Safe to plant small OwnRoot in below freezing Temps?
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Comments (14)Fall-Winter is my favorite time to garden! The hot weather here in the Central Valley, California, makes me very sick (heat/sun stroke, losing my pigments, sunburned very easily). I measured the temperature in my garden this morning about 6:40 a.m., between 27-31 Degrees F. Our roommate's car at 7:15 a.m. still has solid ice all over the entire car! I'm amazed that all of my Tomato plants (Pear and Cherry) are still looking healthy, with no signs of stress. My Tomato plants have always died before when the temperature drops below freezing. Maybe they are acclimatizing to the cold weather ..... Looks like all of my seedlings are enduring this chilling weather. I have over 100 different kinds of plants growing now, including summer plants: Tomatoes, Eggplants > Thai, Peppers, Basil, Zinnias, California Poppies, Morning Glories, Four O'clocks, and more ... Now, if only the gophers will leave me something to eat this Winter .... Stray cat's nearly destroyed my most recent seed bed. Picked fresh Southern Curled Mustard and Red Giant Mustard and Chinese Cabbage to add to my sandwich yesterday! Looking forward to fresh Lettuce, Beet Greens, Collard Greens, Kale, Kohlrabi Greens, Swiss Chard, Radish Greens, Stinging Nettle, Dandelions which should be ready soon ..... -- Jim (Central Valley, California) > Climate Zone #8/14 > Hardiness Zones #8-9a...See MoreHow to plant own root roses for long lasting success
Comments (24)Your second question: usually, compost is primarily decomposed plant material (plant material broken down by bacteria, fungi, et al.) and manure is primarily animal-digested plant material, i.e., animal dung. Let's ignore the phrase "green manure" for the time being... ;-) But, as michaelg says, it all ends up more or less the same thing (makes sense, having all started as plant material). Manure is the more dis-assembled form of plant material, has more available nitrogen. But, home composters might throw manure into their compost pile mix to liven things up. "Soil amendment compost" derived from residential green waste might also contain decomposed animal materials (we are urged to throw bones and meat scraps into our "green bin", the contents of which are ground up at a composting facility). Commercial soil amendment products based on compost might also contain a small percentage of animal manure or other animal products: bat guano, chicken manure, feather meal, etc. So, "compost" products may in fact be a combination that also contains manure. What's in a commercial product is always listed on the bag. This post was edited by catspa on Thu, Jul 11, 13 at 14:54...See MorePlanting own-roots in zone 6 now??
Comments (10)Where are you? If south and/or east of Princeton, I'd put them in larger pots, and place them next to the house, somewhere accessible. Then when it got cold (below 10ðF or so) bring them in for a night or two. If you are colder than that, options are much more limited. Smothering them in leaves outside isn't a real option, IMHO, unless you have very sandy, shore soil. And if you are on the shore, then like I said, just bring them in when it gets cold. To start with, depending on when they were struck, they may be extremely pot bound. So getting them into larger pots is a necessity. In larger pots, they are going to take up a lot more room inside. Next, just leave them outside for now. I don't usually recommend this, but because they are from a warmer place, bring them in if a freeze is forecast. If they start going dormant, in a couple of weeks they can stay outside even if it does freeze. Weather and where you are may allow that to work until January....See MoreBelow freezing, what to do??
Comments (7)I have used row covers in the past to protect plants. I actually used 2-3 layers of row covers to protect bean blossoms, temps down to 24 and kept the blooms. For several plants, I would advise straw "fluffed" over the plants and then on top of the straw, a cotton type sheet, NOT plastic. The sheet can stay on even after the sun is up, if need be. preferably removed after the sun is up, but it can stay until this cold spell is over. After the spell is over, remove sheet and gently move straw back from plant. I would not remove the straw, but keep it as mulch. After the season is done, rake the straw up before fall tilling. The straw boggs down most tillers....See Moreseil zone 6b MI
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