[Market-farming] Cost to start plants

Marty Kraft martyk at allspecies.org
Tue Jan 8 11:15:22 EST 2008


I'm in Kansas City. I think it's 5.
On Jan 8, 2008, at 9:12 AM, Allan Balliett wrote:

>> What about starting plants in cold frames? Can you start them as
>> early as under lights?
>
> A lesson I learned the hard way is that you do not want brassica
> starts to freeze when they are young. Even though they can survive
> repeated freezings, freezing really reduces the quality of the adult
> plant. Brocolli and cauliflower may have extemely small heads or bolt
> early.
>
> I'm thinking of trying the cable heated cold frames this year. I
> think they can prevent freezing a few inches above ground level and I
> think growth can be promoted if the soil is kept warmer.
>
> Otherwise, I'd start my plants indoors.
>
> Where you are, though ,means everything.
>
> I'm in WV, zone 7
>
> -Allan
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