I have Malcolm bolero and rainbow carrots still in the ground. They've reached temperatures down to 20° f some still of green tops. Every single one I pull out keeps getting crispier sweeter and better definitely worth waiting and storing them in the ground
I love talking about the hunger gap. I'll be doing a LIVE about that in January. Thanks for explaining ways to keep your home grown food fresh outside of our growing season without using energy! Grow every day in every way.
It's been 12-19° here at night for a month and i just went out and dug up carrots for dinner today from outside, no row covers or anything. It was hard to get through the frozen soil but the carrots were fine and SO sweet!
@farmtablewest5991 absolutely! I have a bed of just lettuces, spinach, kale, mustard, komatsuna, collards, endive and cress as well as parsley, bunching onion and a few other herbs that are doing well unprotected too. A lot of the lettuces are pretty sad but the Bibb, little gem and Hanson crisphead have taken zero damage so far. I did about 20 different varieties just to see which ones could get through the cold without my assistance and those seem to be the winners. I've got a second planting ready to go into a low tunnel in a week or so as well.
We have over a foot of snow atm. I only have a small greenhouse, and when carrots need to be seeded, it's still full of tomatoes, peppers and basil. Hoping to get a hoophouse for next year and try this! I did leave my kale out, but it's all hidden in the snow now 😂. Luckily I did freeze a bunch as I usually do. We never know if we'll have lots of snow or hardly any, but I love learning new things! 🇫🇮 (Finland, ~middle, west coast)
I must grow more carrots. They have been a staple in my household. Carrots for roasting, raw, juicing, fermenting. I am looking forward to trying new methods here in Minnesota.
They stop growing around 28 or so but they are harvestable much lower than that. See my video about storing food outside till Christmas. I have temps I've harvested outside after for about 15 crops.
@farmtablewest5991 thanks, I was looking for an answer for this for a while trying to figure out about when and how much to plant for the dormant season.
I have Malcolm bolero and rainbow carrots still in the ground. They've reached temperatures down to 20° f some still of green tops. Every single one I pull out keeps getting crispier sweeter and better definitely worth waiting and storing them in the ground
Amen. It's why they call then Candy Carrots.
I love talking about the hunger gap. I'll be doing a LIVE about that in January. Thanks for explaining ways to keep your home grown food fresh outside of our growing season without using energy! Grow every day in every way.
Amen. What do you grow?
It's been 12-19° here at night for a month and i just went out and dug up carrots for dinner today from outside, no row covers or anything. It was hard to get through the frozen soil but the carrots were fine and SO sweet!
Yea they're amazing. So is kale, spinach, parsley too.
@farmtablewest5991 absolutely! I have a bed of just lettuces, spinach, kale, mustard, komatsuna, collards, endive and cress as well as parsley, bunching onion and a few other herbs that are doing well unprotected too. A lot of the lettuces are pretty sad but the Bibb, little gem and Hanson crisphead have taken zero damage so far. I did about 20 different varieties just to see which ones could get through the cold without my assistance and those seem to be the winners. I've got a second planting ready to go into a low tunnel in a week or so as well.
We have over a foot of snow atm. I only have a small greenhouse, and when carrots need to be seeded, it's still full of tomatoes, peppers and basil. Hoping to get a hoophouse for next year and try this! I did leave my kale out, but it's all hidden in the snow now 😂. Luckily I did freeze a bunch as I usually do. We never know if we'll have lots of snow or hardly any, but I love learning new things! 🇫🇮 (Finland, ~middle, west coast)
Yea lots of snow does make what I'm saying hard but usually we have until December till we get snow. This winter is insanely warm though.
@farmtablewest5991 we're also a bit warmer than usual, but the last three winters were insanely cold and long, so we needed this 😂🙌.
I must grow more carrots. They have been a staple in my household. Carrots for roasting, raw, juicing, fermenting. I am looking forward to trying new methods here in Minnesota.
They are one of the best food crops on earth imo.
i'm testing out leaf compost inside my hoop house this year hoping it would give off heat during the winter to keep soil warm, i'm in zone 5 area
It might but these techniques are much more passive and sustainable imo.
If you're referring to pure leaf mould compost, it's a cold process. It won't heat up, it's fungi dominant.
The ground is natures refrigerator.
Amen.
Who did you buy your catapillar tunnel from? And the row cover? Is it frost cloth?
Farmers Friend. Row cover.
great info
Glad it was helpful!
Do you submerged the whole leaf or just the end?
Like flowers
About what temperature and far past your first frost do your hardiest greens stop putting on new growth?
They stop growing around 28 or so but they are harvestable much lower than that. See my video about storing food outside till Christmas. I have temps I've harvested outside after for about 15 crops.
@farmtablewest5991 thanks, I was looking for an answer for this for a while trying to figure out about when and how much to plant for the dormant season.
I think you have mentioned this in other videos, but what variety are you using to store? Balero? Napoli?
Bolero but I'm not sure it matters that much. Growing quality carrots is more important.