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in early fall can remain in the ground and pulled on days not experi- encing frozen ground. If you live in an area where night temperatures are consistently below 20 degrees F, then you can mulch with straw, leaves or pine needles to keep an insulating layer.


Last fall was so warm in fact we planted early and late. Grasshoppers ate most of our early sown crop. By the time we realized the herbivory issue was severe it was nearing winter. We went ahead and planted anyways (lettuce, spinach, kale, turnips, cabbage, cilantro etc.) Our goal was to demonstrate that if you get the crops started, they will survive as juvenile plants, and then mature much earlier in spring. Since last winter was warmer than average, we had mid-winter days with decent growth potential. We were harvesting greens through January and February which were taken to the Farmers Market by students in the class.


Don’t forget your garlic! We like to complete our summer crop har- vest, and then transition immediately into garlic planting. This is such an easy crop for our area. Most new gardeners think they must be done growing in early fall. We plant our garlic in November and har- vest in June. This time frame still allows for us to start our squash plants when garlic exits, so we are maximizing our cropping cycles! If we have some normal precipitation in the winter, then we don’t com- mit too much to this crop. The bulbs form as the days lengthen in Spring. When the lowest leaves start to dry, we harvest, dry, clean and store. We reserve back some garlic cloves to plant the next year, and we market the rest. We grow hardneck and softneck types. We bundle them, braid them and have some as loose cloves. At the college we have found that for each pound of garlic cloves we plant, we get 6 pounds in return.


Happy Planting -Justin


ing season. From direct seed to finished heads it can take 125 days on average. Transplants are typically used to speed up the process and cut that time in half. In the central highlands winters are usually too cold, and our summers are typically too hot. That is why planting in the fall for many cool weather adapted varieties, can be our local answer. Growers can think of fall as “better than spring”


Many quick growing leafy greens and root crops will germinate in late August and September in the warmth. Some crops like Kale will in- tensify their flavors as crisp nights arrive in October and November. At the Yavapai College Agribusiness Campus, we get them up and grown before hard freezes, we shelter with a floating row cover which is a frost cloth product. Mature crops underneath row cover can often remain for the winter and can be picked as needed. Carrots planted


For more helpful growing tips check out our Facebook page @yavapai college production horticulture


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