Can I plant carrots in May?
You have until the middle of april to plant carrot seeds. Planting time starts at the end of august each year and carrots can be planted through the winter. They are freeze resistant plants. Even when the tops froze back when we had the 5-day freeze in. See more. As a cool-season vegetable, carrots are best planted in the very early spring and fall—they will not thrive during hot weather. The right planting time is about 2-4 weeks before your last frost date.Carrots are one of our most important succession planting crops here. As mentioned, I start them in early April for summer eating. That’s about 4-6 weeks before our last spring frost. But any time from about a month before your frost through to about 10 weeks before your first fall frost is fair game for sowing.
Is May too early to plant?
You may think it’s too late to grow all your favorite vegetables from seeds, but warm May temperatures have made the soil perfect for sowing seeds. Warm soil will allow for fast germination and growing plants! Good choices are summertime kitchen garden staples like squash, beans, cucumbers and melons. Another option is to tuck seeds directly into soil outdoors. Planting seeds this way is called direct sowing, and it is an easy process that yields great results.