VLOG171. How we saved our frozen lettuce.
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Save the lettuce
Seems patience is always so important in gardening! And so hard to have lol
Curtis, When do you plan on closing on your new farm? Will it be operational for 2018? Cant wait to see it buddy you're doing great.
Eugene is enjoying highs in the the 60's this Thanksgiving. Thanks for the vids Curtis.
I still have living tomato plants uncovered…. In Oregon!
Curtis, Scott nearing discovered that frozen lettuce could come back in his unheated greenhouse. He mentioned something about the type of lettuce and keeping the lettuce dry, but I remember reading that book about 20 years ago. I was in The Philippines when I read of his passing in Stars and Stripes, out newspaper that was published there. I am slowly finishing rereading your book. I hope to also reread Jean Martin's book as well. Great video. God bless!
Whats weird is. I planted new Salanova and it seems to be ok out in the direct cold even after frost hit it for the past 4 days. Now the older lettuce growing for a second cut. it wilted, but is restoring its life again. Its weird. I did have a catapiller tunnel over the old lettuce. NOTE: bricks do not make a good weight to hold down plastic. ARG… So I said fine. Ill leave it uncovered and see what happens. ITS STILL GROWING. lol
Is there a reason you don't add a layer of row cover over your lettuce in the hoophouse?
Very fortunate for you. You had nothing to lose by waiting to see what happened. I found some 6 packs of tender green (I think that is the name) and butter salanova at the hardware store in late September and bought one of each to try them out. I am surprised at how much you get from each plant harvesting the way you do. I am leaving one of each unharvested hoping they will eventually go to seed. I am in central California and the lettuce are in large containers outside. Do you think they seed will be true to the parent plants?
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Hey Curtis, would it be a worthwile topic to talk about fungus problem?
I get Bremia fungus (whithe spotty mold) on my salanova, first on the oak heart green ( Humbolt rz) then spreads to the green crisp ( Expedition rz). I never suspected lack of sunlight to be a cause.
You re rockin it man! You re making it towards your dream, you re doing good, keep pushing through.
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Surprise, surprise, sounds good.
I'm curious, is there a reason you don't use horticultural fleece ? It's a fairly srandard practice to extend your growing season and works really well. We even use it inside our poly tunnels during January and February when temperatures drop down to -10C or lower and lettuce grows just fine.
Could you please share on how you managed to beat the fear and make it through the very first year?
Hi from England Curtis. Could you do video that goes into more detail on the set up/ construction of the double layered poly-hothouse you mention in this one. Thanks in advance and keep it up with these awesome vlogs, you're an inspiration.
Come on Curtis, we are all waiting for an update on the farm, surly you have some news ?
I've not tried it but I've read that you can mitigate frost damage by spraying affected plants with water. You must do this, however, before the sun hits the plants, because it's the freeze-drying effect of sun on the frost-impacted plants that actually is the most damaging to them.
No, that lettuce would not have been a write off. What you do, is put a low tunnel over it inside the high tunnel. I use Johnny's Hoop Loops and they work perfect! Here's the link:
http://www.johnnyseeds.com/tools-supplies/row-covers-and-accessories/row-cover/hoop-loops—32%22-wide%3B-pkg.-of-10.-7218.html?cgid=row-cover#start=1
Fuckin Metric system is a terrorist.
I'm growing in Delaware zone 7b. We had a 20 degree F night that hit all of our greens hard. Anne spinach was untouched. Red butter crunch lettuce didn't skip a beat. New fire red lettuce saw damage to older leaves, I stripped them, heads are rebounding. Lancito kale failed while Scotch curly kale had no problem. Carrots went untouched. I covered the plants that night and have left them uncovered since. I still have crops growing in the Sun and it's the end of November. Your videos have been inspirational! Cheers.
I had a green house with 3ml plastic. In September of 2015 I planted a variety of lettuce. I had plenty of greens until mid December and then they froze. Well, February came and it regenerated and I had lettuce until the summer heat killed it lol.