Coldframe Update - Did our Lettuce Survive 10 Degree Weather?
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- Опубліковано 3 січ 2019
- The weather has been cold here, but with a slight warm-up, we decided to do an update on the cold frame system to see how the lettuce is doing and if it survives.
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Hi, Luke. I reside in WA now, but grew up in Pontiac, MI. Back in the 60's, dad built a cold frame. In the 70's, he built a good-sized greenhouse. The greenhouse was not heated, so dad added a hotbed (and kept it active). Surprisingly enough, the hotbed was enough to keep the place warm. We got tomatoes in the dead of winter! Thank you so much for teaching your viewers about cold frames. Yes, they work!
I ❤️ how you put the camera INSIDE the cold frame! It really demonstrated WHY it’s important to wipe the snow off. 👏🏼👏🏼
Fellow Michigander here, love the content!
Hi, there, i see how cold hardy lettuce truly is. I"m still learning. it's awesome. I think 30 degree nights is pretty cold for me, but I'm from Texas! I'm so ready for spring. See you soon. Bertha/ The Rustic Ranch Garden. I love your garden!
I've learned a ton this year. After I learned that I could grow greens in the fall and they could take some serious cold I planted some lettuce and spinach seeds I had left over.
Here in Eastern Iowa we had a cold rainy October then a cold November. I noted that they were fine down to 22F uncovered. The bunnies ate more of my spinach than I did. At this point the cold looked like it might last all winter so I found a couple of clear blue totes and covered them.
We were down to about 5F in November and they survived but then I learned that they will survive but they don't grow much. Finally in December the weather was mild and I decided to dig up some spinach and bring it in the house( I really miss spinach in my eggs on the weekends). My spinach is doing well and I expect to clip some in a few weeks( my computer room is very sunny and warm. I have seen no bugs from bringing soil in).
My lettuce after being uncovered for a few weeks didn't look too good. Now we are having sunny days in the 40s and high 40s and probably 50s tomorrow. Yesterday I noticed I have new leaves on my lettuce. It's growing again! After snow, sleet, freezing rain and ice it lives and grows! I'm 62 and wish I had found my love of gardening sooner. Yes they are Luke's seeds.
Cold frames are such useful items in the garden. They not only extend the growing season but they allow you to harden off plants in the spring. Fantastic video again Luke. Great update.
Me too Luke! I can't waite. My broccoli, collards and kale are still going
Happy New Year MiGardener!
The only thing I asked for for Christmas was Trifecta. 😂 Totally serious. I am so excited for spring!
Great follow up Luke. I knew your greens would be ok. I love season extension solutions. I am experimenting with some frost protection in Arizona. It was under 30 Fahrenheit the other night. New to AZ so my techniques are very experimental (for me ). The threat of frost has passed here in AZ and I am happy to report my plants are ALIVE.😎😎😎
Hey Migardener Always learning from Channel.. Thanks for sharing
This is awesome and educative. Why have some people given this video a thumbs down? Makes no sense.
sometimes I think people just troll and hit thumbs down to be jerks.
I've been growing lettuce under a homeade plastic low tunnel for the last 4 years in the winter, same state. My bigger problem is heat when it's really sunny/warmer as opposed to the cold. I like the design of your Cold frame it looks easier to deal with in my low tunnels.
Literally watched this video and then got bundled up to go build one....already excited for next fall! I cant get it started this late in the year, but I can get it built and ready to go during this down time =)
Good follow up Luke! Cold frame looks like it's doing really well
We had snow, i knew we would have really cold days... so I leafy snow on when it was 2 degrees and 7 degrees. at night. I knew the temp would go up the next day the greens in my cold frame are doing fine!
Thanks for the follow-up. I wanted to see how it was working.
Awesome job! I need to build a small cold frame so that we can get some lettuce going. Thanks for sharing!
Yay, I’m glad they made it :-)
We had sub-zero temperatures last winter. For a few days it was colder here than it was in Alaska. When the video switched to the interior shot of the cold frame while you were brushing the snow off of it I noticed there was daylight in the gaps between the boards. If it was my cold frame those gaps would be duct taped. BTW you can grow carrots in a cold frame too.
Thanks for the info will dwyer!
I was thinking of Visqueen inside or outside.
Happy New year Luke 👍♥️
awesome I am glad your green's are doing good there Is nothing else better then greens In the winter time
Thanks Luke! Great video!
Perhaps some reflective insulation would be a good way to air seal the cold frame. I've seen others use it on the north wall of a green house/cold frame just for the reflective properties. The R value isn't as high as spray foam, but it is a little cleaner.
I have had spinach for 11 months out of the year before. Great luck also with the lettuces that are classified as best to grow in winter. Winter Marvel and red Rouge d' Hiver or however you spell it have been the best. Hardy winter greens also. All planted in the fall. Grown under small hoop areas on 4x8 raised beds. Three layers of plastic. Three layer are kind of hard to work with. Central IN.
