Tomato Companion Cold Crops, Anyone ?

Gardeneer · January 31, 2017

Our spring-like weather probably arrives late Feb - early March.
Normal tomato plant out starts around mid April.
I I plant 8 to 10 inch size tomato seedlings , spaced at about 30", there will be a lot of space between them, at least until May 15. So here is a window of time approximately 90 days when I can utilize some of that vacant space. As it get warmer , most of those cool crops will be done and gone.
I am thinking about planting things like chard, spinach , lettuce, cilantro, bush peas, ...
But before I do that I have to condition ( till, level ..)my garden and draw a lay out plan/sketch. I might do this in a smaller scale

What do you think ? any ideas as what to plant ?

I will post our Feb, Mar, Apr. average temperatures in another post.

BTW: I have constructed a cold frame that I can use to germinate the cold crops seeds in it and then plant out.

January 31, 2017	#1
Gardeneer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7 Posts: 4,919	Tomato Companion Cold Crops, Anyone ? Our spring-like weather probably arrives late Feb - early March. Normal tomato plant out starts around mid April. I I plant 8 to 10 inch size tomato seedlings , spaced at about 30", there will be a lot of space between them, at least until May 15. So here is a window of time approximately 90 days when I can utilize some of that vacant space. As it get warmer , most of those cool crops will be done and gone. I am thinking about planting things like chard, spinach , lettuce, cilantro, bush peas, ... But before I do that I have to condition ( till, level ..)my garden and draw a lay out plan/sketch. I might do this in a smaller scale What do you think ? any ideas as what to plant ? I will post our Feb, Mar, Apr. average temperatures in another post. BTW: I have constructed a cold frame that I can use to germinate the cold crops seeds in it and then plant out. __________________ Gardeneer Happy Gardening !