Post by raphanus on Dec 28, 2022 13:13:29 GMT -5
I wanted to make a quick note about what survived the insane arctic system that had even parts of Florida in the low 20s for days.
I’m not going to waste space talking about obvious casualties like tomatoes and peppers and other summer crops.
There were some surprises.
Even after 4 straight mornings of high teens, the vast majority of the lettuce was completely fine. This surprised me.
The carrots look fine, but it’s too early to tell. The peas were destroyed. Cilantro took a hit but is pulling through. Mint was a champ.
Most of the radishes were completely wrecked, even the daikon died, which really surprised me.
Most of the cabbage was frozen solid on the inside so I have to eat it quickly, but the outer leaves look fine.
The Brussels Sprouts and Kolhrabi had no visible damage.
The mustard is all dead, purple looks worse than green, but they both look bad.
The kales and collards were damaged significantly but will survive.
The oregano all looks dead which is surprising and sad, but may resprout from roots?
The olive, peach, loquat, and persimmon trees look fine.
Even some of the clover and ryegrass looks damaged.
I probably lost all of the lemon bushes and most of the orange trees. I think the grapefruit tree I covered in plastic will survive. Sometimes citrus will look dead as a door nail and then a year or so later the roots will send up a new shoot. This is technically surviving, but is like a time machine, a 10 year old tree is set back to year 2 or 3 and may not produce again for many years or at all.
That awful weed, Florida Betony, wasn’t even phased, it’s all perfectly fine, unfortunately 🤣
Lettuce was hands down the winner.
I’m not going to waste space talking about obvious casualties like tomatoes and peppers and other summer crops.
There were some surprises.
Even after 4 straight mornings of high teens, the vast majority of the lettuce was completely fine. This surprised me.
The carrots look fine, but it’s too early to tell. The peas were destroyed. Cilantro took a hit but is pulling through. Mint was a champ.
Most of the radishes were completely wrecked, even the daikon died, which really surprised me.
Most of the cabbage was frozen solid on the inside so I have to eat it quickly, but the outer leaves look fine.
The Brussels Sprouts and Kolhrabi had no visible damage.
The mustard is all dead, purple looks worse than green, but they both look bad.
The kales and collards were damaged significantly but will survive.
The oregano all looks dead which is surprising and sad, but may resprout from roots?
The olive, peach, loquat, and persimmon trees look fine.
Even some of the clover and ryegrass looks damaged.
I probably lost all of the lemon bushes and most of the orange trees. I think the grapefruit tree I covered in plastic will survive. Sometimes citrus will look dead as a door nail and then a year or so later the roots will send up a new shoot. This is technically surviving, but is like a time machine, a 10 year old tree is set back to year 2 or 3 and may not produce again for many years or at all.
That awful weed, Florida Betony, wasn’t even phased, it’s all perfectly fine, unfortunately 🤣
Lettuce was hands down the winner.