Your videos are fantastic Luke!
Wow, so cool! I am in the Philadelphia area and can’t wait to get outside. It has not been too cold (yet) but we have had so much rain! (Better than snow IMO).
How about an update?
I've just put a cold frame on to get some seedlings out (I'm running out of windowsills inside). Should I be warming it somehow or do I need to easy seedlings out? I'm living right across the bridge in Sanria, Ontario.
A more intense cold frame USAGE video would be nice so I can get the most out of my new frame :) Thanks so much! love your videos!
Inspiring. Nice shot at 2:05.
Love the followups
Happy new year. Thanks for the update. Cold frame is looking good. I am so getting the gardening itch. After Christmas and the new year, there's this feeling I need to get to work bit still have a couple months before I can even start thinking about seedlings. My wife would probably kill me if I filled her kitchen with trays of microgreens and grow lamps.
Lol
Super Cool...sorry for the pun! Very inspiring.
In Toronto Canada our lettuce is surviving with just leaf mulch. We've had freezing temperatures for 2 months.
This gives me great hope for this year's garden lasting longer! Ty
The leaf mulch is very interesting .
If you added leaf mulch and fertilizer it might help raise the temperature. It would be an interesting experiment to set up some led bulbs for supplemental light and heat to see if the plants grow a lot faster.
@migardner I believe you will have a late winter. Should start in February and go through till April. Don't plan on a early spring. More indoor growing. 😁
Can you start zucchini in a cold frame now? What kinds of plants can you start early that aren't lettuces or greens?
I can’t use leaf mulch 😕. Our climate just makes the leaves rot on the plants & cause disease. Not to mention all the bad bug larvae that overwinter in it. It’s an incredibly smelly mess come February when we start getting 70 degree days. If we get the occasional week of freezing temps I just use fleece covers. Would be nice to be able to let the leaves do it! Once I get my compost bin I can @ least properly compost all the darn leaves we have to clean up!
You should do a video on growing tomatoes from seed to the full plant
i got the e mail seeds on the way come on spring :)
Anyone that has not lived in the northern part of the country is probably freaking out with you just using your hand to remove the snow!!😂
It was beautiful today in Michigan.....there was even flies buzzing around outside! Downriver Detroit Michigan here
My dad lives in Wyandotte. 🙂
Wyandotte'r here as well 👍
Wow!!! I don't see them here (near Toledo) until mid June!
Great video! What growing zone are you in? Thanks! 🙂
I would be very interested to see if you can plant in the winter and can you get it to grow.....in very cold weather. And in Michigan, it can be brutal in February......
I live in Georgia so I didn't need to make cold frames but if I did I might have gotten more than one harvest so far.
What kind of grass do you have? Love the video!
The winter forecast models show that the eastern 2/3 of the U.S. will be well below average in temperature. Just a heads up!
Do you plan on expanding next year with more cold frames?
What will you do with the cold frame once the weather warms in the spring?
Can you turn an ELEVATED bed into a cold frame in MI? I am wondering if the cold air in the space between the bottom of the growing area and the ground would make the soil too cold even if it's covered.
Use a windshield scrapper brush, better than a broom.
Seal off the gaps and paint the inside black to heat up better from the sun.
thank you
When does Levi return?
Hello migardener how do you grow grapes
So why do people take leaves?
Just a question. What state do you live in? I watch all your videos and there are some things you grow that I would like to grow
He lives in Michigan.
it isn't where you live but how long your growing season is.
Zone 5b
Remember to clear the stems of you plants from leaf mulch, otherwise you might get rodent visitors and lose your plants. 😬
Wonder if adding a second layer of plastic on the bottom would keep it much warmer?
any problems with mice ? looks like the made man clouds (chemtrails) are trapping heat causing a mild winter
Chemtrails don't exist. Those are natural exhaust from the plane, and at the Straz feel even if there was some sort of conspiracy to have chemical released into the populist, it's entirely too high for it to be any danger because it would have dissipated at that height. You would basically have to be being crop dusted every day for it to matter.
AwesomeSpider4 lmao wow ?shill or are you that ignorant?
@@AmazingAutist maybe you should look up once in awhile contrails from ice crystels melt in 5 to 30 sec chemtrails dont melt because theyre not ice believe what you want but really just look up
@@newenglandendler no, they don't. And evaporation exist. Chemtrails are not proven to exist, and like I said earlier, even if they did exist it be too high up in the stratosphere for it to even affect any one - they would literally be at crop-dusting height in order Ford have any effectiveness at all. And be completely irrational to have every plane to have them, and there'd be Pilots that would be telling people about it, and they are you really going to say that there is a conspiracy that all Pilots - every single one of them are in, content to blow chemicals All in the Family and loved ones? No. That's bullshit.
Really? Looks like leaf burn to me. Not sure what you were looking at.