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Gardening

codfisherman

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3. NC winters

Reply to Model35mech (Original post)

Fri Mar 1, 2024, 07:11 PM

Mar 2024

I always let some of whatever brassicas are growing in the fall overwinter. Some make it, some don't. I love to see them flower and go to seed. The Vates collards I grow get pretty tough with any age, but that's mostly our heat I think. Tatsoi did well and tender all winter. I'm seeing cabbage moths already, treated with BT the other day.

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Looks like last year's collard plants are surviving winter in SE WI! [View all] Model35mech Mar 2024 OP

Collards reach peak flavor greenman3610 Mar 2024 #1

I've read the same is true for brussel sprouts also a cabbage family plant Model35mech Mar 2024 #2

NC winters codfisherman Mar 2024 #3

I am looking forward to seeing what's surviving this mild winter in my central WI gardens sybylla Mar 2024 #4

I'm afraid a hard frost is going to get the buds on my fruit trees Model35mech Mar 2024 #5

Same. We are trying to start an orchard. sybylla Mar 2024 #6