Did you know there are crops that can deal frosts & blow ?
When multitude hear that I ’m a fall & winter gardener in Canada they ’re often garbled , surprised , aghast , or do n’t trust me at all .
The fast one to have a fall or winter garden is the right crop selection , the correct time of year extenders and get your timing aright .
Today I wanted to go a little further and discuss what cold-blooded - stout crops and variety can handle frost and snow .
Before I start , vegetable glean in the fall or former wintertime tend to be right than one that have been harvested in late winter or closer to outflow . Using season extenders ( which you ’ll find more details of in the links above ) will facilitate keep veggie loose to harvest using cold frames or low burrow . rootle crops like beets , carrot , parsnips can be challenge to harvest once the ground freeze down unless mulched with straw and cover with tarp over the bed or using low tunnels . Most root crop can also be reap and stash away inroot wine cellar . I ’ve left parsnips and carrot in the solid ground and glean them throughout the wintertime during mid - winter thaws .
Most of the greens will await limp with frosts but you ’ll be happy to cognise they rebound & can be harvested . Although not vegetables , peanutsare icing tolerant crop that you could imbed .
One of the first things to know is that your summertime harvest will not be able handle hoarfrost or snowunless you have a temperate greenhouse . You desire to raise cool season and stale hardy crops in the twilight and winter garden . I’ve heard of people miraculously save tomato alive during early frosts with double layers of time of year extenders ( like sullen weight unit words cover charge / frost framework and a low tunnel ) but frankly , I do n’t want to have to cosset my crops .
I often do n’t start covering frigid unfearing crops until -3C/-5C 26/23F because I ’ve found it will quash their hardiness and cold tolerance for the rest of the wintertime . Even veggies that you ’re hypothesise to mulch or protect ( like ‘ Winter Density ’ simoleons ) I ’ve left out in the open with no protection to -10C/14F.
If using time of year extenders be mindful they do n’t overheat and make certain you air out them on warmer wintertime days .
The declivity & wintertime gardening I ’ve done tends to be around the o to -15C/5Fsometimes I ’m using time of year extenders , and sometimes not . Some winter are colder but there ’s snow protective covering , other winters are mild with no snow . Remember the snow acts as an insulator so if you do get lots of snow that ’s not always a bad affair , just hard to harvest during the deeper winter month . On the coldest of nights it ’s better to have snow protection than being exposed to the -20C/-4F air temperatures . depleted tunnels are fantastical but you do have snow removal to stay on top of . I regard it as a wintertime workout to have refreshful winter vegetables !
I ’ve shared a list of cold-blooded hardy vegetables before but I wanted to go further today and talk about varieties(PIN the ‘ cool season & cold hardy crop list ’ for later ) . Just like certain vegetables can handle the summer warmth well , certain ones can deal frosts or C. P. Snow best than others . For illustration moolah is n’t a veggie that you would think is stalwart but there are ones that I ’ve harvest after the nose candy and even overwintered like ‘ Winter Density ’ .
Cold Hardy Crop List for Frosts & Snow
Where I ’ve had experience I ’ve also compose specific varieties(there are more- please commentary to contribute with your experiences 🙂 )
I hope to add to this list after experimenting with new miscellanea .
It truly is awful what you could harvest from the frosts & snow !
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