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This winter and spring harvesting schedule should provide you encouragement to get one if you don’t yet have a hoop home (high tunnel). We remain in Zone 7a, so if you are in a cooler environment, include inner tunnels (we do not need them), and change the dates to see what you can accomplish. We have 20 different crops of salad and cooking greens, radishes, scallions and turnips. We have actually also utilized some area for starts of bulbing onions, kale, spinach and collards, to transplant outdoors in early spring.
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Harvest Schedule, October to May
Sorted by harvest start date
| Crop. | Variety. | Catalog days to harvest. Child (or transplant. | age) – Full-size. | Planted. | Transplanted. | Last planting date. | Harvest Start. | Harvest End. |
| Notes. | Radish # 1. | Easter Egg, Cherry. | Belle, White Icicle. | 24-35. | 6-Sep. | 3-Oct. | ||
| 10-Nov. | Can follow with. | scallions # 2 11/17. | Edamame # 3. | Seed crop, Envy. | 110. | 16-Jul. | ||
| 5-Oct. | 16-Oct. | Seed crop, plant. | 6/22 -7/ 23. 110-120 days to develop seed. | Cowpeas # 5. | seed crop,. | Mississippi Silver, Carolina Crowder. | 95. | |
| 23-Jul. | 16-Jul. | 13-Oct. | 20-Oct. | Just 1 week harvest,. | minimized yield. Far too late to clear bed for winter season crops 10/31. | Spinach # 1. | ||
| Tyee. | 23-40. | 7-Sep. | 28-Oct. | 6-Mar. | Seed pre-sprouted 1. | week. 51d to harvest. | Brassica Salad Mix # 1. | |
| different. | 21. | 2-Oct. | 2-Oct. | 29-Oct. | 22-Dec. | |||
| Can follow with. | Radishes # 5, 12/23. | Tatsoi # 1. | 21-45. | 7-Sep. | 30-Oct. | 31-Dec. | Thinnings 10/8. Clear by 1/14 to follow with Spinach # 5 on 1/15. | |
| Mizuna # 1. | Mizuna, Ruby Streaks, Golden Frills, Scarlet Frills. | 21-40. | 24-Sep. | 20-Oct. | 5-Nov. | 10-Feb. | ||
| Green Mizuna plus ferny mustards. Mizuna,. | Ruby Streaks bolt prior to mom mustards. | Radish # 2. | Easter Egg, Cherry. | Belle, White Icicle. | 24-35. | |||
| 1-Oct. | 6-Nov. | 17-Dec. | May last till 1/2. | Can follow with brassica salad mix 2/1 or earlier. | Beet greens. | Bulls Blood. | ||
| 35-60. | 7-Sep. | 12-Nov. | 25-Apr. | Chard # 1. | Brite Lites. | 28-55. | ||
| 15-Sep. | 16-Oct. | 15-Nov. | 20-Apr. | Tokyo bekana. | 21-45. | 15-Sep. | 1-Oct. | 15-Nov. |
| 9-Jan. | Clear by 1/14 to. | follow with spinach on 1/16. | Lettuce # 1. | leaf. | 28-56. | 15-Sep. | 15-Oct. | 31-Oct. |
| 16-Nov. | 20-Apr. | Harvest as leaves. | until 3/21 then cut heads up until late April. | Lettuce # 2. | leaf. | 28-56. | ||
| 24-Sep. | 25-Oct. | 31-Oct. | 16-Nov. | 20-Apr. | Harvest as leaves. | |||
| up until 3/21 then cut heads up until late April. | Scallions # 1. | Evergreen Winter season. | Hardy White. | 60. | 7-Sep. | 18-Nov. | 30-Apr. | Harvest start. |
| variable 10/30-12/ 11. | Arugula # 1. | 21-45. | 24-Oct. | 20-Nov. | 24-Feb. | We are infamous for. | not collecting this! | |
