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I'm looking for a leafy vegetable that I can use raw in salads and grows well in the summer in our climate (midwest US). Lettuces and spinach bolt in the heat,
by watchdogtimer 6y ago
I'm looking for a leafy vegetable that I can use raw in salads and grows well in the summer in our climate (midwest US). Lettuces and spinach bolt in the heat, the chards I've tried are too acidic tasting (due to their oxalic acid content), and kale always gets plastered with aphids. Any suggestions?
- ncmncm 6y agoRadicchio? But you can provide shade pretty cheaply.
- BenjiWiebe 6y agoIf your temperature is 100 F in the shade, it's just pretty difficult to grow good greens. Not impossible, but difficult.
- magneticnorth 6y agoWe accidentally succeeded in growing lacinato kale but not red russian kale last summer - our aphids greatly prefer the red russian kale, so in a mixed garden bed the lacinato kale was mostly untouched. We're in the PNW, so your experience (and aphids) may vary. Lacinato kale is tough, but I like it in a salad after massaging it with a bit of sea salt and olive oil to start breaking it down some.
- pvaldes 6y agotemperature range?
- eridan2 6y agored orach?