Fleecing for frosts

[vixylix]

Hello all,

There appears to be a high likelihood of both air and ground frosts this weekend according to metcheck.com - confuses me as the met office app shows lows of 6, but anyway, my toms are now all in my blowaway so I was just going to fleece them. How do I do it? Can I just wrap some fleece around the trays? The pots? The whole blowaway?

Confused!

[Scarlet]

I have my tomatoes on long trays in the green house. I usually bunch up everything together and cover all the plants with fleece, it usually comes down well over half the pots. Don't leave any gaps. If anything gets hit by frost it's usually the outer plant.
How big is your blowawaay? If you wanted to be doubly sure you could drape a curtain/blanket over the top of the blowaway - it may be overkill but I'd be very upset if my toms got frosted now.

[Scarlet]

Bring your chillies in!

[vixylix]

Thanks Scarlet - my chillies are still inside - there's no room left in the blowaway!

I'll fleece everywhere I can and I'll try to put something over the top but it gets really windy here so not sure how long it will last.

[Scoot]

I'm fetching my 16 tomato plants inside this weekend. All in their final pots.

Oh dear.

[Potstubsdustbins]

Though we may get a frost this weekend unless you are up in the hill country it will be light and short lived, properly fleeced things shouldn't have a problem.

[greenishfing]

I tend to go over the top. The tomatoes in the greenhouse border will be draped in multiple layers of pound shop fleece with air gaps between the layers. The grapevines will be draped in bubble wrap held in place with a few clothes pegs. (A local radiator fitter gives me as much bubble wrap as I want. His radiators are delivered wrapped in it.)

The potatoes and strawberries will get covered with one or the other. I really don't want to lose my hard work now.

[Containergardener]

It's cold tonight let alone weekend , my feet are cold.
I've only minor things out yet, rest still camping in the house..thank god.

[Potstubsdustbins]

Just shows how varied the regions are. Here in Nott's its that warm the heating has not fired once, so the house must be over 21'C.

[Containergardener]

House is at 19 not had heat on for over two weeks, but it keeps the heat in.
Outside says 12 ..doesn't feel it, half that.
I think depends on whether sea level/ height too.

[Cadalot]

Looks like I made the supporting blocks for my terracotta pot heater just in time. Bottom of Pop Bottle filled with left over post concrete. It can help look after what's in the greenhouse


I think I will wait to pot on these little fellows until next week as they are small enough to bring indoors as they are at the moment

[Containergardener]

They'd make good pot feet for winter

[Scarlet]

I think I will wait to pot on these little fellows until next week as they are small enough to bring indoors as they are at the moment

Very smart plant labels...are they printed ?

[jonny the plant pot]

My sweetcorn are around a foot high should I cover them this weekend or just leave them be.

[vixylix]

I would guess cover them Jonny? They're not hardy at all are they?

I'd totally forgotten about my potatoes - guess what I'll be doing on saturday (I'll give you a clue... its not planting my toms into the raised bed, which is what I WANTED to do!)