When to start lettuce in TX

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Posted by Garland Grower on February 12, 2010, 4:33 pm
 
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I know it is probably okay to start Spinach and other cool weather greens,
but we just had an out of the ordinary downpour of snow in and around Dallas
today.  I want to start some greens for the farm stand...Mesclun and leaf
lettuces etc.  Will these start in the cold?  If lettuce is frozen in the
supermarket it's ruined.  I can do hoop covers with rebar and plastic, or
even build a more sturdy cover.  I don't really want to do cold frames, I
think they are too small/ too much trouble for the South, does that make
sense?
P.S.  I was thinking of just getting a couple of small kiddie pools and
filling with all the finished compost I have plus some bagged product to
fill it up.  My area set aside for this project is not ready yet (tons of
Bermuda has to be killed out before I will even think of putting in
permanent raised beds) so this would be temporary.

Thanks in advance.


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Rita Foust
Garland, TX
Zone 7b-8a
Farmer Jones Eco-Friendly Plants & Produce
http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M10383





--
Rita Foust
Garland, TX
Zone 7b-8a
Farmer Jones Eco-Friendly Plants & Produce
http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M10383