Snaps was Re: [gardeners] Voting Soon?

Liz Albrook (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Thu, 9 Apr 1998 20:07:13 +0000

drusus@golden.net <gardeners@globalgarden.com> wrote:

> Around here (Great Lakes) they go until a *very* heavy frost in the
> fall, so I'd guess that they might take 25 F if they had some cover.
>  I think as long as the ground is not frozen, and the leaves aren't
> allowed to get frozen, you'd be safe.

I had snaps overwinter here, too.  I was wondering if younger snaps, 
after being hardened off, would be more susceptible to cold than 
mature snaps.  Some veggies are more susceptible to cold when young 
than when old and for others the reverse is true.  For example, I've 
had young peas take pretty heavy frosts but older peas have been 
killed by heavy frosts.  

You guys are probably right.  I should just plant them and say to 
heck with it.  I'm also ready to stick out heliotrope.

Liz