I like to follow this channel because we get similar lows and highs and are the same zone 9a. I’m in East Texas, almost to Louisiana. We’re also similar to other southern gardeners too and find their guidance super helpful. I’m very grateful. ☺️ we did get down to 14 degrees here for a few days and lost lots more plants than I thought I would but my carrots, onions, garlic, kale, collards, and spinach all made it through. Then we got constant rain for a total of over 6” of rain in a few days. Then some plants started yellowing a bit. My beets don’t look good and my Swiss chard got burnt back in the cold snap. My celery also got killed at the tops. I cut them back after about a week and then removed the dead parts and hopefully they’ll grow back.
It got down to 12 degrees here in north Texas (8B) and was below freezing for about 4 days. I covered everything with landscape fabric and/or sheets. Everything lived. The broccoli looked really squishy and droopy for a few days and then it all popped up after we got some rainy warm weather. And the carrots looked kinda similar to yours but none of them turned yellow.; I have them in a similar raised bed. The in ground plots did the better than the raised beds. We had broccoli, rutabagas, kalrobi, carrots, beets, and spinach.
Thanks for your videos! I'm on Cape Hatteras NC. I follow you and the millenial gardener in Wilmington because y'alls videos are always pertinent to my gardening. All the things in my garden are fine also. Still eating collards and mustard. Keep up the great videos!
Zone 9b 2nd year gardener here, and I chose to not protect anything. Our numbers were almost the same, but I wanted to see what all was actually hardy in my area, instead of just going by what’s being said on the internet. The only thing that didn’t make it were the sugar snap peas, now I know!
Too say it bluntly this 🐱 knows his shit about growing goods. I've been trying to grow onions to size and i finally figured it out thanks to this Trav !
We're in the Fla panhandle. It got down to 15. Everything was okay, except my sugar snaps. They were trying to come back, but then we caught a 20 degree blast and that finished them off.
Them savanna mustards took down to about 12 up here in north Texas. Couple burned leaves but still rocking it. Brassicas and all alliums are still going strong
I did the same "Plant it, and leave it" and if it makes it fine. If it doesn't .... That's fine too! And my broccoli, cabbage, collards and those crazy onion I got from you Travis, are doing great! When do you start your plants for going in the garden this Spring? I'm always at least two weeks late. Thanks for your videos.
This coming spring I will be moving permantly from north Florida, to the north woods of Minnesota. I'll have to say Brother I will miss my winter garden. But...I'll make up for it in winter by growing veg and weed under grow lights in my huge basement :) Life finds a way :)
We covered our cabbage collards beets and mustard and turnip greens and they all made here in Pensacola. We used incandescent Christmas lights underneath the plastic. Nights were in the 20s.
Trav!!!!! ❤ U! Another great video! As gardeners (&farmers) we do need to be mindful of zones when getting info from our master gardeners... Zones are sooooo important to know when taking notes... You're my most favorite, there's kim in Oklahoma, Huw and Ben in the UK...all EXCELLENT sources of info, however in different zones. I'm in zone 6b and I have to be mindful of the application of information I'm retrieving. In missouri it's high 30s low 40s and raining, next two weeks 60s!!! But, we have to watch put for the Indian summer because temps will dip again mid to late February then danger of frost to plants put out too soon (and not covered). Learned my lesson past years...never paid so much attention to weather until I started gardening! Your veggies look yummy!!!! Still... I'm going right now to make a salad. You made me hungry.😊
Always enjoy your videos, they are always filled with useful information. Likewise I’m about to prepare my seed trays for my spring planting. A few channels on TH-cam suggest cleaning the trays with a bleach and water solution to sterilize the trays. Do you feel this is necessary? I would be interested in your opinion. Thanks
I used to grow scarlet kale all year long in zone 5b, uncovered. I mulched the roots really well though. If it got really cold, the leaves would get damaged, but it seemed to just start growing again when it got a bit warmer. I live in zone 9a now and don't worry about covering anything. That kale seemed to be able to handle into the teens just fine though.
We grow lots greens like bok Choi and spinach, lettuce, tatsoi and Chinese cabbage. We actually look forward to winter greens cause it’s so hot here ( Arizona ) most of the time. I DO cover the outdoor beds with frost blankets cause we are so high in elevation ( 5,500 ) and weather is harsher here than lower places like Tucson.
Here in McDonough, GA (zone 8A) at our house we hit 12.7 on the first wave, and the first day of the 2nd wave that just went through it was 11.2 degrees. I was surprised to see our broccoli survive, and the onions did fine also. I'm like you. I think the key is it did not stay below freezing for an extended period of time.
