Posted on 11/09/2019 8:17:25 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
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Anyone how cold it can get before you have to pull beets?
Wish I hadn't pulled the lettuce in the garden. I think it would have survived this cold with my little plastic cover.
Cold isn’t a killer. Just pull them before the ground freezes.
Well, failure is part of the learning process. I’ve failed at more gardening ideas than I’d care to mention, LOL!
Are you going to try again, but with a different method?
Thanks!
I like big beets and I can not lie.
I will keep them in a bit longer.
What kind of system you have?
Maybe....In the meantime...I took the bottom of my celery and plunked it into a jar with water. It’s already starting to sprout after two days.
Do you have a soil thermometer to see where you’re at right now? They germinate in rather cool soil (50 degrees) so I’d imagine mature beets could take some late frosts.
I wouldn’t leave them in the ground until the ground freezes solid, though. Can you throw a tarp or straw over them to keep them outside a bit longer?
I was surprised that my go-to (Farmer’s Almanac) didn’t touch on how long they can stay in the ground!
https://www.almanac.com/plant/beets
Kratky Method....Mason Jars...I think perhaps it’s a humidity issue.
It’s finally raining!!! Yippee! We’ve had over ten days without rain.
They can stay in the ground all winter. They’re just harder to dig up when the ground is frozen :)
I harvested half of my beet crop in early summer. I left the rest. They are huge now, elongated and with a thick rind. I have to peel deeper, but the beets are excellent.
My fall turnips are doing great too.
Dug up our mass of lilies a month ago to thin them and separate two different kinds. Most were tiger lilies but some naked lilies had popped up in the middle of them. Had already replanted the tigers and just replanted the naked lilies separately. I had them stored in the shade, covered with compost and then covered with an old pillow case to prevent drying. When I went to get them to plant, they had all grown 3 inches of roots. Some had gotten chopped by the shovel and those started regrowing that spot of the bulb. Bulbs are amazing things.
Kale. Always the last thing to give up the ghost! I'll pick more for a few more winter salads (apple slices, blue cheese, homemade croutons, etc.) and freeze some for smoothies, soups and casseroles.
The last of the harvest. Red Cabbage, corms and rhizomes from Glads and Dahlias, and my FREE lettuces that I dug up from re-seeding will come inside for finishing under grow lights.
The Butternut squash (31 left!) have been moved to coolers in the basement for winter storage. I have Peony plants in pots that will over winter, again. The greenhouse is cleaned up and ready to go for next spring.
Nice pictures, well done! I only have 3 amaryllis bulbs. For the last couple of years I let them go dormant after blooming in the winter. Store them in the front closet airlock entry - cooler there. I plant them in the regular garden in the spring - where they bloom again, yank them in September and let them dry and go dormant in the garage, and then I pot them up again which I just did. Should be blooming in December. Not watering or setting in the sun. They will start when they are ready. I started doing this when I read planting them in the garden will strengthen them and give good root growth. It works and yes bulbs are amazing. And me, being the frugal sort can get higher priced fancier varieties and get years of blooms.
I live in Spain. If you go to the store and just pick up a bag of sugar it will be beet sugar, not cane sugar. You have to go out of your way to find cane sugar. I didn’t even notice the difference for about 2 years until I read about it and checked the bag.
Mine are about the size of croquet balls.
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