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Jeff Hill is a California-based businessman who launched a company to bridge the gap between agronomics and irrigation. He has a technical background in water, chemicals, fertilizers and farming. He also has relevant education he received from Reedley College and Fresno State University. Hill works with growers to ensure a healthy and productive soil for the long term. His experience allowed him to write several articles for industry publications and present topics at agricultural conferences.
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Jeff Hill - How to Extend Growth Season Into the Fall Jeff Hill has been working in the field of agriculture for over a decade. There are many benefits for the farmers who extend the growing season beyond the summer. They include warm-weather pests and diseases disappearing with the cold weather, which makes it easier to grow a new crop. Fall and winter gardening also bring a lot of benefits to the soil. Many gardeners know that cover crops that grow during the cold season cover and fortify the soil. Fall and winter vegetables offer the same benefits. In addition to that, crops such as kale and carrots taste better if they encounter some cold weather during the growth period. In Charlotte, North Carolina, you can have three crop seasons for vegetables because of the mild climate. If you live in a cold part of the country and have never gardened during the cold months of the year, you may think that your area gets too cold to grow any crops. However, even in Maine, which is one of the coldest states in the continental United States, farmers grow carrots, kale, cabbage, arugula, turnips and other crops well into November because these plants can withstand cold and frost with little or no protection at all. In September you can plant cabbage, chard, and broccoli. Learning to extend your harvesting season also means that you will not have to rely on canned food and will be able to eat fresh vegetables and crops. Timing is the most important factor in fall and winter gardening because of the diminishing sunlight. Plants need to reach a certain size before their growth slows down. While the days start becoming shorter in the summer, plants grow quicker in the fall compared to spring because of how warm the soil is. If you live in a cold climate, your plants will stop growing much by October. This means that you need to plant transplant seeds somewhere around the end of July. The easiest way to start a fall garden is to buy transplant seeds from a local nursery that has serious gardeners as customers. A nursery like this will have seeds and even transplants well into September. If you don’t have a nursery where you can get seeds, prepare early and stock up on fall seeds when you are buying your supplies for the next spring. Here are some tips for planting new crops in late summer. Look for plants that are winding down and replace them with new transplants just like Jeff Hill would do. You can also start a new nursery bed just for fall transplants. You can also raise seedling on a deck or some other surface until they are ready to go into the garden grounds. To Learn More,Visit at:https://audioboom.com/jeffhill