Middle ga here…. Definitely had to cover my greens …. Watered with warm water before it all hit we got down 12 with windchill at nights but they made it …..
We were in single digits several overnights up here in NW Georgia. My lettuce and brassicas didn’t survive so I’m about ready to get some starts going for early spring planting.
Yup. No more babying the exotic varieties. Stress your favorites & start saving the acclimated seed. Lots of surprises along the way. Learned from 'millennialgardener' to just cut back the damage, feed well, place in a sun-protected area if needed, and keep going.
My bressel sprouts are still growing out there in the snow from the summer time couple plants are completely under the snow and about 3 more sticking up outta the snow lol can tell they’re strong GMO can’t kill them
I haven’t grow so much in the winter, my backyard is almost completely shade it in the winter months, so most of the veggies don’t grow at all. But I recently started getting an acre ready to be planted is an agricultural city with little to no trees 🌳 to shade it. And hopefully by fall 2024 I’ll be ready to overwinter a lot of veggies in my new area in zone 9b in woodland California
We were in the mid teens several nights. I grew heading collards and those I hadn't harvested were injured. Then deer came along and took big bites out of the heads. The only thing not hurt in my brassica cover crops was the rapeseed. Tillage radish and turnips are about dead. I cut all my lettuce in my covered raised bed before the extreme cold hit. I have no idea how my Louisiana Evergreen shallots did, I haven't removed the cover yet.
I like to follow this channel because we get similar lows and highs and are the same zone 9a. I’m in East Texas, almost to Louisiana. We’re also similar to other southern gardeners too and find their guidance super helpful. I’m very grateful. ☺️ we did get down to 14 degrees here for a few days and lost lots more plants than I thought I would but my carrots, onions, garlic, kale, collards, and spinach all made it through. Then we got constant rain for a total of over 6” of rain in a few days. Then some plants started yellowing a bit. My beets don’t look good and my Swiss chard got burnt back in the cold snap. My celery also got killed at the tops. I cut them back after about a week and then removed the dead parts and hopefully they’ll grow back.
It got down to 12 degrees here in north Texas (8B) and was below freezing for about 4 days.
I covered everything with landscape fabric and/or sheets.
Everything lived.
The broccoli looked really squishy and droopy for a few days and then it all popped up after we got some rainy warm weather. And the carrots looked kinda similar to yours but none of them turned yellow.; I have them in a similar raised bed.
The in ground plots did the better than the raised beds.
We had broccoli, rutabagas, kalrobi, carrots, beets, and spinach.
Thanks for your videos! I'm on Cape Hatteras NC. I follow you and the millenial gardener in Wilmington because y'alls videos are always pertinent to my gardening. All the things in my garden are fine also. Still eating collards and mustard. Keep up the great videos!
Zone 9b 2nd year gardener here, and I chose to not protect anything. Our numbers were almost the same, but I wanted to see what all was actually hardy in my area, instead of just going by what’s being said on the internet. The only thing that didn’t make it were the sugar snap peas, now I know!
Too say it bluntly this 🐱 knows his shit about growing goods. I've been trying to grow onions to size and i finally figured it out thanks to this Trav !
Travis is the "Onion God" of TH-cam :)
We're in the Fla panhandle. It got down to 15. Everything was okay, except my sugar snaps. They were trying to come back, but then we caught a 20 degree blast and that finished them off.
I just put the peas in the raised beds today. Looking forward to them.
Them savanna mustards took down to about 12 up here in north Texas. Couple burned leaves but still rocking it. Brassicas and all alliums are still going strong
Awesome to hear!
Hey hey hey Trav😊
I did the same "Plant it, and leave it" and if it makes it fine. If it doesn't .... That's fine too! And my broccoli, cabbage, collards and those crazy onion I got from you Travis, are doing great!
When do you start your plants for going in the garden this Spring? I'm always at least two weeks late.
Thanks for your videos.
I'll probably get tomatoes and peppers going in early February.
@@LazyDogFarm Thanks buddy. You're in the same growing zone as I am.
This coming spring I will be moving permantly from north Florida, to the north woods of Minnesota. I'll have to say Brother I will miss my winter garden. But...I'll make up for it in winter by growing veg and weed under grow lights in my huge basement :) Life finds a way :)
Your summer growing season will be short but "groceries" grow gangbusters during those very long days.
Indeed they do, and virtually pest free. It's quite impressive.@@JuliePascal
We covered our cabbage collards beets and mustard and turnip greens and they all made here in Pensacola. We used incandescent Christmas lights underneath the plastic. Nights were in the 20s.
