Re: Snaps was Re: [gardeners] Voting Soon?
drusus@golden.net (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Fri, 10 Apr 1998 00:18:55 -0400
At 08:07 PM 09-04-98 +0000, Liz Albrook wrote:
>drusus@golden.net <gardeners@globalgarden.com> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>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.
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>You guys are probably right. I should just plant them and say to
>heck with it. I'm also ready to stick out heliotrope.
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>Liz
There's always pansies, very tough. Lucinda
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