Anyone notice there is a freeze warning tonight?
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Freeze warning for tonight (Sunday)
Comments (21)Plants are very ineffective at taking up water when it's very cold. Watering before a freeze period is important and sometimes essential for some container plants depending on how long the freeze may be. It also helps create a moist/humid environment (especially under covers) which is better for most plants than the dry air that tends to come with a cold snap. The two combine to create a turgid plant that can better survive the cold snap and provide a less extreme environment to do it in. It's all about keeping the plant on a slow/steady path to warm-cold-warm-etc. more than it is about making sure the plant isn't cold. During this time if high winds are a concern you really need to keep an eye on anything tender or in containers. The uptake of water is slowed during the cold period to the point where some plants can dry out pretty quickly. BTW, if you see frost on your plants...leave it alone. It may damage your plant, but removing it (especially with water) will do more damage to most plants because of the sudden temperature change. That one is just a general guideline, though....See MoreFreeze warning tonight...
Comments (19)I had a touch of frost on my back windshield this morning. ==>>> i am not feeling it brandy... i woke up to 3 inches of snow.. lol .. do understand.. i am not always talking to the poster.. but the the legions of newbies.. who never join the conversation ... you acted.. accordingly ... i know you knew the difference.. i wanted to point it out to warmer zone peeps.. who might not be understanding about the difference in the two words ... prairie... most shrubs.. as bulletproof as they are.. can lose all their leaves.. and bounce right back .. or like last year for me.. all the lilacs lost their flower buds... and they all came back fine... so.. i missed some flowers.. and many of the fruit growers around... lost a crop ... but not much direct death ... so its a concern.. but not a worry.. if you get my drift ... one year.. i actually lost some hosta.. that got froze.. after leafing a bit.. recovered.. froze again ... and perhaps a third time... they only have so much stored energy to releaf on ... but they were probably sickly plants in the first place... and all of them took a year or two to recover.. but nothing like that with some frost damage ... ken...See Morefrost warning tonight, April 21
Comments (4)Ditto what pixie said--thanks for posting this. I picked up some perennials at the nursery this week that might have been nipped if there was a frost. Thanks to this post they're all inside the garage and should be fine for the night. It has been brutally cold with strong winds all day but it would be just my luck the wind would die down and we'd get a frost. Fingers crossed my winter sown seedlings are okay. I moved as many sprouted jugs under the covered area of my breezeway as would fit so wish me luck. My hellebores are blooming too, and for the first time, but I'm putting my faith in them being impervious to frost. Whatever perennials are up by now shouldn't be susceptible to frost...I hope. Our last frost date is mid-May so other than my hydrangeas the rest are on their own from here on....See MoreFlash Freeze Warning for tonight!!!
Comments (5)I feel your stress! I'm wondering about my own commute tomorrow. It's been raining here all day, too, and the same thing is supposed to happen to us tomorrow, with temps plummeting to -6 F (-21 C). And snow is supposed to be falling by the time I drive home at 9:00 p.m. If the forecast holds, I may stay home. This is my last week at that job, and I don't want to push my luck....See Moreprairiemoon2 z6b MA
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