Show vegetables SUITABLE FOR LATE PLANTING 0 in order to provide vegetables at the proper stage of maturity for winter storage next fall dr arvil L stark extension horticulturist at the utah state agricultural college recommends that utah victory gardeners plant some varieties of vegetables during the summer months pointing out that it is folly to expect to remove a better product than was put in storage at the beginning dr stark states that to have a suitable product to store the crop must be mature and at the proper stage for best table use vegetables that are immature will not keep well and often wilt and decay prematurely vegetables that are lack eating quality because of poor texture and lack of flavor the goal should be then to have the crop reach maturity just as the storage season begins in october explains dr stark for example red cored chastenay Chan Cliant tenay enay the variety of carrot recommended for storage in utah has a growing season of 72 days 2 which means that it should be planted by july 21 detroit dark red beets should be planted at the same time as the carrots while purple top white globe turnips should be planted a week or two later this planting rule will work satisfactorily in lower valleys pro vided aided the seed germinates immediately after it is placed in the ground and the crop has sufficient in moisture to keep it growing rapidly states the extension horticulturist where lack of moisture mois ure limits germination and subsequent growth plant the seed a week or two earlier for upper colder valleys having growing seasons of less than days it will be necessary to figure back from the average date of first killing frost in in f fall all instead of october 1 in addition to the storage crops mentioned above such crops as cor corn n snap beans broccoli chi chines cabbage kohlrabi radishes lettuce endive and others may be planted now for late summer and fall use to determine planting dates and the best variety for storage consult vegetable varieties recommended om mended for utah your local loca county agent can supply a copy capy |