Northern Zone Pushers: watcha doing?

[swardson]

Originally Posted by bughunter99

I like to get my seedlings out in the lightening storms. They definitely perk them up.

I heard planting by the moon, but planting by lightning

[beeman]

I believe the lightening strikes release large amounts of Nitrogen into the atmosphere, and we all know what Nitrogen is capable of. Certainly makes my grass greener!

[Lindalana]

9 plants are planted into cold frame, because I have hoophouse running this year I decided not to use cold frame for hardening and just plant into it. 3 Plants Tsar Kolokol, Mikado Rozovyi and Orange strawberry, no reason, went into WOW at veggie garden. I use tomato cages to hold them up so WOW does not close completely on top. Forecast is usual 50-60 daytime and 40 at nights so I think we will be good. Have raised beds with landscape fabric so soil temps are not too bad. Raining gently now. It was lightening a bit yesterday too. Potted first 4 pots Wild Fred, Taimyr. Moravsky Div and Yaponskiy Karlik but those will move in and out of a a hoopohouse for t now. Yay to new season.

[joseph]

Erected a greenhouse last week. Intending to use it this spring to start tomatoes for transplant to the garden in about 6 weeks.

[Cole_Robbie]

Nice looking greenhouse! You might have to trim the tree and shrub limbs back a little so the wind can't rub them against your panels.

Most of my plants ended up living through the freeze. I have killed more with damping off I think than with cold.

The varieties that handled the freeze the best were no surprise. They are all advertised as cold tolerant: Glacier, Northern Delight, Taxi, Beaver Lodge, and Siberian. They froze in a similar manner as the other varieties, from the outside leaves down to the stem, but seemed to grow back and recover a lot faster.

[KarenO]

Very pleased with things so far. All of my plants are happy in the greenhouse and have the next wave germinating in the house: some lettuces, annual flowers, beans, cukes, squash and herbs. Still cold at night , around zero Celcius but all is snug in the greenhouse with the little ceramic heater on it stays around 15 degrees all night. (around 61 F)
Especially excited to watch the progress of my F2 tomato seedlings and it's cool how different some of them are already even as seedlings. It's going to be a fun year I think. Good luck with your gardens everyone!
KO

[Durgan]

Originally Posted by beeman

I believe the lightening strikes release large amounts of Nitrogen into the atmosphere, and we all know what Nitrogen is capable of. Certainly makes my grass greener!

I knew a lady farmer who told me years ago that the lightening had to awaken the seeds. She believed this emphatically and had farmed for about 50 years near Kingston. It is as good a belief as other far more popular ones.

[Durgan]

Originally Posted by joseph

Erected a greenhouse last week. Intending to use it this spring to start tomatoes for transplant to the garden in about 6 weeks.

That is a beauty. Guard your door with a pail of sand from the wind catching. Also make sure it is well fastened to the ground. I speak from past rather trying experiences.

[Sharpcheddar]

I started my seeds in late March and today repotted them for the first time. I'm going to need to buy more lights!

[Durgan]

Originally Posted by Sharpcheddar

I started my seeds in late March and today repotted them for the first time. I'm going to need to buy more lights!

Light is free if you have any access, and most people have. It is called the SUN.

[bower]

Awesome looking greenhouse, Joseph. So pristine!

This evening I stapled up some vinyl "tablecloth protectors" over the single glazed areas in my greenhouse, since it's all I have handy. It's really drafty - I guess draftier than ever since last year's reno's - and night temperatures inside are still in the low 40's. We've been in a fog bank with drizzle and freezing drizzle for.. a week? ten days? After a while, you lose track.

Still way too many tomato plants, way too large and precocious, and too cold to leave em out overnight. We have some sunny days and frosty nights forecast coming up (anything but fog will be great!) We'll see what the vinyl does.

[bughunter99]

Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie

Nice looking greenhouse! You might have to trim the tree and shrub limbs back a little so the wind can't rub them against your panels.

Most of my plants ended up living through the freeze. I have killed more with damping off I think than with cold.

The varieties that handled the freeze the best were no surprise. They are all advertised as cold tolerant: Glacier, Northern Delight, Taxi, Beaver Lodge, and Siberian. They froze in a similar manner as the other varieties, from the outside leaves down to the stem, but seemed to grow back and recover a lot faster.

Great information on those that survived your freeze! Thank you!
STACY

[falconblack]

Very nice greenhouse.I have a cold frame so will be a while this year before I can move mine outside.

[SharonRossy]

On a whim I decided to resow some Kellogg's Breakfast last week, putting it on my heated bathroom floor and it germinated in 3 days! I wish I had done the same with Azoychka! I don't foresee planting out in Montreal before the end of May. Bower, when do you think you'll be in the garden safely? Should I try with Azoychka or am I really pushing the envelope?

[Sharpcheddar]

Originally Posted by Durgan

Light is free if you have any access, and most people have. It is called the SUN.

The window they're by doesn't get much light, but that was what I had to do to keep the cats away before setting up the temporary greenhouse. It's going to be moved to a different room now that has good southern exposure light