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vegetables after snow (post #12597)

margarita47 on Sat, 10/10/2009 - 17:06
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I am a novice gardener who planted my first vegetable garden this year. It all went wonderfully, and we got some fantastic produce. I can't wait to expand my garden next year.

My question is this: I live in Minnesota, and it snowed last night-- about 1/2" of accumulation in some spots. Obviously, the plants are toast. I still have some gypsy peppers on plants in my garden, and I was wondering if they'd be okay to pick & eat, although they've been out in the cold (and possibly frozen).

Thank you in advance!
M.

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by Catskill Deb in reply to margarita47 [original] on Sat, 10/10/2009 - 19:49

The main problem with peppers getting frosted or frozen is it turns them to mush.  So if yours still look edible, I'm sure they are fine.


Edited 10/10/2009 3:49 pm ET by Catskill Deb

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by 1946 in reply to margarita47 [original] on Sun, 10/11/2009 - 03:11

The gypsy peppers are fine to eat, but if you have a bunch of them the best thing to do with them now is chop them up and put them in the freezer to cook with as needed. After getting frosted they will lose their keeping quality for fresh use pretty quickly. My gypsy peppers were about the only variety that produced well this summer.
And congratulations, you are now officially a gardener, because you made the hooked on gardening statement, "I can't wait to expand". Welcome to the world of gardening!

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by Olivia54984 in reply to Anonymous [original] on Sun, 10/11/2009 - 13:18

Sounds like the old "CSI" saying about "not being dead until it's warm and dead".


As long as they are frozen, it's all good.  You might want to pick them and place them immediately into the freezer and slice and dice when you want to use them.