Market Farming

["Wiediger, Alison" <awiediger AT Hart.k12.ky.us>]

Here in Zone 6, southern Kentucky, leaf lettuce, spinach, russian kales,
mustard, mizuna, TatSoi, beets, carrots, Hakurei turnip, radishes, arugula,
endive, mesclun (basically a mix of above, baby size) do well.  Romaine
lettuce not after Dec 15 - the thicker leaves tip burn in freezing and
thawing. we have rejected claytonia and minutina 'cause we can't sell them,
Chinese cabbage good until about mid-Dec, broccoli too space inefficient,
Red Bor kale not productive enough (although gorgeous!).  We're sure other
things would work - these are the staple for our markets. We transplant
tomatoes the 15th of March for early sales(by Memorial Day), and we lost our
fall tomatoes to frost on the 21st of December in 1999. We use mostly Bush
Early Girl.

Alison

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> From:         Bennett[SMTP:bennett AT frognet.net]
> 
> Would you care to share with us what DOES and what doesn't do well in your
> unheated cold frames?
> 
> >We do not ever heat the coldframes.   snip%<
> >without any extra heat.  Yes, the lettuce and other things do freeze when
> >the inside temps go below 20 or so, but they thaw out and continue to
> grow.
> >We've spent 5 years determining just what will take that type of abuse
> and
> >continue to produce for us.
> >
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