- Continue to harvest cool weather crops to encourage growth until the plant is spent.
- Continually deadhead greens and herbs by pinching or snipping florets or seed heads off the top of the plant to prevent the plant from bolting and becoming bitter to taste.
- Direct sow summer squash, okra, beans, corn and cucumbers, or resow beans, squash and corn if first sowing failed.
- Continue to start from seed indoors plants such as cucumbers, beans, melon, okra, potatoes, pumpkin and squash.
- Cover any cool weather crops with a light shade cloth to allow plants to continue growing as temperatures rise (or consider intercropping to protect and extend early spring crops, among other benefits).
- Transplant some hardened-off seedlings such as tomatoes, peppers, beans, okra, sweet corn, squash and melon.
- Place cages, stakes and trellises for vertically climbing plants (such as pole beans, tomatoes, melon and squash) when transplanting to avoid damaging the plant or disturbing the roots as the plant gets bigger.
- Protect new plantings with temporary cover in case of an unanticipated late frost.
- Delay planting basil until temperatures rise.
- Delay transplanting eggplant for as long as possible to avoid flea beetle infestation.
- Resist buying cooler weather transplants such as cilantro or dill that may not do as well as temperatures rise.
- Water deeply early in the morning, and try to avoid getting leaves wet.
- Lightly mulch around the base of the plant.
- Place straw around garlic plants to keep soil cool and hydrated; harvest garlic scapes when tender.
- Mound up soil around potato starts, leeks and carrots as plants grow taller.
- If you started sweet potato slips indoors, continue to monitor growth of off-shoots.