Tender Crops

Know Your Warm-Season Crops
ByStephen Albert

Success in growing many vegetable crops is driven by warm temperatures. Not surprisingly, warm-season vegetables grow best in warm weather. Here are the key temperatures you need to keep in mind to successfully grow warm-season vegetables: Tender and very tender vegetables Warm-season crops can be classified as tender and very tender. Tender vegetables can take…

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Hardy, Half-Hardy, and Tender Vegetable Crops
ByStephen Albert

Hardy is a term used to describe a plant’s ability to survive in a specific climate zone—even through the cold of winter. Commonly gardeners use the term “hardy” to describe a plant that can survive a freeze, frost, or cold snap. Half-hardy is a term used to describe plants that can survive only limited or…

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