Well, I know what to do to protect against frost. Can't say I did it this time. My tomatoes and peppers are done but the greens and lettuces frosted and survived. Even the peas, oddly, made it through a light frost.
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| Snow, Frost and Lettuce: Gary Pilarchik |
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Snow, Frost and more Lettuce: Gary Pilarchik
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It want to stress that greens and lettuce are great cool weather crops and can survive the cold and frost. The above pictures was ice and snow. The pictures below are how the plants look after 2 night of frost and below freezing weather. No issues. So grow some Fall greens next year. According to the weather I will have at least 1 more week of no frost nights. More greens for my salads. My garden has made it into November. I harvested leeks over the weekend and made chicken soup with them. The leeks will tolerate frost too.
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| Red Romaine 2 Nights of Light Frost: Gary Pilarchik |
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| Container Lettuces Resist Frost: Gary Pilarchik |
The cold weather brings a sweetness to greens and lettuces you just don't get during Spring and the warm periods. Lettuces and greens can freeze. The cell structures are a bit different. The ice doesn't burst their cell structure. Now prolong freezing will kill the plant. But they can take even a pretty hard frost.
So you mean that Container Gardening is not safe.???
ReplyDeleteI have been keeping my container lettuce covered with a clear plastic dropcloth since last week. They weren't growing very quickly but once I put the cover on they doubled in size. I guess that little extra warmth is what they needed
ReplyDeleteMy garlic is popping up. I know it will be a long time to harvest but I'm excitied
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