4 responses to “The Worst Thing about Gardening in the South”

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   Lyra

   March 23, 2023

   The tops of all my tomato and pepper plants also died in this freeze, but it looks like my mulch saved the roots from freezing. I pruned off the dead tops, and now all the peppers and tomatoes are sprouting new leaves and pushing back up out of the ground. Should I yank them up and get new transplants? Or is it possible they can grow back and set fruit?

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      David The Good

      March 23, 2023

      If they’re pushing new leaves, they should be fine.

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   Gail

   March 23, 2023

   We have similar weather patterns in South Jersey. None of the farmers will even try to grow peas because they poke along for weeks without producing and then, suddenly, it’s 90 every day and they up and die (the peas- not the farmers).
   We play a similar game in the fall. There is usually one rogue frost in early autumn, but if we navigate that successfully, we have three to four more weeks of good growing weather. One year one of the farm stands had Jersey Fresh tomatoes and Christmas trees at the same time!

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      David The Good

      March 23, 2023

      That makes a lot of sense. Peas aren’t great here, either.