When The Snow Melts
Christopher CNC
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Phoenix Rising (Zone 7a/b, NJ)
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Early snow, still have bulbs to plant :-(
Comments (5)A snowy winter will be much, much better for newly-planted flowers and bulbs than a cold and dry one! It wouldn't be crazy to see the snow as a positive thing for perennials in their first year. It's moisture for your plants and it insulates the soil to help them grow roots and establish, while at the same time chilling the tops so they put their energy into root growth rather than leaves. The biggest danger to new plants is frost heave - when freeze/thaw cycles push them up out of the ground and expose the roots. Wet snow cover stops freeze-thaw cycles; it keeps the soil surface really stable at 33 or 34 degrees just below the snow itself. The snow itself is, of course, below 32 degrees....See MoreSpray on snow?
Comments (1)I had not heard of that.... I suspect they are thinking that the stuff will absorb into the soil with the snow melt. Though your comment about washing away with the snow melt is totally valid too. It depends upon how fast the snow melts and how much rain accompanies the melt.... FWIW, I wouldn't do it...See MoreArborvitae weighted down by snow
Comments (1)either get out in the drifts.. or quit worrying about it ... you need to GENTLY knock off whatever excess weight you can ... so that they can begin to start becoming more upright ... anything broken will have to be pruned out in spring .... some may need to be wrapped with twine to get them back up ... and some might need to be staked ... but most.. will be able to solve the problem themselves ... only time will tell .. peeps in snow country.. avoid these for the reason you have discovered... or they tie them up in fall.. or insure that they are single leader plants to begin with... of which.. none of that is helpful to you now ... see how it all goes.. and snap us some pix.. if you want specific help on specific plants... in spring ... good luck ken...See Moretomatoes and snow peas
Comments (3)I don't think your plan of extending the pea-season with tomato-shade will work. It'll be too much shade plus the tomato roots will be sucking what life is left out of the pea-plants. Second. However, at least here in S. Oregon, the you can seed snow-peas in late fall / early winter, they can take the worst of what mother nature throws at them, especially if they're protected to one side by a fence. Then around late March / early April, while we still have a few weeks before the last frost date, people usually till the pea plants into the ground, which both adds organic matter in and also by killing the plants, releases the nitrogen that have been fixed onto their root nodes for the past 3 months, putting food in for Tomatoes, Peppers, Corn or anything else you want to plant there....See MorePhoenix Rising (Zone 7a/b, NJ)
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