"It is a hard year to be a grower of produce," one of our members said last week. I heartily agree with that statement. We survived another blast of cold. The weather station at the UF Gulf Coast Research and Education Center had 25 F for their low. They are a little south and west of us and are probably just slightly warmer. When I checked on the plants the morning of the freeze there was ice on the plastic in the top of the greenhouse. The min/max thermometer had 28 degrees inside where the tomatoes were. Surprisingly, only the tops of the tomatoes got burned. The cucumbers didn't fair well either. I had to replant them. But all in all, we made out pretty well. This time things turned out as I would have expected. Cole crops survived, and the tropical trees at my work (mango, starfruit) were frozen and burned. Interesting how each freeze is a new learning event.
We are still waiting on strawberries and I will finally start to dig sweet potatoes this week. We are planting lots of lettuce, cole crops, and the second half of potatoes left from last week's planting. Next week we will begin getting the warm season crops in the ground; corn, beans, squash, melons, etc. I am enjoying working in this cool weather and am not excited for the inevitable warm up to come.
Saturday, February 3, 2018
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