I don’t know your specific climate out westaways, but here near the east coast lettuce + bok choy ( leafy greens ) are easy to grow. Bok choy can be grown most of the season ( we have ~ 190 frost free days here ) and lasts a little beyond. Lettuce, on another hand, is heat sensitive, and, particularly leaf lettuce, wont take prolonged temperatures above 75 or 80 F. The lettuce season can be significantly extended, though, by
1. selecting the varieties carefully ( there are ~ 600 types of lettuce on the seed market in the US alone !) and
2. growing it in moderate to deep shade, say, with poll beans or corn blocking the afternoon light.
Advice : 1. Don’t be afraid to do some research, to put your two cents in, and 2. Don’t be afraid to pitch in. Talk is cheap; where agriculture is really aching is hands to help when the help is needed.
Ya struck a cord ; I grow the leafy stuff myself. Good news, the CSA is. Good luck and enjoy.
Re: Leafy Greens + Agriculture
Date Edited: 28 Jun 2004 04:46:51 AM
1. selecting the varieties carefully ( there are ~ 600 types of lettuce on the seed market in the US alone !) and
2. growing it in moderate to deep shade, say, with poll beans or corn blocking the afternoon light.
Advice : 1. Don’t be afraid to do some research, to put your two cents in, and 2. Don’t be afraid to pitch in. Talk is cheap; where agriculture is really aching is hands to help when the help is needed.
Ya struck a cord ; I grow the leafy stuff myself. Good news, the CSA is. Good luck and enjoy.
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