Succession Planting: Methods for Ensuring a Continuous Supply | May Advantage

How to Bring It on & Keep It Coming Succession Planting: Principles, Practices & Programs [The Johnny's Advantage]( Grower's Newsletter | May 2017 [Succession Planting : Methods for Ensuring a Continuous Supply]( [Meg Mitchell of South Paw Farm, Freedom, Maine]( [Head Lettuce Succession-Planted Field]( [Get your timing down to a science with our Vegetable, Flower & Herb Interval Planting Charts.]( Succession Planting Principles & Practices [Timing It Right for Abundant Success]( It may seem early to start thinking about fall — days are lengthening, heat and workload are starting to ramp up. But in a matter of weeks the sun will reach its zenith, after which the crops you plant will be growing and maturing in shortening day length and cooling temperatures. It's time to plan your plantings so crops are ready to harvest when you need them, right into the tail end of the season. Whether growing vegetables for market or your own table, succession planting helps you: • Take the guesswork out of planning • Maximize space • Extend the harvest window • Maintain a continuous supply • Optimize quality and yield... [LEARN MORE]( [Planting Programs at Johnny's]( [Johnny's Planting Programs]( [Johnny's Planting Programs]( [Crop Planning Resources from Johnny's Research & Trialing Team]( A planting program is simply a plan for extending the harvest period of a particular crop for a longer period of time than would otherwise be possible. More variety-specific than an interval chart, a planting or harvesting program indicates which varieties are best adapted to fill each seasonal slot for a particular crop. Try one or more of our planting programs to put a steady supply of produce — ready for harvest over the longest possible period — within your reach... [LEARN MORE]( [Johnny's Plant Breeding Infographic]( [What Is Plant Breeding?]( [(]([And Why Is it Important?)]( Johnny's never sells genetically modified seeds; nor do we breed new varieties using genetic engineering. Rather, our Plant Breeding Team breeds plants using traditional, or classical breeding methods — a labor of love that can take eight or more years to bear fruit, from the first selection to seed sales. Johnny's founder, Rob Johnston, Jr. started working on plant breeding in 1974, and since then the Breeding Team has created over 60 delicious, new, widely adaptable vegetable varieties. View our new infographic for a peek behind the farm door at the process of plant breeding — and see why it matters so much! ["The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture." —Thomas Jefferson]( [LEARN MORE]( [Featured This Month: Heat-Tolerant Vegetable Varieties]( [Johnny's Heat-Tolerant Varieties]( [When the mercury starts to climb high, it's good to know the varieties you chose are ones that are best adapted to withstand the heat. See which varieties beat out the rest in our heat-tolerance trials...]( [SHOP NOW]( [Succession-Planting Interval Chart for Flowers]( [Interval Chart for Succession Planting Flowers]( For flower growers who want cut flowers over the longest possible harvest window, [here is a chart that specifies 7-day and 14-day planting intervals for the flower crops most amenable to succession planting.]( [Recommended flowers, timing intervals, & notes from our flower trialing team...]( [LEARN MORE]( [Slow Flowers & American Flowers Week 2017]( [Eliot Coleman - Soil Blocks]( [We are pleased to be a sponsor for the upcoming American Flowers Week, to be celebrated during a one-day Slow Flowers Summit: “Johnny’s Selected Seeds is thrilled to be an American Flowers Week partner,” says Gretchen Kruysman, Johnny's marketing director. "We encourage our customers, employees, and the flower farming and gardening community to plant more flowers and help local flowers thrive...”]( [LEARN MORE]( Connect With Us [facebook]( [twitter]( [youtube]( [instagram]( [pinterest]( You're receiving this email because you subscribed at [johnnyseeds.com](. We promise to protect your information. For more information see our [privacy policy](. © 2017 Johnny’s Selected Seeds 13 Main Street, Fairfield, Maine 1-877-564-6697 [Unsubscribe from future emails]( | [View in Browser](