[Market-farming] Winter Greenhouse varieties for Indiana?
Susan Houghton
susangivingtree at earthlink.net
Fri Feb 29 07:05:02 EST 2008
Spinach! Spinach! Spinach!
It does extremely well, we plant in early September, cut (or hand pick)
until December, cover with reemay, and the start picking again in late Feb
or early March. It will bolt in April, especially if you don't keep the
house really cool.
We have grown Tyee, Space and Melody for years, but this year saw Renegade
in January, and will do nothing but it in the future. Renegade is denser,
heavier, larger, and was being grown side by side with Space, with almost
twice the harvest potential.
We also like red oak leaf, Tango, winter density,and lolla rossa (if plant
spacing is right), not for heads, but for greens. red kale, purple kohlrabi,
even some cabbages make good mixed greens.
Susan
Lansing Michigan (zone 4 mostly)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Johnson" <kd.johnson at insightbb.com>
To: "Market Farming List" <market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 12:49 PM
Subject: [Market-farming] Winter Greenhouse varieties for Indiana?
> What are your favorite, and most successful varieties of winter greens
> for winter greenhouse production? My UNheated space utilizes hoop houses
> inside the larger greenhouse.
>
> My lettuces are thriving, but slow-growing. Winter marvel seems very
> cold and freeze resistant. Red sails, Cracoviensis, and Oakleafs are
> doing OK.
>
> Mizuna is working well, the bok choy fair, other brassicas like kale and
> collards are getting heavy snail predation (treating with light dustings
> of hardwood ash, though beer traps and picking may be necessary).
>
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