Thank you for this video. I’ve been searching for about two weeks on what to plant and when. Then I finally searched for California grow zone 9 and your video was first. I’m in Visalia which is a solid 9b. I’m hoping your guide can help me start growing veggies for my family. Thanks!!
Hello! I will be referring to your page for my gardening class. I have a classroom of littles that are going to learn all about fruits veggies and plants.
I am in Redding, California in zone 9a. I am wanting to know how to improve the soil for raised beds when preparing for spring planting. So glad I found your site! Looking forward. Almost gave up.
Thank you for following along, I’m so happy you’re here! If you are looking to fill raised beds for the first time you can head to my site Audreyslittlefarm.com and I have a post called “How to fill raised beds” and that will show you the best way. Also I recommend adding a 1-2inch layer of compost on top of the raised bed after each season and that will improve your soil for each planting season in the future.
00:04 Plant cool and warm season crops at the right time for Zone 9 in California. 01:12 Warm season crops thrive in zone 9 with long growing seasons. 02:22 Timing of planting is crucial for vegetables in Zone 9 03:27 Effective watering is crucial for success. 04:33 Take advantage of succession planting in Zone 9 05:40 Succession planting ensures continuous harvests 06:43 Plant crops directly by seed for healthier growth 07:49 Plant varieties that thrive in Zone 9 for best success. Crafted by Merlin AI.
Im in fresno ca. 1st time gardening. Im using 5 gallon food grade buckets (white) 5-7 13/16” drain holes in ea. and im using 15-20 gallon grow bags. So far i have had nothing but problems. Some i know ive caused by over watering. Others, im just not sure…. Im using buckets do to living arrangements and space. Ive been using fish emulsion as it seems to have the best/noticeable results. Im growing tomatoes, summer squash, bell peppers and cucumbers, and 1 watermelon plant…. I flat out gave up on the cucumbers, and all but 1 squash plant. Is it just a bad year to try to learn to garden with the weather???
Beware the grow bags. They dry out so fast. Same for ceramic containers. Of course you can do it, I grew okra in one, but I'm older now and can't tolerate the heat myself. Happy gardening! 😊
Since you are in Fresno, you are so close to where we are located, our weather is the same. Unfortunately container vegetables just don’t do good in general in this area. If you have a large raised bed like the Olli beds that I have in some of my videos those planters do well because they are so big, but small potted Vegetable plants typically don’t do well at all here because they just dry out too quickly. It’s a great year to garden. I would definitely suggest growing a fall garden later this year! Growing with grow bags and buckets is just not ideal for this area during the summer time especially , you may have success in the fall with the buckets since the weather will be cooler though. If possible, I would suggest even planting things directly into the ground you will have better success. Or if you are able to get a larger raised bed that has more space so that your soil won’t dry out as quickly that would work too.
@@AudreysLittleFarm Im finding out that the bucket thing isn’t or flat didn’t work. I’ll try something different next year hopefully, space and $$$ permitting. Thanks the replies. Your location is 1 reason i started following you. Thanks.
Finally after a couple of years looking on RU-vid for California gardeners I found some in the Central Valley I’m around the Porterville area and told it’s 9b I’ve been gardening my whole life but it was a as soon as the weeds got outta control I was done then 2020 hit and it became very important and for the first time ever I found myself gardening, canning, preserving in a few different ways and raising chickens and I found that while I’ve gardened my whole life I didn’t know as much as I’ve learned over the last 3 years and needless to say the weeds don’t take over and I don’t quit I’m so glad to find fellow Central Valley gardeners
I am sorry to hear that! Tomatoes seem to do pretty good for us throughout the entire season. It could be the varieties that you are growing that are the problem, I would suggest putting planting some hybrid tomatoes. They seem to do better in the heat a few of my favorites are ‘early girl’ and ‘better boy’. I would recommend trying those out and hopefully you will have better success!
I think that planting by the moon phases is a great method. I have always wanted to try to plant by the moon I just haven’t been good about it. I do look at the farmers almanac to try to plant by the moon phases but I just haven’t been consistent about it.
I'm also in Ca what they claim as zone 9b but I'm in the mountains at 4000 ft, does your collection and or book take into account 4+ feet of snow through April into may, with the possibility of snow again as early as late Oct? I've lived here for 20 years and still can't wrap my head around being classified as 9b. Thoughts? Btw I built my coop kinda based on yours, thanks for the tips!
I'm currently in 9b but will be moving to 9a here shortly. Is that difference too drastic? I'm reading everywhere that there's about a 5 degree difference in temperature. I'd love to buy your book and start gardening with the use of that, but I'm curious if I can apply those techniques and planting times to zone 9a. Thank ya in advance.
If you go on my channel and look in the search bar for “Finding your zone & when it actually matters” I have a video that shows you how to find your zone. 😊