| Brassica fillers # 1. | senposai, Tokyo bekana, Maruba santoh. (Yukina Savoy). | 21. | 10-Oct. | 26-Nov. | 25-Jan. | 26-Nov. | 4-Mar. | Transplant to fill. |
| gaps in brassica beds, up until 1/25. | Pak Choy. | Pleasure Choy, Prize Choy. | 50. | 15-Sep. | 3-Oct. | 30-Nov. | ||
| 23-Jan. | Can follow with kale. | 1/24. | Brassica fillers # 2. | senposai, Tokyo bekana, Maruba santoh. (Yukina Savoy). | 21. | 20-Oct 4-Dec. |
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| 25-Jan. | 4-Dec. | 4-Mar. | Transplant to fill. | gaps in brassica beds, till 1/25. | Chard # 2. | |||
| Brite Lites. | 28-55. | 26-Oct. | 4-Dec. | 30-May. | 7d to emerge. Thinnings 1/2. | Chinese cabbage. | ||
| Blues. | 52. | 15-Sep. | 2-Oct. | 4-Dec. | 23-Jan. | Can follow with Kale. | ||
| 1/24.. | Or some might stand till 2/9. | Lettuce Mix # 1. | 28. | 23-Oct. | 4-Dec. | 15-Mar. | 6d to emerge. 50d to. | |
| harvest Possibly 6 cuts (12/11, 12/30, 2/2, 2/20, 3/2, 3/8). | Turnips # 1 && | . | turnip greens. Red Round, Hakurei, Oasis, White Egg. | 38-55. | 14-Oct. | 5-Dec. 20-Feb. Thinnings from 11/29. | ||
| Hakurei and Oasis are. | fastest, some all set 2/12. | Yukina | Savoy # 1 | . | 21-45. | |||
| 15-Sep. | 6-Oct. | 5-Dec. | 31-Jan. | Thinnings 10/26. | Kale. | Red Russian. | ||
| 28-60. | 24-Sep. | 22-Oct. | 8-Dec. | 3-Apr. | Bolts prior to White. | Russian. | ||
| Kale. | White Russian. | 28-60. 24-Sep. | 22-Oct. | 8-Dec. | 26-Apr. | Radish # 3. | Easter Egg, White. | |
| Icicle. 24-35. | 30-Oct. | 8-Dec. | 16-Feb. | Spinach | # 2. | Tyee. | 23-40. | |
| 24-Oct. 8-Dec. 7-May. | Emerge in 6d. | 45d to. | harvest. Senposai. 21-40. 24-Sep. 24-Oct. 13-Dec. 10-Mar. Some bolting 2/8 omwards. Lettuce Filler # 1. Excellent: Red Tinged. | Winter, Salad Bowl, Hyper Red | Wave, Winter Season Wonderland, Osborne Multileafs. 28. 23-Oct. 1-Jan. | 1-Jan. | ||
| 25-Jan. | Leaf ranges | to. | fill spaces in lettuce beds from | 1 Jan. Spinach # 3 (filler). Tyee. 23-40. | 9-Nov. | 1-Jan. 1-Jan. | ||
| 7-May. Transplant to fill. gaps in spinach beds from 1/1. | Thinnings 2/3 | . | 86d. | to harvest. Lettuce Filler # 2. | Excellent: Red Tinged. Winter Season, Salad Bowl, Hyper Red Wave, Winter Wonderland, Osborne Multileafs. | 28. | ||
| 9-Nov. | 7-Jan. | 25-Jan | . | Leaf ranges to. | fill spaces in lettuce | beds. | ||
| Yukina Savoy # 2. | 21-45. | 24-Sep. | 24-Oct. | 8-Jan. 2-Mar. | May stand 2 weeks. | later on. Radish # 4. | ||
| Easter Egg, White. | Icicle. | 24-35. | 27-Nov. 13-Jan. 25-Feb. | Harvest start date. | variable 1/13 -2/ 18. | Spinach # 4( filler). Tyee. 23-40. 27-Dec. 15-Jan. | 7-May. | |
| Transplant to fill. | spaces in spinach beds from 1/15. Mizuna # 2. | Mizuna, Ruby Streaks, | Golden Frills | , Scarlet Frills. | 21-40. | 9-Nov. | ||
| 20-Jan. 3-Apr. Green Mizuna plus ferny mustards. | Spinach # 5 &( | filler ). | Tyee. 23-40. 15-Jan. 31-Mar. 25-Jan. | 7-May. | Transplant to fill. | gaps in all beds from 1/25. | Turnips # 2 &. turnip | |
| greens. Red Round, Hakurei, Oasis, White Egg. | 38-55. | 26-Oct. | 1-Feb. 8-Mar. Emerge in 4d. | If we. | have space, we plant # 2-5 earlier, for higher yields. | |||
