I woke up to temperatures in the 20s and when I looked through the window the Kale was looking quite sad. It had frost on it and was quite wilted. Being the first time I have grown this I was not sure how it would fare. I went outside to check on them later in the day once the ice started to go away. Unless the sun hits areas when its this cold the water tends to refreeze the next night.
Hearing these are cold weather crops I guess they will do fine down to a certain temp. Though this morning I thought it would be the temp to kill them but it was not. They popped back up once the temperatures raised into the high 30s.
Now the sun is going back down but it should not get as cold as it did the night before. And I wonder next time we get a cold snap will they be okay again? How low can the temperatures go before they are in trouble? I am not sure so I guess I will just need to learn from experience.
I am surprised to see many of the seeds that dropped are now forming plants, and they seem to be resistant to the cold as well.
There is now some Mexican Terragon growing around the Kale, and some Lemon Balm too. Hopefully this will help keep the caterpillars at bay during the spring summer and fall.
There are some bite marks as we got a warm snap for the last week or so, many of the bugs that bother them came back when it warmed up again. Though now they all died back since we got a hard freeze.
Just before the sun goes down it will be in the high 30s but then drop back down into the low 30s tonight. We get our coldest days around this time of year in January.
Looking at the center of the Kale there is more growth on the way. Hopefully we can harvest some soon.
Many of the seedlings are doing great, they are only a few months old and came up on their own. I did not plant them, just from dropped seeds they formed. My Feverfew plant can be seen next to them, a bright neon green color. Not sure if the Feverfew will protect them Kale from caterpillars like the Lemon Balm and Mexican Terragon does but its worth a try.
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I just cleared the vegetable section and pruned the rose and repotted the cana.
Everything is a mess!!!
Aww your Canna will be fine, they are really tough plants. Loving your jade, has it ever flowered? Mine did when I lived in California, clusters of tiny little flowers.
And you have an air plant, really cool!
That air plant was so tiny before! I have them all in pots!
haha wow they have come a long way.
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How interesting is all this, in these parts of the world is the opposite, here normally it is always warm throughout the year, it is very rare when it is very cold, actually here snow does not fall, I guess it is because of the geographical position that has "Venezuela", although in the Andean region specifically in the "State of Merida" is where some snow has fallen sometime.
Those who cultivate here do it in function of the high temperatures, but I put that everything is an adaptation, as well as there your plants can be resistant to the cold, here it is the opposite, they are resistant to the heat. My beautiful mother is a planting fanatic and loves to grow, our house is an apartment and if it is up to her she can turn it into a botanical garden xD
It has been very interesting my stop in your article.... I hope your plants are strong and that the cold takes pity on them, I also hope that those stupid caterpillars do not do their thing if at some point a heat wave hits.
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Thats great your mom grows a bunch of plants. And I know what you mean when it comes to plants getting too hot. We get pretty intense summers here, and my sweet potato vine will wilt during the hottest of days. But is always comes back once the temps come down.
Hah yeah those damn caterpillars, well next year I have some plants on treating them with something so we shall see how it all plays out.
My mom has a very good hand with plants to tell you the truth, sometimes I am very surprised with what she manages to do in some simple pots that are not so big. Once she managed to stick a few "Cucumber" seeds in a simple pot and put it in the living room window, it was amazing to see the state of growth of that crop, but it was even more incredible when it began to bear fruit of small cucumbers, my mother surprises me with what she can do. At some point I will share with you some of her plants, right now I am in another city far away from her, but I hope to visit her soon =)
I just hope your caterpillar strategy works and your plants can be safe from them. Best of luck with that!!!
Very nice and beautiful garden you have there, maybe a greenhouse for these dates can help you with your smaller and sensitive plants, there are a variety of homemade tutorials to make one, cheers!
thanks alot... One day I would like to have a greenhouse, so it is on my wishlist.
It should be fine. My Lacinato kale has survived 8F so far and is still doing ok. It's 8F out there as I type, so I will see how it does after the 2nd round...
Oh cool, it has not gotten that cold yet so good to know it can handle it.
It looks like a broccoli tree, but in our country the broccoli tree is not so big.@solominer hi dear... how are you?
Broccoli trees tend to be much smaller.The photos I shared with you are of the broccoli tree project , and it doesn't get too big to hold small broccoli here.
Oh nice, I do not grow broccoli but maybe I will give that a try. Hope yours turns out well.