When to Sow Asian Greens in Idaho
In the Boise valley, sow Asian greens twice: in early spring, then again in late summer for a fall crop that finishes before hard freezes.
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In the Boise valley, sow Asian greens twice: in early spring, then again in late summer for a fall crop that finishes before hard freezes.
The best Asian greens for Idaho are the fast, cold-tolerant leaf types: mizuna, tatsoi, komatsuna, mustard greens and baby bok choy.
Stop cutting when most of the spears coming up are thinner than a pencil. That is a test you run in the bed, not a date on the calendar.
In Wisconsin, the thing that eats spinach is the calendar. Long days push it to flower, warmth above 75 F stops good growth and turns leaves bitter, warm…
In Hawaii’s lowlands you can sow Asian greens in nearly any month. No freeze occurs in inhabited areas, so no frost date sets the calendar.
Two things eat into spinach season in West Virginia: days that keep lengthening, and air and soil that keep warming.
In Hawaii, pick Asian greens by heat tolerance, not cold hardiness. Water spinach, amaranth, Malabar spinach and sweet potato leaves are the dependable…
In Washington, what eats spinach isn’t a bug. It’s the calendar. Spinach gets two workable windows, one from late winter into spring and one from late…
Georgia gardeners get two shots at Asian greens: a spring sowing that starts in late winter, and a fall sowing that begins in late summer and runs into…
The best Asian greens for Georgia are the fast, cool-season types: mustard greens, mizuna, komatsuna, tatsoi and bok choy, sown mostly in fall.