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| Following recommended dates for my zone to plant spinach lettuce etc however planting them in containers I think the earth freezes at night (quite large containers) so is this a problem? Ruth |
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| Spinach, lettuce, and peas are quite hardy and can survive in frozen soil for short periods. However, long and deep freezes will harm the plants. Chervil2 |
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- Posted by organic_nut (My Page) on Thu, Apr 27, 06 at 19:08
| I am in Mass also. nice to see others here. Ruth. depends on where you live. but it is nice and warm now. I use weatherbug for my forecasts. I would not worry unless it is getting real cold. like down to 25 F or below. I have put out lettuce in march. spinach is most successful if you plant it in late fall and leave it out all winter. however, in Mass it will mostly die. I have seen a big field of spinach live all winter in concord mass some years ago. the best place to over winter a crop like spinach would be under snow all winter. the snow will protect the plants and keep them alive almost no matter how cold it gets. I am out near Concord mass area. what general areas are other mass grower growing. the cap cod ocean area is very different from western mass mountain areas. |
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