Re: [gardeners] Planting in the fall?
Margaret Lauterbach (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Wed, 21 Oct 1998 07:32:54 -0600
At 07:27 AM 10/21/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Here we are enjoying yet another beautiful day with temps. expected to
>be around 22C today. The gardening bug has not left me and I have a
>question. Would it be possible to plant beets and carrots now and have
>them germinate in the spring? Zone 3 gets quite cold in the winter
>-35C. It is just a thought. Any ideas?
>
>Gayle, in Calgary
>--
>
>"It is the less bright students who make teachers teach better."
>
>Malcolm Forbes
>
Gayle, you might have better luck planting spinach now. I have a friend
who fall-planted potatoes, but our weather doesn't get quite as cold as
yours in winter. Maybe minus 20 at the most the winter he planted taters.
He had a huge harvest in July. Margaret