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Posted by matx 8b (My Page) on Sun, Feb 7, 10 at 12:45
| The Vegetable Garden Planting Guide for Travis county lists warm season greens as plantable from mid March to late August.
I am enjoying all sorts of lettuce, spinach and chard now from my garden but am dreading the saladless days of the coming heat.
I've seen some lettuces listed as "slow to bolt", but doubt that means 100 degree temps. What warm season greens have you been able to grow here?
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RE: Greens, Warm Season
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| Your Swiss chard is a green veggie that does well all summer as you probably know, but I've never tried it raw in salad. Do you use it in salads? Also malabar spinach is another favorite of mine. It can be eaten fresh or sauteed. Have also had success with Crawford lettuce in years past. It can be planted right now. It won't last through the whole summer, but will do okay until it gets pretty warm, like above 80 degrees. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Crawford lettuce ...
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Here is a link that might be useful: Crawford lettuce
RE: Greens, Warm Season
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| I don't know if this is something you'd even like, but I grow Herba Stella (Plantago coronopsis) in containers and keep some going year round. It's got a different taste, but I like it...good for you, too. |
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| Is malabar spinach ever eaten raw? If so, that stuff grows great in the heat and humidity. |
RE: Greens, Warm Season
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| There are several varieties of amaranth that the chinese use as greens. I think the Hopi Red Amaranth is good for greens. Lambs quarters is a good warm season green, but might ret too happy in your garden. |
RE: Greens, Warm Season
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| matx, I'm curious when you started your plants or seeds to be harvesting now. My lettuce finally died in mid December, and I replanted but everything seems to be stuck at like 1cm growth (maybe from the cold or the rain...? I don't know) I'm jealous if you can't tell. |
RE: Greens, Warm Season
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| Thanks all for the suggestions. I tried Malabar Spinach last summer and it grew fantastically and looks very attractive in the garden. I like it raw, but it almost tastes salty - I can't do a whole salad with it. It's great on a sandwich or with some scrambled eggs. I didn't realize swiss chard would survive the heat. It's one of my favorites - raw or cooked. I'll look into the other suggestions as well. ArmyMomma - I'm using "low tunnels" to keep the lettuce alive - with Agribon over the hoops. It grows very slowly in the cold, but stays fresh (it's almost a storage technique rather than a growing technique). With the deep freeze, I just watered well and added a few old bed sheets over the Agribon. My lettuce is only baby right now, but that's due to my lack of experience - I didn't realize that the growth would slow so much and we ate the big stuff. |
RE: Greens, Warm Season
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| Armymom, I have planted from September on. Mostly in October. I follow thw shedule that Agrilife extension puts out for Travis county that is displayed by the seeds at the Natural Gardener. I have letuce, chard, kale, spinach, arugala, mustard Rabe, mitzuna, Joy choi , brocolli, in all different stages. The frost cloth kept it alive through the freezes. The garden is very productive. The lettuce has been a bit slow but it is catching up with everything else. The greens have been just amazing this winter. We just have not had many warm days this winter. It didn'r seem to effect the greens at all, but maybe the lettuce needs a bit more warmth. I don't know for sure. I am pretty new to vegetable gardening. |
RE: Greens, Warm Season
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| I have seen references to using sweet potato leaves as greens-- aka camote in the Philippines. They seem to be used sauteed as 'salad'. Haven't been able to see if they are used raw. Could somebody who knows more than me verify that camote are the same as sweet potatoes? If so, do the leaves have to be cooked, or can they be eaten raw? Thank you. |
RE: Greens, Warm Season
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| Sweet violets make tasty salad leaves, even in the summer if memory serves. It's been a long time since I had a bed. You just have to have a sizeable bed (if you really like them in salads), and give them enough water. They will make leaves in partial shade. |
RE: Greens, Warm Season
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| Mara mentions Mizuna above. At Tammy's suggestion I had ordered Mizuna seeds from Evergreen Seeds as one of the extras to help bring my order up to the $10.00 minimum. I guess I'll plant some now (what do you think Mara?) and save some for fall planting. I did a search for them on the Chinese Vegetable forum. Here's one post about them, with pictures, from a grower in Southern California. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Foray into Asian Greens ...
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