vicky wrote ...
Just popped over to the allotment to plant some beans (I figure by the
time
they come up the frost will be over!) and the state of the poor potatoes!
Every single one looks dead! :-(
I'm guessing they will come back, especially given how early it is still,
but even so ... Poor things.
How will it affect their taste? Am I remembering rightly that they are
sweeter when they have been frosted, or is that only after they have been
picked and stored?

At least I didn't have 2' tall bean plants that have been masacred, like a
few other people seem to have done ...!

They will come back OK but will be put back a bit. Taste will not be
affected as the tubers will not have been frosted. The tips of mine have
also been frosted but some of the other "new" plot holders had their spuds
well up so will be seriously put back and have lost all their tomatoes and
runner beans too, but then they should not be out yet anyway IMO.

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Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK