Beet Soil in New Jersey: What the Root Will Meet
New Jersey’s benchmark soil, the Downer series, is 79 percent sand and drains fast, which is close to what a beet root wants structurally.
Growing Parsnips in North Carolina: Will They Sweeten?
North Carolina’s Piedmont delivers enough frosty nights each winter to sweeten parsnips properly, not just grow them to size.
Will Carrots Fork in New Hampshire Soil?
New Hampshire’s representative soil, the Marlow series, runs sandy and well drained: 57 percent sand, only 5 percent clay.
When to Sow Beets in New Hampshire
Direct-seed beets in New Hampshire two to three weeks before the last spring frost.
Beet Soil in New Hampshire: What the Root Will Meet
New Hampshire’s representative ground, the Marlow series, is a sandy, strongly acid soil built under conifer forest.
When to Sow Carrots in New Brunswick: Counting Back From the Last Frost
Counting back from the last frost only answers half the question in New Brunswick.
Will Carrots Fork in New Brunswick Soil?
Straight answer: probably not, if your plot matches the province’s typical ground, but yes if you’re in one of the clay pockets scattered through New…
Growing Parsnips in Newfoundland and Labrador: Will They Sweeten?
Parsnips grown in Newfoundland and Labrador do more than survive the season here, they sweeten properly.
Beet Soil in New Brunswick: What the Root Will Meet
New Brunswick beets root into acid, sandy-loam-to-silt Podzol ground that drains well but runs strongly acid, a combination that favors germination and…
When to Sow Carrots in Nevada: Counting Back From the Last Frost
Nevada’s last frost date swings by weeks depending on elevation, from the low desert floor around Las Vegas to high mountain valleys near Elko, and no…