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Hard frost ends Iowa garden season this weekend

Original: # Gardening # pumpkins # Squash # Iowa Well, it looks like this weekend is the end of the road for the garden — a hard f

An Iowa gardener says a hard frost or freeze forecast for this weekend will finish off the garden for the season, ending hopes of a light frost to clear pumpkin and squash leaves before harvest. They are preparing to harvest pumpkins and squash now, as freezing temperatures will damage any remaining vines and fruit left unprotected in the garden.

Why now: Seasonal frost warnings have gardeners rushing to harvest and talking about closing out the growing season

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• # Gardening # pumpkins # Squash # Iowa Well, it looks like this weekend is the end of the road for the garden — a hard frost or even a freeze is coming. It’s nice to have a light frost to wipe out the leaves before pumpkin harvest, but that’s not going to happen. So I just have… · donray@mastodon.online · 6

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