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michelelc (
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Mon, Jul 2, 12 at 16:07
| My mother lives in NC in zone 7 in the Asheville area. She asked me if it was too hot to start carrots and beets now. I told her I had no idea and would post the question here. Can you start carrots and beets during the hot times of the summer? They average high 80's and 90's right now. |
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| Yoo yah! Waaayyy too hot. Plant them in the fall after the weather breaks. That's usually middle Sept. here. Dave |
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| Beets can take a lot more heat than people tend to think. I have some under old bed sheets right now and they seem to be holding up to the heat ok. And I have some germinating right now both under shade cloth and without. |
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| Masbustelo - are you in zone 7 too? Dave |
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| Dave I am in 5b where it got to 95 today. |
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| Ahh big difference then. You can get away with different planting times that we in zone 7 can. It hasn't been below 108-110 here for the past 10 days. Dave |
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| Dave I just checked the U.S. weather service and Asheville NC has not posted a temperature higher than 98 this month and also never broke 100 last month. Also they are heading into a much cooler cycle. Hence I stand by my statement that with a little care etc. the beets should do fine. |
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| I used to live just down the road from Asheville, and your mother has another couple of weeks before she needs to start carrots. Right now she can start the slower brassicas indoors (broccoli, kale, brussels sprouts) and sow more basil and dill from seed. It's a fun climate because despite hot days, it cools off nicely at night. The Arboretum there has a cute veggie garden in the back area, good place to learn. |
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| Masbustelo - I understand what you are saying but my point is that you don't include your zone or location in your posts as most of us do. Without that info the OP has no way of knowing if the advice in your reply is applicable to them or not. Michele mentions Asheville specifically so the reason I say too hot is because my location's weather moves almost directly east and it will likely impact Asheville within a few days. The bottom line is that, as a general rule, planting times in zone 5b are very different from the planting times in zone 7 so location is very relevant to any advice given. If you go to your member page and fill out your profile including your location/zone it comes up automatically with your posts. Otherwise you need to include that info in each post manually. Dave |
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- Posted by lonmower zone8 Western Oregon (My Page) on
Tue, Jul 3, 12 at 12:43
| I would like to second what Dave wrote about including your zone and location. Without that information it is impossible to sort out comments or questions. EVERYONE WHO HASN'T DONE IT YET...GO TO YOUR PROFILE PAGE AND UPDATE IT NOW! I am in Zone 8, but my zone 8 is way different than one in (say) Georgia. Today our high will be in the upper 60's. Last week I planted a first crop of beets and a second crop of carrots. I think that we have had one or two days in the 80's. In Oregon, we don't tan...we RUST! |
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Now, if lonmower is in zone 8 in Western Oregon, and I'm in zone 8ish in No Ca, and someone in Georgia is a zone 8....how do we figure out what to think???? These are all completely different areas!
Oregon is cool and damp, No Ca is Mediteranian (warm and dry) and Georgia is hot and humid!...All the same zone!
Maybe this should be a new thread????? Nancy |
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| So you do like many of us do - your zone AND your location or at least region. They give you plenty of room to include both. If you don't want everyone to know you live in Podunkville, Illinois population 23 hardy souls then put Zone 5b, SW Illinois. Dave |
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| I have been mostly upper 50's low 60's last month with almost 6 inches of rain. It was the coldest June in 30 years. I tried planting beets in April. They germinated, but didn't grow much because it was too cold and wet. My Kohlrabi just started growing a bit more within the last week or so. It has 5 or 6 leaves. |
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| Zones are weird. I'm in Central Virginia zone 7 - but our micro-climate is 7B. You can not depend on the National Weather service to give accurate temps in my zone. I can watch one of three local TV weather reports (NBC, ABC, CBS)and get different information. In my front yard I can have hard relentless burning sun (104 degrees) and in the back yard (only 50 feet away) I have good sun but because of a bank of trees in neighbors yard - much different temps (98 degrees). All this on the same day. I know to plant the okra and other heat lovers in front yard area. I learned from reading and asking questions that listing your zone is very important on these forums. However, location in that zone can mean a wide variety of different weather and conditions. Just saying.......... DL |
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