I find it is too easy to get excited about spring coming and plant too early. I started some broccoli inside and I’m afraid it’s going to get too big and leggy before I can plant it.
I am getting overwhelmed by all the different planting times, fertilizing, trimming trees…
So I started a spreadsheet, organized by month, to tell me when to do all these things. Once again I have already missed some important dates so hopefully this will keep me on track next year. And the rest of this year.
Speaking of all the things you have to keep track of. Since I have a couple greenhouses now I have been trying to grow some tropical plants. We live in Zone8 and the greenhouse gives us a +1 zone. So with a little extra heat in the winter I hope I can keep them alive throughout the winter. I have some Mango, Avocados, Lemon and Lime trees.
As far as pollination goes, I just found out that my single apple tree hasn’t’ been producing because I need a “Pollinator” tree, of a different variety planted semi close to it. I’m glad I found out about that since I was thinking of chopping it down.
And the Tropical plants have very specific Pollination techniques. you should look up Avocado Pollination, they have male and female flowers but they open at different times of the day Morning and Afternoon, so to get the best results you have to have another Tree which has the male and female flowers that open at opposite times of the other tree. A/B vs B/A. Lots to learn.