Closing door after horse has bolted?

[COMPOST CORNER]

A bit late now, but should I have covered my peas and beans to protect them from frost?
The plants are between 4 and 12 inches high, were transplanted about 10 days ago, kept under a large cloche for the first 5 days following purchase from garden centre. Fit and healthy up to now. Broad beans are in flower. Have I damaged them? light frost, misty night in E midlands.

[Nicos]

....time will tell...fingers crossed...my guess would be you may just about be OK.
I've hardly ever grown either- but I think they are both fairly hardy- esp if the garden centre had left them out overnight .

...let us know either way- fingers crossed for you.

[Florence Fennel]

Hi, my peas have been out uncovered for 3 weeks now and are scrambling happily up their wigwams regardless of the Yorkshire weather. I am sure yours will thrive too.

[sweetiepea]

I put some of my peas out at the weekend - just before this cold snap. They're as happy as can be and are growing like mad.

[FionaH]

My peas are fine and it has been flipping cold here the last couple of nights

[SlugLobber]

You can normally tell frost damage from the next morning, so I think you're fine. I haven't covered anything for these cold nights (I simply have too much to cover - perhaps I should buy an army tent to cover the whole garden, lol!).

[Flummery]

As long as they are hardened off peas and broad beans are hardy and should be fine. It's the french and runner beans that will be killed by a frost.

[Noodles]

I checked my peas and broad beans this morning and they were all fine despite a very cold night here.

[COMPOST CORNER]

Good news! All seem fine, thankfully.

[Lottieval]

Peas and beans are both pretty hardy, I sowed my peas direct into the soil about 3 weeks ago, they're up and doing fine, in fact you can sow peas in the autumn so that they overwinter. I don't do broad beans, it's about the only veg we don't like, but the guy on the next lottie to me has had his in for weeks and weeks and they are already in flower, so I shouldn't worry too much.