The last cold waves of winter 2023 have already hit the scene before the arrival of spring and the change in summer time.
Every day throughout the month of March, temperatures will rise during the day, especially on the Mediterranean slope.
Gone will be the five weeks of frost and snow predicted in February by Phil the groundhog from the United States.
For all these reasons, it is a good time to bet on the planting of some varieties of vegetables.
With regard to the garden, it is an ideal time of year to carry out the last pruning, if there is any pending work in these months, and prepare the green areas for a new season of splendor.
Before planting seeds or seedlings in our garden, in the month of March it is recommended to previously carry out the following activities:
Next, we leave you a list of those plants and crops that are best for the third month of the year and spring:
Its scientific name is Solanum lycopersicum and its planting is recommended for the end of March when the weather is milder. If we are looking to save some time, we can choose to plant a tomato plant already in the exploding phase instead of a seedling. The key: shallow holes, a distance of half a meter between each plant and that the soil has constant water without puddles. Remember that tomato is a fruit.
The broad beans or Vicia faba resist the cold well and appear on the scene in the month of March with the first heat. For this reason, its planting is recommended in the first days of this month. The seeds must be soaked for 24 hours before planting and up to 50 units can be planted in one square meter. It is recommended to condition the soil with a layer of sand and another of fertilizer. Water by drip, little and daily, but only to the root.
For the month of March, if you bet on lettuce, it should be of the oak leaf variety. It may be a good time at the end of March to transplant the winter plants to the orchard.
Before the last frosts, spinach is a very resistant plant and will survive with a little attention. At most with some plastic or basic protection that shelters it from the frost. Its way of planting is key: spaced seedlings and some water periodically every day.
Other vegetables that can begin to be planted in the garden in this month of March are:
Frost and cold during long days will pass to a better life in many points of the geography in Spain. It is time for more hours of sunshine and also rain that gives strength to the garden. It will be time to start the first in-depth garden preparation tasks in March:
In the garden in March you can opt for pruning and fertilizing rose bushes, both low and climbing. At the gates of spring this action strengthens the plant.
On the other hand, March will also be a good time to plant different plants and shrubs:
According to the criteria of The Trust Project
