Nearly drowning - Page 2

PA_Julia · February 28, 2013

I'm extremely pleased to hear about the heavy rains in your area!!

This amount of moisture early will surely help with everything and everyone in the area this coming season.

b54red · February 28, 2013

Broccoli can stand a light freeze but if it has young heads developing and it gets down around 28 or so for longer than an hour or two then water crystals freeze in the head. A few weeks later you will have rotten spots in the head. Same is true for cabbage and cauliflower. If you see black mushy spots in the heads of broccoli or cauliflower after you harvest them it means they got some freeze damage. On cabbage you will see black edges on the leaves inside the cabbage that have to be peeled away.

Bill

Redbaron · February 28, 2013

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Originally Posted by b54red

Broccoli can stand a light freeze but if it has young heads developing and it gets down around 28 or so for longer than an hour or two then water crystals freeze in the head. A few weeks later you will have rotten spots in the head. Same is true for cabbage and cauliflower. If you see black mushy spots in the heads of broccoli or cauliflower after you harvest them it means they got some freeze damage. On cabbage you will see black edges on the leaves inside the cabbage that have to be peeled away.

Bill

Tell that to my last Broccoli left in the garden from last fall,

hehehehehe Been way under 28 MANY nights and the head of broccoli is undamaged. In fact I will probably eat it soon and that'll be the last of the fresh broccoli until my new ones come on.

PS. (some of my weaker broccoli did get slight damages over the winter and I had to cut a couple bad spots out, but this last one has already given me 5 nice perfect heads and is fixing to give me more VERY soon.

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Stvrob · February 28, 2013

I wonder if extra potassium would help it withstand even colder weather? Anyway sorry I got your thread off topic (heavy rain). That system only brought me about a 1.6". I was hoping for more but we were on the edge. Now we are expecting a late freeze early next week. My grafted tomatoes are chomping at the bit to be in the ground. They've about outgrown their 4 inch pots.

b54red · March 7, 2013

After a total of over 20 inches of rain over the last few weeks everything in my garden is just sitting there not growing. Talked to a gardening buddy of mine who lives a couple of miles away and he is experiencing the same thing in his raised beds. I'm assuming that much rain in that short a time has just leached out a lot of the nutrients from my beds. I am going to go out today and apply a good dose of Miracle Grow to everything. We have now had a few days without rain and a lot of wind so my beds have dried out nicely but it is still soggy ground in many areas that are not raised beds. I have talked to several gardeners who still can't even walk in their gardens without sinking. I think a lot of people in this area without raised beds are going to end up being far behind schedule on their planting due to the soggy ground.

Bill

February 28, 2013	#16
PA_Julia Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Princeton, Ky Zone 7A Posts: 2,208	I'm extremely pleased to hear about the heavy rains in your area!! This amount of moisture early will surely help with everything and everyone in the area this coming season. __________________ Personal Best- 4.46 LB Big Zac 2013

February 28, 2013	#17
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	Broccoli can stand a light freeze but if it has young heads developing and it gets down around 28 or so for longer than an hour or two then water crystals freeze in the head. A few weeks later you will have rotten spots in the head. Same is true for cabbage and cauliflower. If you see black mushy spots in the heads of broccoli or cauliflower after you harvest them it means they got some freeze damage. On cabbage you will see black edges on the leaves inside the cabbage that have to be peeled away. Bill

February 28, 2013	#19
Stvrob Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 1,413	I wonder if extra potassium would help it withstand even colder weather? Anyway sorry I got your thread off topic (heavy rain). That system only brought me about a 1.6". I was hoping for more but we were on the edge. Now we are expecting a late freeze early next week. My grafted tomatoes are chomping at the bit to be in the ground. They've about outgrown their 4 inch pots.

March 7, 2013	#20
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	After a total of over 20 inches of rain over the last few weeks everything in my garden is just sitting there not growing. Talked to a gardening buddy of mine who lives a couple of miles away and he is experiencing the same thing in his raised beds. I'm assuming that much rain in that short a time has just leached out a lot of the nutrients from my beds. I am going to go out today and apply a good dose of Miracle Grow to everything. We have now had a few days without rain and a lot of wind so my beds have dried out nicely but it is still soggy ground in many areas that are not raised beds. I have talked to several gardeners who still can't even walk in their gardens without sinking. I think a lot of people in this area without raised beds are going to end up being far behind schedule on their planting due to the soggy ground. Bill