Beginner Gardening: Hi this newbie would love some pointers!, 1 by RickCorey_WA

RickCorey_WA wrote:
>> I live up in Wyoming
>> last frost date is first of June.

Tomatoes and peppers might be happier if you can wait until it is warmer than that. I'm no expert, but don't they get sulky if nightime air temperatures go below 50F? Or maybe they just don't grow very fast.

>> having to rotate the bigger plants under the lights for two more months.
>> a Florida room
>> translucent plastic corrugated overhang

I made a low hoop tunnel by tying together two widths of garden fence (rabbit fence?) and bending it. Then I threw some 2 mil plastic film over it. That was enough to nurse some mdium-hardy flower seedlings through freezes and snow (like you, I just had to get them out of the house and into SOME sun. Maybe I can get some photos, but the real experts use flexible PVC pipes under tension, or bend metal electrical conduit "EMT" for hoops.

I'm trying to grow bamboo to lash together as hoops and "purlins", but two years of growth are not enough to get poles. More like "stiff grass".

Ripe tomatoes are a little challenging where I live because spring stays cool well into summer, and nightime is cool time even in mis summer. I started trying a few toomatoes from a nursery last year, but a cool spell in mid to late summer made even my Stupice tomatoes taste nasty.

I've had my own garden for something like three seasons now, and that's about enough time to let me realize how little I know. "Hey, LOOK! They're not all dead this year!!"

I tired to make up a calender for starting seeds inside, outside, and transplanting based on what I read online, on seed packets, and in seed catalogs. That, plus 5-10 years of experience might produce something usefull some day!