Learn about our planting and harvesting programs, which varieties to plant and harvest and when, based on days to maturity and seasonal planting and harvesting slots. Planting programs help you ensure highest quality and yield across the widest possible window to your markets.
Visit with flower farmers across diverse planting zones, ecoregions, and cultural conditions to learn their succession-planting formulas and gain new insight into this versatile method for producing even more flowers this coming season. Includes tips and recommended approaches for scheduling and planning, sowing frequency, record keeping, and favorite crops and varieties for succession-planting success.
Use this cut-flower planting chart to establish a succession-planting schedule. Seeding intervals and growing tips for 19 different flower crops from Johnny's.
Use this chart of recommended standard timing intervals for succession-planting Johnny's herb crops. Lists seeding intervals and tips for herb crops most amenable to succession planting.
Use this vegetable planting chart to establish a succession-planting schedule. Seeding intervals and growing tips for 21 vegetable crops, from Johnny's.
A list of top recommended crops for succession planting, including vegetables, herbs, and flowers, from the Research team at Johnny's Selected Seeds.
Use our Succession-Planting Calculator to determine dates for sequential, staggered plantings, whether counting forward from last regional frost date in spring, or backwards from first fall frost date.
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3 Sunflower Succession Planting Programs for Maximum Quality & Yield
Learn how to succession-plant sunflowers from Johnny's Selected Seeds. Maximize your sunflower quality and yield using these 3 different types of sunflower succession planting programs.
Year-round Nova Scotian gardener and author Niki Jabbour discusses mid-summer succession planting. Enjoy these tips and variety recommendations for a bountiful fall harvest!
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Blackberry Harvesting Program
Learn which blackberry varieties to plant for an extended harvest.
Use our program to determine transplanting and harvesting times for early- and late-sprouting "mini" broccolis, broccoli raabs and choi sums. Succession-plant in this recommended sequence for a steady supply of mini and sprouting broccolis from earliest spring through late-fall in cooler regions, and into winter-harvest in more temperate growing zones.
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Spinach Varieties | Succession Planting Program
Follow Johnny's Spinach Succession Planting Program, compiled from data collected by our Research & Trialing Teams and designed to illustrate which spinach varieties to plant, grow, and harvest in sequence, allowing you to extend your spinach harvest across the seasons.