What to plant this week in Mobile, AL
With Mobile's last frost averaging just a week ago on Feb 6, your garden is already in full swing for this week as heat and humidity build. Focus entirely on harvesting your massive crop of summer squashes, melons, beans, and okra while watching the soil moisture closely.
The next 7 days
Mobile, ALGrowing in Mobile right now
- Watch for rapid soil drying after heavy rains; Mobile's sandy-loam mix holds little water between storms, so keep a deep-watering schedule ready for Okra and Bush Beans.
- Delay planting Garlic until late fall or next spring since it is currently listed only as a harvest item, indicating the ground is too warm for new bulbs now.
- Take advantage of the current 90-degree-plus heat to finish harvesting Watermelon, Cantaloupe, and Honeydew before a potential early August storm system hits.
Sow this week
2 crops- Daikon Radish
- Ornamental Allium
Transplant this week
Nothing is due to go out this week.
Harvest soon
44 crops- Acorn Squash
- Basil
- Borage
- Bush Bean
- Butternut Squash
- Cantaloupe
- Celosia (Cockscomb)
- Cleome (Spider Flower)
- Cosmos
- Cowpea (Black-Eyed Pea)
- Cucumber
- Delicata Squash
- Edamame
- Fennel
- Flour Corn
- French Marigold
- Garden Verbena
- Garlic
- Gomphrena (Globe Amaranth)
- Gourd (Ornamental/Bottle)
- Honeydew Melon
- Lima Bean
- Loofah (Luffa)
- Malabar Spinach
- Morning Glory
- Nasturtium
- Okra
- Pole Bean
- Pumpkin
- Purslane
- Roselle (Cranberry Hibiscus)
- Scarlet Runner Bean
- Shiso (Japanese Basil)
- Spaghetti Squash
- Summer Savory
- Sunflower
- Sweet Corn
- Thai Basil
- Vinca (Madagascar Periwinkle)
- Watermelon
- Winter Squash
- Yellow Summer Squash
- Zinnia
- Zucchini
Seasonal tips
- Succession sow fast-maturing crops like Daikon Radish or Ornamental Allium to extend your season's variety.
- Mulch around heavy feeders like Okra and Bush Beans to retain moisture as summer heat intensifies.
- Deadhead Zinnias and Cosmos regularly to encourage continuous blooming for pollinators.
Pest & disease watch
- Spider Mites are exploding in Mobile's high-humidity weather, targeting the undersides of Celosia, Zinnias, and Malabar Spinach leaves.
- Aphid colonies often surge on Pole Beans and Scarlet Runner Beans when temperatures hit 85°F+, requiring frequent inspection.
- Late-season squash vine borers may still be attacking Butternut and Delicata Squash vines near the base of the stem.
Watering this week
Water deeply in the early morning to reduce evaporation, especially during hot spells.
Harvest Edamame and Green Beans every two days to keep plants producing their best pods.
Mobile gardening questions
3Can I plant the Garlic listed in the 'harvest soon' list now?
No, that Garlic was planted earlier this fall and is ready to pull; Mobile soil temperatures are far too warm for starting new garlic bulbs at this time.
My Okra plants look stunted even though they were planted weeks ago.
This is common in our sandy soils if the recent heavy rains washed away nutrients or if the plants didn't get a deep soak after the storm passed; give them an inch of water and add a little compost tea.
When is the best time to sow the Daikon Radish and Ornamental Allium mentioned for this week?
You can sow these seeds immediately into prepared beds, but keep them shaded with a lace cloth since Mobile's midday sun will scorch young radish leaves too quickly.
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