Our root vegetables have proven themselves here in our heavier soils and some varieties have overwintered well with a little mulch for protection. We recommend pulling the harvest and overwintering in a cool root cellar.
Many root vegetables such as beets, parsnips or carrots can stay in the ground until freeze up extending the growing and harvest season. Plants must be mulched with straw to extend the season further in freezing weather. This method has enabled us to pull carrots in late December. Most root vegetables get sweeter with cooler weather and light frosts.
Tip: We start most of our root crops in cell packs with the exception of pelleted carrot seed. Once the seedlings are 2 inches high, we then plant out in the cool moist soil in early spring. Planting root crop seedlings in dry hot weather can stunt them. Early spring and end of August are best when the sun is not so intense and there is plenty of moisture in the soil. Timing is everything.
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A 2019 Canadian National Exhibition FIRST place winner! This Nantes carrot is early maturing with strong tops and great for...
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German Butterball potatoes are medium size, tan skin with yellow flesh that has a fantastic buttery flavour. Matures late in...
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An open pollinated variety. Sweet and mild for French Gourmet cooking. Great value. Shallots can be dug once the tops...
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This is a jumbo sized onion with improved disease resistance for organic gardens. It is 100 days from seed which...
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This award winning carrot seed mix includes red, yellow, orange and purple that can be used fresh or cooked. We...
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This is certainly a dual purpose beet. Lovely round roots for pickling and brilliant dark purple leaves to cut for...
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Onaway is an EARLY heirloom potato introduced in 1956. Tubers can get large. Good for boiling, baking and mashed. It...
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This is a wonderful heirloom mixture of fingerlings for those of you who have never tried them before. The mix...
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Another popular heirloom potato for the organic garden. Medium to large size potatoes with red skin and white flesh. Great...
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First come, first served. Great for lazy or inexperienced gardeners because it takes care of itself without any gardening experience.....
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This variety was originally developed as a forage beet for livestock and can get very large. We have grown it...
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Red Thumb is a wonderful little gem fingerling for children to handle or arthritic hands because the tubers are very...
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Austrian Crescent sometimes referred to as Kipler the German name for croissant. It has a nutty buttery taste with a...
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Caesar won first place in the purple stripe division at the Canadian National Exhibition 2018 and is the most flavourful...
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French Fingerling is an heirloom variety with red skin and pale yellow flesh with pink flecks. It is a large...
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Exciting beautiful perennial edible. The bell flowers are blue and can be used as a cut flower, the roots are...