, and cilantro this year 🙏

[@bjoburn7821]

Thanks for concise the informative planting of garden vegetables time to get started hope it doesn't freeze again and I can get the rodents under control

[@sj-art]

In Oregon, OSU has a seed thing where they will send you seeds meant for our area and that should be at your growing experience level. Oh and I want to try doing bonsai peppers.

[@mattshepherd8586]

I bring my peppers inside for the winter. Ive had one for 7 years but theyre usually good for 5yrs

[@ericsolomon9522]

Again,… Professional & INCREDIBLY INFORMATIVE. Absolutely LOVE your channel. THANK YOU for what you do & more importantly- How You DO IT!!

[@shananjones]

Going to try and grow squash vertically this year

[@MrKim-kv2vv]

Thanks! 🙋🏼

[@krysium]

I also pull pepper plants and bring them indoors. They are perennials. I have one from last year's garden in a 5 gallon bucket indoors

[@sherrycaudill5747]

Ty for the information 😀

[@stardust949]

I'm really impressed with your gardening skills! Our gardens have been a bit beyond "hobbyist" level---but if we had to survive on what we grow, we'd all be dead. Last year my husband planted THREE ROWS of spaghetti squash---and it took over, naturally. My husband pays absolutely no attention to information when it comes to gardening. But, we DID get a lot of spaghetti squash!

[@skavenqblight]

Love this content! More of this please, very informative

[@todddammit4628]

Can you do a video about the other plants you should have in your garden that aren't food? There's lots of nitrogen fixers, native pollinators, shade plants, etc. that should all go together to create a healthy ecosystem that naturally controls pests because you can't have any one pest get over populated.

[@k.h.5148]

Bees like yellow and blue flowers. I plant my vegetables and then take flower seeds and toss them around the garden. Smaller flowers, like marigolds, are planted here and there throughout. It is pretty,,practical and the pollinators love them. I have a busy garden all season long. Bless your garden, may it be very prolific

[@fabricdragon]

i would urge anyone to browse you tube for "permaculture" and "food forest" topics as they often cover just that!

[@HurleyIsAStoner420]

Check out the epic gardener and epic homestead!!! Plenty of great gardening and homesteading videos 😊

[@JohnMiller-iu2sx]

I've got 4 more raised garden beds coming in. That will have me at 11 raised beds of various sizes but 6 at 8x4

[@shireboundscribbles]

If you plant taters in bags, plant one potato per bag or you will get smaller potatoes... I'm just about to plant my onions (stuttgarter yellows keep for 6 months after harvesting) this week, and then at the end of the month my autumn crop carrots, taters, and swede will go in.

[@kkfromsocal819]

Happy we both live in the Inland Empire so I can pretty much take your garden weather advice at face value. Thanks again!

[@RobinL4715]

The only thing I’d add is to check your growing zone. Being in a southern climate, I plant at different times. It took a few years of failure to realize our growing times are quite different from what most of the country does. Ex. I start peas and plant onions in Nov. and can do 2 rounds of potatoes(fall and spring). It’s almost too hot for lettuce outdoors already, since it bolts faster in hot temps.

[@TnT_F0X]

lol "Germination Station sounds cooler than Plant Roommates... My bedroom is extra small, less than 10x10 and I have a 2x2 and 3x3 grow tent set up. keeping my tropical plants safe for the winter... and germinating tons of Tomatoes.

[@patxxx1738]

Great information. Remember, planting will depend on the area you live in. I have planted my vegetable seeds in starter pots in my house. My portable greenhouses will be set out in May and gradually transferred to them. Starting day 1, have the plants out of the wind for an hour or two. Increasing the time every day. Remember, you will need a week to permanently move the plants outside. The reason is they plants need to get used to the climate.

[@SyberPrepper]

Thank you!

[@terminatortsw8006]

Thank you for posting one of your PRACTICAL survival food videos!🙏🏻

[@lawandadunn-pelton347]

Excellent information!

[@richardwilliams3839]

Going to put some note in the ground soon nice I love it

[@sethl3702]

Zone 7b, we plant potatoes April-may and the first ones are ready in early July.

[@gdfgsddfgfdgfd]

I try to use as much space as possible on the backyard patio to grow stuff as well. Currently have basil, dill and lemon balm sprouting. I'm waiting for it to get warmer to put all the tomatoes, beans, peas, and everything outside. Inside is always a jungle this time of year

[@ShortbusMooner]

Thank you for the reminders- I'm powering along, and forgot a couple 'plant now' ones! 🙏🏻💪🙏🏻

[@dartagnanwiehl9134]

Here I am already having planted my April plants today. Good video topic as always Chris

[@Bama_J]

Afternoon y’all

[@charliefleener1409]

Uh... that will be quite enough of that thank you very much.

[@Bama_J]

@@charliefleener1409 Bless your heart

[@MrKim-kv2vv]

🙋🏼

[@Cosmiccoffeecup]

Howdy, neighbor. 😊

[@americandude3825]

Greetings

[@gailntag]

Thank you for a great video. Anxious to get my garden in.

[@tonyedward6909]

A very knowledgeable man, thanks

[@DeterminedDIYer]

Ive got some stevia plants growing :) A nice sugar substitute. you can just grind the leaves to a powder and use it as a sweetener.

