Re: Forcing Lettuce in the Winter

Dear John,

1. A floating row cover is a type of fabric made from spun polyester that is
so light it can "sit" on plants without bending them over and doesn't
require hoops to support it but the ends do need to be weighted down or
buried or the whole piece tends to fly away.

The lightweight kinds can be used during the summer to prevent insect damage
from leafminers, carrot rust fly, and imported cabbageworm.  It acts as a
physical block, preventing the females from laying eggs.

Heavier weights provide a couple of degrees of frost protection and are used
to extend your season so that you can keep growing lettuce into the winter
or plant it earlier in the spring.

2. The only time I've had cauliflower develop miniature heads is when I
bought transplants at the local nursery that were rootbound.  They didn't
appreciate it an never developed properly.

3.  I'm not sure about your peas but here in the PNW, if you plant peas in
the same place year after year, you are likely to develop root rot.  The
peas start out normal but just when they start to flower, the whole plant
turns brown and dies.  The only way to overcome it is to rotate and plant
peas in another section.

Hope this helps!

Arzeena
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----- Original Message -----
From: <Drjohn4U@aol.com>
To: <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: Forcing Lettuce in the Winter


> Dear members,
> I am a fairly new gardener, but thoroughly enjoy receiving tips from you
as I
> read them from day to day.  I have a three questions:
> 1.  What is a floating cover?
> 2.  My cauliflower is putting on their white heads, but are moving to
flowers
> when they are only about an inch or two in diameter.  What is the problem,
or
> do I always have to eat miniature cauliflower?
> 3.  Some of the snap peas that I planted as plants are turning brown and
just
> "giving up the ghost," The ones that have died are about 6-8 inches high.
I
> did plant them in the same are where I had planted some snap bush beans in
> the spring and they did the same thing.
>     Info--I live in Poway, California.  I am inland north San Diego
county.
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks,
> John
>
>
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