Are they goners?

Sun Mar 27, 2011 2:59 pm

I had tiny radish, lettuce, turnip and arugula sprouts in my raised bed, roughly two weeks old. It snowed about three inches. Low temps around 29.
Are they goners?

Sun Mar 27, 2011 3:07 pm

I can't speak for the lettuce, turnip, or arugula, but I once received 6" of snow on radishes, and they didn't so much as flinch. They were about 2 weeks old at the time. They can seriously resist cold!

Sun Mar 27, 2011 4:15 pm

All of them are probably fine. They can tolerate cold well and the snow on them will insulate them.

Sun Mar 27, 2011 4:31 pm

My guess is they will be fine. The snow won't hurt them.

Sun Mar 27, 2011 6:15 pm

I was part of that same snow storm being in Mo. I am also in the same boat as you with sprouts of this and that. Luckily the ground temps are warm so we should be okay. I am going to check on my lettuce here in a min.

Mon Mar 28, 2011 12:50 am

My lettuce, spinach, swiss chard, broccoli seedlings got snowed on last night/ this morning and they are fine. All that stuff is cold hardy.