[@jamesosborne5950]

Awesome video thanks

[@SAA-cx2nt]

I suggest to try and keep seeds of veggies purchased at the grocery store or have grown in your garden. Make sure to clean and dry them before storing. Actually read up on it.😅. It can help save alot of money in seeds.

[@do-it-yourself-skills]

Many of the varieties in the stores are hybrids. Although they may grow, the resulting vegetable may be vastly different from what you are expecting. Many revert back to one of the more wild varieites that they were derived from. Sometimes, the seed won't even germinate at all.

[@barbaramahan364]

If you want to know if you have seeds that will germinate, put a few of them between 2 damp paper towels and put in a ziplock bag and leave them for about a week. I just did that with some squash seeds.

[@stardanya2114]

Thank you. Very helpful!

[@bradkiefer777]

Of course it matters where you live. Anchorage AK is still snowing. However, I do have seeds in for tomato plants.

[@sadiejones7991]

Beginners need to get in a state of mind to enjoy the very hard work involved in gardening. Letting the problems overwhelm you will discourage you and make you give up. It's an endless learning process and the longer you stick with it the easier gardening will become. A common mistake is thinking it's a natural thing and nature will take care of itself. It takes you to care for a garden, nature allows pest and disease to take over. Good luck beginners. The feeling of giving your hard work to a friend or neighbor that doesn't know what you have put in for success is one of the best joy's of life.

[@teresaroman3348]

Than you, Chris.

[@lorriewatson7423]

I germinated my broccoli, Brussel sprouts, and cauliflower this week. I live in zone five, so I start them early. That way, when they go into the ground in the end of May, they still have cool weather to do their best.

[@willful_oats]

Some good info here. I'd suggest a video explaining agricultural zones and associated planting dates. We still get hard freezes into early May where I am so some of the planting advice isn't applicable here.

[@gailoreilly1516]

William, we too have freezing temps at night. This week it will be in the 60's during the day and 20's at night. Irritating to say the least! This year for the first time, I have started seeds indoors so that I can be ready when the weather is.

[@willful_oats]

@@gailoreilly1516 I've been seed starting for several years now. Mainly peppers, tomatoes and eggplant but cole crops as well. Really gets a jump start on the season.

[@ferebeefamily]

Thank you Kris.

[@marycote3423]

Thank you for sharing.

[@jlynnc9559]

My potatoes failed last year. Hoping they work this year. Squash bugs destroy any type of squash plant. Gulf coast is brutal.

[@DC-rd6oq]

I'm in the Florida panhandle. Gardening is difficult here. Not cold enough for pests to die during the winter and not quite warm enough for tropical plants. Add to that the sand for "soil" , the humidity, and the nematodes, and yeah, you've got your work cut out for you.

[@driverguy7]

Nice video, Thank you for sharing!!

[@evabuehler9905]

We received another foot of snow last night… I cannot even begin to plant yet! 🤦🏽‍♀️ We are now 2’ of snow over old snow level records. I’ll be adding to my families food storage by purchasing more canned goods for now. If these weather patterns continue, where we live, a large greenhouse may be the only way we would get anything to full maturity. Appreciate your info… hope people are listening in places where they can grow!

[@MyIdeaCreator]

It's a good idea. I'll take a look. Thank you very much.

[@MynewTennesseeHome]

This a good presentation for warmer climates... anyone north of zone 7 can't plant anything frost sensitive until after their last frost date, in my case it'll be May 1st before I can plant squash, beans, tomatoes, peppers etc and May 15th before I can plant okra, sweet potatoes, sorghum or any tropical plant.

[@DC-rd6oq]

For most of us in warmer climates we're way past the date for Irish potatoes or anything that has 60 DTM or more.

[@sylwiataskar8551]

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

[@lindajacquot5391]

Thank you for the excellent information. I have been gardening for a few years, but you taught me a few new things.

[@hexzerone7034]

Thanks for another great video

[@joeeliyah2090]

Awesome! Thanks!

[@ballincobalt4184]

My garden is still under 2 feet of snow, we don’t plant potatoes until mid to late may and that still gives enough time to grow and mature before freeze up

[@brianmcdaniel2693]

Thank you for all you do

[@williamjones1212]

Here In Louisiana we plan potatoes In February, after harvesting you can either replant more or plant another vegetable and it stay.

[@gardengirl7258]

good info, as always.

[@mikeloos4007]

Great video!! Thanks for the information

[@SouthernCaliforniaGardening]

this is excellent! we grow just about everything, our favorite is magic molly purple potatoes, we have lots popping up now that we missed harvesting last season😉

[@donnaclinton5578]

Thanks Kris, this was good info and learned some things I didn't know before. Lots of info presented effectively.

[@mphil66]

Would be a good info to mention your growing zone. Last frost date for where I live is mid may. Great video, worth my sub! 👊🏻👏🏻

[@tinaharris7382]

Awesome 🩵Thank you!

[@bigDwood]

Can't wait

[@jonleiend1381]

I think you forgot about strawberries. I know not a Vegie.

[@richardwilliams3839]

Just till up my garden and I found more potatoes in the ground plan to plant some more soon cause the soil is fully ready

[@rarazjewel6952]

Thank you thank you🙏🏽