General information and discussion about cultivating all other edible garden plants.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: The Netherlands
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Ray, how lucky growing snow peas and so sunny 'n warm at this time ! I envy you !!!
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: MO z6a near St. Louis
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Good, Wi-Sunflower answered the question about Brussel Sprouts and below freezing weather. Mine get damaged at about 10-15 F and killed in the low single digits (we have no snow cover to insulate). Cabbages and other brassicas, in my experience, are a little less hearty. I don't even try to pick BS until after a heavy frost or light freeze.
We will get down to around zero tonight and tomorrow night and I think that spells doom for the remainder of my fall garden. ![]()
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Wisconsin
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Many of the cole crops will take more cold than you might think, as long as it's just for over nite to about a day and then gets warmer. If it stays in the low 20s for several days straight, without getting back above freezing in between, that will kill them.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Corpus Christi,Texas Z9
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as it turned out we got no where near frost or freeze. And my blueberry bush is blooming like crazy and has for a few weeks or so, but hasnt set any fruit.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: texas
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Ray I might not be laughing when you fall in the fault but I will be trying to find your house and save your seeds!
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Brownville, Ne
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We experienced a light frost here last night, too; -15F with a wind chill of -35F. And we are in a warm area compared to the frozen north of Mn, Wi and Mi.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: texas
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Jan 15
24° Fri Jan 16 ![]() Sunny 46° 33° Sat Jan 17 ![]() Mostly Sunny 61° 44° Sun Jan 18 ![]() Sunny 62° 37° Mon Jan 19 ![]() Sunny 61° 38° Tue Jan 20 ![]() Sunny 64° 37° Wed Jan 21 ![]() Sunny 62° 42° Thu Jan 22 ![]() Partly Cloudy 63° 43° Fri Jan 23 ![]() Partly Cloudy 57° 35° Sat Jan 24 ![]() Sunny 56° 37° THis about sums it up for me, meanie pants Ray. Although I know I am much better off than the people stuck in the negatives. I am used to hot and more hot Kat Last edited by newatthiskat; January 16, 2009 at 01:01 AM. Reason: bad pasting |
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Campbell, CA
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Yep Kat,
This was intended as light-hearted humor, but I really do sympathize with the folks in the North-East who are having a rough time of it this week. Hopefully, it won't last too long for them. Ray |
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Germany 49°26"N 07°36"E
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Over here across the pond I can't remember it being this cold in a long time. They are using Icebreakers on the inland waterways so the barges can make their coal deliveries to the power stations. At least we won't have much of a insect problem this year. Ami
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Pardeeville, WI
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Look out east coast. It was -31f/-35c here when I came into work.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: 6a - NE Tennessee
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It is 12 F on my screened-in porch this morning. This is not a good thing, Martha.
![]() ![]() ![]() It had to be someone up there in Minnesota who fell asleep at their post and let this cold air overrun the border. ![]() I'll probably set up a court-marshal as soon as we find the real perpetrator. Leaving your post is a serious offense. ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Back in da U.P.
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my family is blaming us for this cold weather, claiming we brought it down with us when we moved from the U.P. this fall. people at work say its not usually like this. i dunno. at least we left behind most of the snow. 154 inches so far near houghton. blue skies, sunshine, and minus 6 to start the day in sandusky. made for an invigorating walk with the dog.
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Lawrenceville, GA, 7b
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Brrrr. It's 12:54 and we finally warmed up to 27 degrees F. I realize this isn't comparable to temps below 0 or having to use icebreakers in the rivers to keep the channels open, but for Georgia, this is cold. My old dog was out to do his thing this morning and back in so fast I had to laugh.
Yvonne |
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