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Hey all--

I have cauliflower curds abut the size of softballs (some a bit smaller). There's a chance of snow tonight (it did sleet a bit this morning). Just so I don't sound stupid-- I don't think anyone was forecasting this yesterday or the day before, and I don't have time to do full on research about this so I thought I'd better check with you all.

I have lightweight curtains that I've been using as row covers on nights that dropped in the low 30s. But in addition to snow, the forecast for Monday night is the mid-20s. Is it time to call it a day and harvest these little guys? I thought of filling up plastic jugs with hot water and setting them under the row cover later this evening, but that might be just prolonging the inevitable.

Thoughts?

Other crops are under cloches so I think are o.k., and most are ready anyway.

Thanks a bunch!

I really have no experience with this. It sounds like you are doing most things right for these. Snow is actually an insulator sometimes. So might just keep your softballs from freezing under their blankets. I have no practical experience though.

Excellent thought! Thanks! Off to tuck the little guys in... . (When my girls were little, they often accused me of "loving the garden more then me!" Not so of course, but I can understand how they might have had this idea. )