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RE: Hive Garden Comment Challenge: Our Gardens in Extreme Weather

in HiveGarden2 years ago

Mulch! I am so behind the ball on this gardening thing. I always love your info too, very helpful! Question - the exposed carrots and beets are still quite alive, but small. Will they grow anymore? The ones under the fabric cover are doing nicely, almost big enough.

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Once the soil drops below 50F there’s not much biology to support plants. Having said that, if I leave tiny oxalis plants in the ground over winter, I come out to good size plants in spring. It also depends on whether they get enough light.

I have never left things in the ground after November unless it’s parsnips because the critters will eat them or the ground will freeze down 1 - 2’. The parsnips I dig in December if I can before the ground freezes. They need to freeze to become sweeter.

 2 years ago  

Great info! Thanks!
What about Jerusalem artichokes? Do you grow those?

Yes, they grow wherever the voles leave the tubers in the garden.