Same trick I use in Michigan for my stored squash pumpkins apples and pears. I lay the lights on top and cover with a blanket.
winter is best time for me for brassicas and lettuces, in my frost free climate. no cabbage butterfly.
Trav!!!!! ❤ U!
Another great video!
As gardeners (&farmers) we do need to be mindful of zones when getting info from our master gardeners... Zones are sooooo important to know when taking notes... You're my most favorite, there's kim in Oklahoma, Huw and Ben in the UK...all EXCELLENT sources of info, however in different zones. I'm in zone 6b and I have to be mindful of the application of information I'm retrieving.
In missouri it's high 30s low 40s and raining, next two weeks 60s!!!
But, we have to watch put for the Indian summer because temps will dip again mid to late February then danger of frost to plants put out too soon (and not covered). Learned my lesson past years...never paid so much attention to weather until I started gardening!
Your veggies look yummy!!!! Still...
I'm going right now to make a salad. You made me hungry.😊
When did you plant your carrots?
October
Just a suggestion
Could you delegate a row in your dream garden using nothing but worm castings as fertiliser
I’m stuck in zone 6. I need to move. It’s almost always a struggle
Always enjoy your videos, they are always filled with useful information. Likewise I’m about to prepare my seed trays for my spring planting. A few channels on TH-cam suggest cleaning the trays with a bleach and water solution to sterilize the trays. Do you feel this is necessary? I would be interested in your opinion. Thanks
I don't do it, but I think it's a good thing to do.
I used to grow scarlet kale all year long in zone 5b, uncovered. I mulched the roots really well though. If it got really cold, the leaves would get damaged, but it seemed to just start growing again when it got a bit warmer. I live in zone 9a now and don't worry about covering anything. That kale seemed to be able to handle into the teens just fine though.
We grow lots greens like bok Choi and spinach, lettuce, tatsoi and Chinese cabbage. We actually look forward to winter greens cause it’s so hot here ( Arizona ) most of the time. I DO cover the outdoor beds with frost blankets cause we are so high in elevation ( 5,500 ) and weather is harsher here than lower places like Tucson.
Here in McDonough, GA (zone 8A) at our house we hit 12.7 on the first wave, and the first day of the 2nd wave that just went through it was 11.2 degrees. I was surprised to see our broccoli survive, and the onions did fine also. I'm like you. I think the key is it did not stay below freezing for an extended period of time.
Middle ga here…. Definitely had to cover my greens …. Watered with warm water before it all hit we got down 12 with windchill at nights but they made it …..
When do you fertilize your garden when it is cold and raining?
Just whenever it dries enough to get in the garden and not make a mess.
Must be 🆒 got your porcupine quil sweater on..
We were in single digits several overnights up here in NW Georgia. My lettuce and brassicas didn’t survive so I’m about ready to get some starts going for early spring planting.
Someone in my parish just grew a 44 lb cabbage! It was huge. If i remember right it broke the record.
Yup. No more babying the exotic varieties. Stress your favorites & start saving the acclimated seed. Lots of surprises along the way. Learned from 'millennialgardener' to just cut back the damage, feed well, place in a sun-protected area if needed, and keep going.
My bressel sprouts are still growing out there in the snow from the summer time couple plants are completely under the snow and about 3 more sticking up outta the snow lol can tell they’re strong GMO can’t kill them
I haven’t grow so much in the winter, my backyard is almost completely shade it in the winter months, so most of the veggies don’t grow at all. But I recently started getting an acre ready to be planted is an agricultural city with little to no trees 🌳 to shade it. And hopefully by fall 2024 I’ll be ready to overwinter a lot of veggies in my new area in zone 9b in woodland California
We were in the mid teens several nights. I grew heading collards and those I hadn't harvested were injured. Then deer came along and took big bites out of the heads. The only thing not hurt in my brassica cover crops was the rapeseed. Tillage radish and turnips are about dead. I cut all my lettuce in my covered raised bed before the extreme cold hit. I have no idea how my Louisiana Evergreen shallots did, I haven't removed the cover yet.
Gotta be strong to live here! No pampering at this homestead!
my brassicas did not like the 1F we got LOL
That’s been my strategy for years. If I plant something and it dies, it didn’t earn its right to live.
What is your zone?
9a
Thanks
I am in Mesa, Az zone 9b. I find you to be helpful and interesting!
Keep up the great work.
We must.of.gotten a lot worse....17 to 13 degrees for hours for three days...solid...unreal what died...even covered..
Man. You didn’t get any of the cold.
I’m 8b Like Travis
I need to be "Scotch Free"!
!!!