Winter Kill temperatures for Vegetables

GloriaG Fri Jan 09, 2015 11:29 pm

In researching the winter kill temperatures of vegetables, I found an interesting article by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. It's an older article, but the information regarding temperatures at which vegetable plants freeze is still relevant.

http://www.fao.org/docrep/008/y7223e/y7223e0a.htm

The kill temperature information is summarized in a spreadsheet half-way down the page and is shown in degrees centigrade.

It appears that a key issue for protecting plants in winter temperatures is hardening the plants off before a hard freeze. By letting plants experience the regular temperature fluctuations that occur in late fall and early winter they become hardier and more able to withstand the very low temperatures that happen in winter.

I hope this helps.
Gloria

**camprn** Sat Jan 10, 2015 7:35 am

Nice find! And thanks for sharing!!

has55 Sat Jan 10, 2015 9:30 am

camprn wrote:Nice find! And thanks for sharing!!

+1

GloriaG Sat Jan 10, 2015 11:12 am

Thanks!

**sanderson** Sat Jan 10, 2015 1:58 pm

Thanks, Gloria.

**AtlantaMarie** Sat Jan 10, 2015 2:00 pm

Yes! Thank you!

yolos Sat Jan 10, 2015 2:20 pm

Thanks, I will have to do some conversion from C to F.

Windmere Sat Jan 10, 2015 6:34 pm

Thank you very much Gloria. I bookmarked that. So helpful!

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