RE: Crops for overwintering/late harvest
August 30, 2012 at 3:23 pm
(This post was last modified: August 30, 2012 at 3:25 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Well, what kind of temps are you expecting? So long as you keep them over 50 degrees during vegetative and between 70-85 when they blossom and go to fruit you don't have a problem. A very thin cover can raise the temp 10-15 degrees under the sun, you can do more with misters, IIRC we had a dip into the high teens a couple years ago and managed to keep the maters (in veg) at 57 degrees for about 3 days. The cold front broke long before they went to fruit and we harvested more tomatoes than I cared to weigh. I suppose what I'm suggesting is something frost tolerant to start the winter period followed by something that can be babied through a less vulnerable stage of development expecting the spring temps to carry you through when they arrive.
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