should I cover seeds on cold nights?

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Posted by cheapdave on March 24, 2010, 1:34 pm
 
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The directions on my little finger carrot seed pack say seeds can be planted
"as soon as soil can be worked"
weather forecast is for 20 degree temp at night next couple of days.....do I
need to cover? if so with what?

Also planted some onion and shallot sets.......will they be ok?
   Any advise appreciated.


Posted by Charlie on March 24, 2010, 8:07 pm
 

On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:34:59 GMT, cheapdave@home.com wrote:


Nope.   You are good to go.


Yep. They will be fine


Gardening...or otherwise?   Some of us have advice for all sorts of
stuff, not all related to gardening, more like over the fence type of
stuff whilst watching stuff grow and be munched upon.  We are even
quite good at unsolicited advice and commentary.

Charlie, watching the rivers rise after a couple inches of rain and
recent snowmelt and saturated ground and all that stuff


Posted by Bobo on March 24, 2010, 8:16 pm
 

On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:34:59 GMT, cheapdave@home.com wrote:


I haven't had problems with carrots and cold. If your soil has allot
of clay and forms a crust before they come up that can hurt. I cover
the seed in my garden with sifted compost.  I plant shallots in Ohio
in fall and they do fine through the winter but the onions might not
like to be frozen solid which I'd guess could happen if they are
planted shallow.