| Turnips # 3 &. | turnip greens. | Red Round, Hakurei, Oasis, White Egg. 38-55. | 30-Oct. | 10/30 for excellent. | yields. | |||
| 1-Feb. | 11-Mar. | Essential to thin. | immediately (1/13) or yield will be much | lowered | . | Hakurei. till 2/24. Tatsoi # 2. | ||
| 21-45. | 15-Nov. 12-Feb. | 2-Mar. | thinnings 12/27 -1/ 21. | Lettuce | Mix # 2. | 28. 31-Dec. | ||
| 21-Feb. | 31-Mar. | 52d to harvest. | 3. | cuts. | Round 2 3/24. | Radish # 5 &. | ||
| Easter Egg, White. Icicle. | 24-35. | 30-Dec. | 21-Feb. | 30-Mar. | Emerge in 5d. Spinach # 6 (starts. | 16-Jan. | ||
| 21-Feb. | 8-Apr. To transplant. | outdoors. | Turnips # 4 & turnip. | greens. | Red Round, Hakurei, Sanctuary, White Egg. | |||
| 38-55. | 10-Nov. | 25-Feb. | 15-Mar. | Important to thin. promptly, or yield will be much reduced. | Hakurei. | up until 3/11. Onions # 1. | ||
| Starts of bulbing varieties. | 80-100. To transplant. | outdoors 3/1. | Onions # 2. | Starts of bulbing varieties. | 80-100. 22-Nov. | |||
| 1-Mar. | 20-Mar. Onions # 3. Begins of bulbing varieties. 80-100. 3-Dec. 1-Mar. 20-Mar. Back-up date for. filler onions. | Brassica Salad Mix # 2. | 21. | 9-Dec. | 11d to emerge. Turnips # 5 &. Red Round, Hakurei, Oasis, White Egg. | 10-Dec. 10-Dec. 5-Mar. | 15-Mar. | |
| Essential to thin. | promptly, or yield will be much reduced. | Brassica Salad Mix # | 3. 21. | 1-Feb. | 8-Mar. | |||
| 15-Apr | . | Only 2 cuts. | Can. follow Radishes # 2. | Collards starts. Morris Heading. 35-70. 24-Jan. | 15-Mar. | 25-Mar. | ||
| Emerge | in 15d at | . | 50F. | To transplant outdoors. Kale starts. Vates. 28-56. 24-Jan. 15-Mar. | 8-Apr. | Emerge in 15d at. | ||
| 50F. | To transplant outdoors 3/15 -4/ 8. Lettuce | Mix # 3. | 28. | 1-Feb. | 15-Mar. | |||
| 28-Apr. | 12d to emerge at. | 50F. | 42d to harvest. | 3 cuts. | Radish # 6. | |||
| Easter Egg, White. | Icicle. 24-35. | 20-Apr. | Arugula # 2. | 21-45. | 1-Feb. | |||
| 17-Mar. | 17-Apr. | Harvest start date. | uncertain. Lettuce Mix # 4. | 28. | 15-Feb. | 15-Feb. | ||
| 18-Mar. | 15-May. | If outdoor, only. | lettuce is postponed. Scallions # 2. Evergreen Winter. | Hardy White. | 60. | |||
| 13-Nov. | 19-Mar. | 25-May. | Brassica Salad Mix # 4. | 21. | 9-Feb. | 12-Feb. | ||
| 27-Mar. | 30-Apr. | Only 1 or 2 cuts. | Cabbage starts. 24-Jan. 1-Apr. 1-Apr. 15-Apr. Emerge in 15d at. | 50F. | To transplant outdoors 4/1. | |||
| Pea | shoots. | any remaining seed. | 10. | 10-Mar. 5-Apr. | 6-May. | , if area allows.. 9d. to emerge. Mizuna # 3. Mizuna, Ruby Streaks, Golden Frills, | ||
| Scarlet Frills. | 21-40. | 3-Mar. | 10-Apr. | 30-Apr. Green Mizuna plus ferny mustards. Could last till 5/20. | Beets. | Cylindra. | ||
| 54. | 15-Feb. | 15-Apr. | 15-Jun. | Edge beds OK. 17d to. | emerge at 50F. | Peas, Snap. | ||
| Sugar Ann. | 52. | 1-Feb. | 27-Apr. | 20-May. | Fast dwarf range. | 24d to emerge. |
Article source: http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/winter-hoophouse-harvest-schedule-zbcz1612
