Beet Soil in Prince Edward Island: What the Root Will Meet
Prince Edward Island’s ground defaults to something beets don’t love: strongly acid, imperfectly drained, sandy soil built under conifers rather than…
When to Sow Carrots in Pennsylvania: Counting Back From the Last Frost
Pennsylvania gardeners sow carrot seed directly into the ground, counting backward from their local last-frost date since this root crop skips the…
Will Carrots Fork in Pennsylvania Soil?
Pennsylvania’s benchmark soil, the Hazleton series, runs 46 percent sand, 42 percent silt and 12 percent clay, a loam light enough that carrots usually…
When to Sow Beets in Pennsylvania
In Pennsylvania, sow beets outdoors two to three weeks before the last spring frost, which the reference station’s normals put between March 29 and April…
Beet Soil in Pennsylvania: What the Root Will Meet
Pennsylvania’s representative ground, the Hazleton series, is a well-drained, acid loam that beets can work with but won’t love outright.
Growing Parsnips in Oregon: Will They Sweeten?
West of the Cascades, Oregon’s winters are too mild and too brief in their cold snaps to reliably sweeten parsnips the way a harsh continental winter…
Will Carrots Fork in Oregon Soil?
Yes, in the unamended version of Oregon’s official state soil, carrots are likely to fork.
When to Sow Beets in Oregon
In western Oregon, beets go in the ground roughly two to three weeks before the last spring frost, which at the Portland reference station falls between…
Beet Soil in Oregon: What the Root Will Meet
Beets planted in average Oregon ground will run into two different problems depending on where that ground sits.
When to Sow Carrots in Ontario: Counting Back From the Last Frost
Carrots go into the ground as seed, not as transplants, and they take 70 to 100 days to mature from that sowing date.