Frost - Were you a victim

[NOG]

Ther was a frost last night in North Kent, I was deciding on leaving the greenhouse door open to harden things off but luckely forgot.

[nick the grief]

You don't need to leave the door open NOG. If it's unheated it gets coldenough anyway to harden stuff off. I've got stuff in my coldframe that rea;lly wanys water but it will have to wait till the morning just in case there's another tonight.

[sewer rat]

Frost? Last night? Dunno mate, couldn't tell cause of the snow!

[nick the grief]

Wish I had snow to insulate the coldframes

[Alice]

Leave the greenhouse door open to harden things off! I'm frightened to put anything in the greenhouse incase it dies of hypothermia. That includes me !

[Nicos]

Our cucs were semi nuked by the frost, but the new growth seems ok.- brought them in this morning and although crumpled in parts....will survive TLC for the next few days is in order I think!

[fruit&vegvirgin]

we're having the odd frost on and off, but stuff seems to have been in the cold frame long enough not to notice it now... think it got hardened off by mistake!!

[SueA]

We had frost for a couple of nights tues/weds. & everything in the garden looked a bit droopy & sad until the sun came out & they perked up again. Everything in the plastic greenhouse seems O.K. though & it's back to normal-raining- again now!

[nick the grief]

no frost last night in central england. No rain either

Most stuff would be OK in the greenhouse without heat Alice. so long as it's not near the glass, you keep it slightly drier (wet & cold kills) & you can always cover it over with some fleece. I'ts been down to -5c in mine this year & everything is OK.

[smallblueplanet]

*Sob!* *Sob!* I think the fuchsias got it!!! They were in the unheated greenhouse, I guess we were a bit casual about how cold its been...had 3 nights of very heavy frost here in the Vale of Pewsey.

[nick the grief]

my cuttings are OK SBP but they were on the dry side. We only had frost for 1 night

[Kimbo]

Frosts

The weather forecast for tonight is possible ground frost. I have some broad beans just hardened off outside in pots on top of an old pallett (havent got a greenhouse or coldframe). I was thinking of putting a couple of large plastic garden sacks over them to try and keep off the frost (havent got any fleece and trying to watch the pennies) do you think this will work?

[Nicos]

Have they been out long Kimbo? On our allotments there are already quite a few already planted out and we are in a bit of a frost pocket. (mine are still in their packet!!)Have you got any bubble wrap/newspaper (old sheets/curtains hidden away in the attic - even dust/decorating sheets)which would be better insulators. Try to make sure that they don't rest on the plants,but are close enough to trap a thin layer of air. You must make sure you remove the covering in the morning,especially if it's plastic as the condensation will rot the plants. Also make sure the covers are anchored somehow as although round here we don't tend to get frosts and winds together,you don't want them to blow off. I find clothes pegs are very handy to hold covers together too (not the dolly type).Hope that helps. (My cucs caught the cold winds(not the frost) in the small plastic greenhouse the other afternoon!)

[Kimbo]

Have they been out long Kimbo? On our allotments there are already quite a few already planted out and we are in a bit of a frost pocket. (mine are still in their packet!!)Have you got any bubble wrap/newspaper (old sheets/curtains hidden away in the attic - even dust/decorating sheets)which would be better insulators. Try to make sure that they don't rest on the plants,but are close enough to trap a thin layer of air. You must make sure you remove the covering in the morning,especially if it's plastic as the condensation will rot the plants. Also make sure the covers are anchored somehow as although round here we don't tend to get frosts and winds together,you don't want them to blow off. I find clothes pegs are very handy to hold covers together too (not the dolly type).Hope that helps. (My cucs caught the cold winds(not the frost) in the small plastic greenhouse the other afternoon!)

they havent been out long and now they are in their "growing" pots I dont have the room to bring them back indoors. I think my cats are going to have to give up their fleece throws they sleep on - lol (they are not going to be happy.

[Clarea1]

Gosh,

I leave my fucshias out all year, they are in concrete pots at the front of the house, I just cut them back at the end of the year, have done for about 3 years and they keep coming back as beautiful as ever!