When to Cut Spinach in Quebec, and How Long It Really Keeps
Cut spinach in Quebec from a spring sowing made around mid-to-late April, and again from a late-summer sowing, always before the flower stalk starts.
Quebec
Home and garden guidance for Quebec: hardiness zones, heating seasons, provincial programs and the rules that differ from across the border.
Gardening in Quebec
Everything we have worked out for Quebec: what to plant and when, which varieties finish in time, the pests that actually turn up here, and the jobs that pay off month by month. We also cover the rest of the property, from lawns and soil to home care and energy, because a garden rarely stops at the vegetable bed.
The numbers first, because everything else follows from them. Measured at the weather station in Montreal, the last spring freeze falls around May 6 and the first fall freeze falls around October 5, 2,268 growing degree days in the year.
That is enough for early varieties, tight for anything late. Garlic does well: 30.4 weeks below 40 °F, comfortably past the six it needs to form a proper head.
Elsewhere on the property in Quebec: the pests that turn up here.
Figures from Environment and Climate Change Canada. A state is not one climate: elevation, a large lake or the coast can move these dates by two weeks either way, so check your own county with the extension service before you spend money.
When to Stop Cutting Asparagus in Quebec, and How to Keep the Spears
Stop cutting when most of the spears coming up are thinner than a pencil. That is the signal, and no calendar week replaces it.
When to Cut Pumpkins in Quebec, and How Long They Keep
In Quebec, the latest a pumpkin flower can open and still give a ripe fruit falls roughly between August 11 and August 21.
What Eats Pumpkin in Quebec, and When
Frost eats more Quebec pumpkins than any insect does. The average first fall frost at Montreal/St-Hubert A falls on October 5, and a pumpkin needs 45 to…
When to Plant Grass Seed in Quebec
In the Montreal area, the best window for sowing grass seed ends around August 21.
When to Dethatch a Lawn in Quebec
Most Quebec lawns never need dethatching. Cut a wedge of turf with a spade, and if the brown, spongy layer between the green blades and the soil is under…
How High to Mow a Lawn in Quebec
Most Quebec lawns do best when cut between 2 and 3 inches, and tall fescue should sit higher, at 3 to 3.5 inches.
Heat Pump or Gas Furnace in Quebec: Which Costs Less to Run?
Quebec’s electricity is cheap, which tilts the heat pump versus gas furnace question before any math starts.
What Eats Pepper in Quebec, and When
In a Quebec pepper bed, the weather does more damage than any bug. Fruit set fails at two ends: days above 32 °C and nights below 55 °F (about 13 °C).
What Eats Carrot in Quebec, and When
The facts gathered for this page include no documented list of carrot pests for Quebec from a named service, and inventing one would do more harm than…