Growing Potatoes in Maryland: Dates, Varieties and Summer Heat
Maryland’s summer heat load is moderate, not extreme: Baltimore averages 24.6 days a year at 90 F or hotter (NOAA NCEI, 1991-2020 Climate Normals).
Growing Potatoes in Manitoba: Dates, Varieties and Summer Heat
Manitoba doesn’t need a heat strategy for potatoes, it needs a frost strategy.
Growing Potatoes in Maine: Dates, Varieties and Summer Heat
Maine’s short growing season, not its summer heat, is what shapes a potato harvest here.
Growing Potatoes in Louisiana: Dates, Varieties and Summer Heat
South Louisiana rarely sees a hard freeze at all, and that changes everything about how potatoes are grown here.
Growing Potatoes in Kentucky: Dates, Varieties and Summer Heat
Louisville averages 37.2 days a year at 90 F or hotter, and the last spring frost there falls between March 24 and April 4.
Growing Potatoes in Kansas: Dates, Varieties and Summer Heat
Kansas gardeners face a narrow window: plant potatoes too late and the Wichita-area heat load of 57.6 days a year above 90 F stalls tuber growth before…
Growing Potatoes in Iowa: Dates, Varieties and Summer Heat
Iowa’s summer heat load is moderate, not severe: Des Moines averages 18.4 days a year at 90°F or hotter, well under the threshold that stalls a potato…
Pepper Varieties That Ripen in a Iowa Season
Iowa peppers ripen reliably when growers start seed indoors 8 to 10 weeks before a late-April transplant date and manage a summer that averages 18.4 days…
Pepper Varieties That Ripen in a New Jersey Season
New Jersey gardeners can expect a workable pepper season if they respect two limits at once: the state’s heat load and the plant’s own tolerance for cold…
Pepper Varieties That Ripen in a Ontario Season
In Ontario, the Toronto reference station logs a mean of 0.0 days a year at or above 90°F, which means pepper plants here almost never face the…