Broad beens wilting in greenhouse

[Marb67]

I have had my autumn sown broad beans in pots in the cold greenhouse for months doing fine. I have been hardening them off outside of late until this really cold snap came and then kept them inside. Some other plants in pots in the greenhouse have their soul frozen and the broad beans are wilting ( as are my perennial kales outside) because of the wind chill and no sunlight in the greenhouse this has caused the problem.

I have wrapped bubblewrap around them to give soem pretection from the wind getting through the gaps in the polycarbonate sheets ( extremely windy) but my question is will they recover as I would be gutted to lose them.

[nickdub]

I reckon they'll be OK - had a quick check on my poly-tunnel earlier and the peas which are just coming through looked a bit chilled but should be OK I reckon.

[Marb67]

Ok, will leave them. Thanks.

[veggiechicken]

Most of the plants in my GH look limp and wilted - not too worried about them. I'm sure they'll bounce back when it warms up (June?? )

[Snoop Puss]

I've seemingly lost broad beans to frost before. But if that happens, just snip off the dead bits and you should find new stems will grow from the roots. In fact, and I imagine this is going to seem controversial, you might even find they'd be better off in the ground once you can safely dig it than in pots because the roots will be less likely to freeze in the ground.

Hope they come good for you.

[muck lover]

Hopefully they will pick up and be fine. My outside autumn sown broad beans are looking pretty sorry for themselves. If the snow ever stops I will have to sow some more to fill in the gaps.Similarly for some autumn planted onion sets.

[Snadger]

Usually the frost in the soil doesn't permeate to a great depth and the snow can sometimes insulate plants.

Indoors in pots, the bigger surface area of the pot allows freezing conditions to totally freeze the soil in them. In this case outdoor planting may fare better.