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Possible freeze. To water or not to water?
Hi All,
I am not suppose to plant/transplant until the first week in June. We have been having a lot of hot weather, so I decided to jump the gun and get an extra month of cherry tomatoes and California peppers, so I transplanted. Problem, tomorrow is suppose to dip to 30F. I may have to replace all my plants. To water or not to water? Which is best in this circumstance? Guess moist soil would not spur bacteria growth that would warm it above freezing? Like wet hay? I have nothing to cover them with Many thanks, -T |
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Possible freeze. To water or not to water?
On 2020-05-03 13:43, T wrote:
Hi All, I am not suppose to plant/transplant until the first week in June.Â* We have been having a lot of hot weather, so I decided to jump the gun and get an extra month of cherry tomatoes and California peppers, so I transplanted. Problem, tomorrow is suppose to dip to 30F.Â* I may have to replace all my plants. To water or not to water?Â* Which is best in this circumstance? Guess moist soil would not spur bacteria growth that would warm it above freezing?Â* Like wet hay? I have nothing to cover them with Many thanks, -T Read the weather report wrong. The 30F is tonight. |
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Possible freeze. To water or not to water?
On 5/3/2020 4:15 PM, T wrote:
On 2020-05-03 13:43, T wrote: Hi All, I am not suppose to plant/transplant until the first week in June.Â* We have been having a lot of hot weather, so I decided to jump the gun and get an extra month of cherry tomatoes and California peppers, so I transplanted. Problem, tomorrow is suppose to dip to 30F.Â* I may have to replace all my plants. To water or not to water?Â* Which is best in this circumstance? Guess moist soil would not spur bacteria growth that would warm it above freezing?Â* Like wet hay? I have nothing to cover them with Many thanks, -T Read the weather report wrong.Â* The 30F is tonight. Do you have any plastic trash bags or plastic walmart bags to cover the plants with? -- Maggie |
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Possible freeze. To water or not to water?
T wrote:
.... I have nothing to cover them with no old light blankets, sheets? buckets, pots, or pans? if you are really worried you can heat up some rocks and put them in there. though you have to be sure not to fry your plants too. i don't have any experience with watering to save from frosts. i have one experience with putting things over plants and it didn't matter much as the peppers dropped all their leaves anyways, the tomato plants seemed a bit more tolerant but i wouldn't count on that. what happened after that the pepper plants regrew their leaves and the tomato plants survived and we had a decent crop all around. i don't plant early, except things i have extra seeds and can afford to risk it. 3 weeks is way too early for warm season plants IMO. we have frost in the forecast for later this week. perhaps my first planting of peas won't make it or not. we'll see... good luck! songbird |
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Possible freeze. To water or not to water?
On Sunday, May 3, 2020 at 5:15:16 PM UTC-4, T wrote:
On 2020-05-03 13:43, T wrote: Hi All, I am not suppose to plant/transplant until the first week in June.Â* We have been having a lot of hot weather, so I decided to jump the gun and get an extra month of cherry tomatoes and California peppers, so I transplanted. Problem, tomorrow is suppose to dip to 30F.Â* I may have to replace all my plants. To water or not to water?Â* Which is best in this circumstance? Guess moist soil would not spur bacteria growth that would warm it above freezing?Â* Like wet hay? I have nothing to cover them with Many thanks, -T Read the weather report wrong. The 30F is tonight. Did it freeze last night? Did you water beforehand? Hope your plants all did well. Paul |
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On 2020-05-04 10:58, Pavel314 wrote:
On Sunday, May 3, 2020 at 5:15:16 PM UTC-4, T wrote: On 2020-05-03 13:43, T wrote: Hi All, I am not suppose to plant/transplant until the first week in June.Â* We have been having a lot of hot weather, so I decided to jump the gun and get an extra month of cherry tomatoes and California peppers, so I transplanted. Problem, tomorrow is suppose to dip to 30F.Â* I may have to replace all my plants. To water or not to water?Â* Which is best in this circumstance? Guess moist soil would not spur bacteria growth that would warm it above freezing?Â* Like wet hay? I have nothing to cover them with Many thanks, -T Read the weather report wrong. The 30F is tonight. Did it freeze last night? Did you water beforehand? Hope your plants all did well. Paul Hi Paul, Weather service said it dipped to 28F. I did water beforehand. All of my cherry tomatoes survived. They were within 6 feet of the house. The pepper plant closest to house is quite happy, but the remaining 9 are all wilted. But four of remaining nine did not fare to well with the prior transplant shock. Maybe I should wait another couple of weeks before replanting the peppers. -T |
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On Monday, May 4, 2020 at 5:55:07 PM UTC-4, T wrote:
On 2020-05-04 10:58, Pavel314 wrote: On Sunday, May 3, 2020 at 5:15:16 PM UTC-4, T wrote: On 2020-05-03 13:43, T wrote: Hi All, I am not suppose to plant/transplant until the first week in June.Â* We have been having a lot of hot weather, so I decided to jump the gun and get an extra month of cherry tomatoes and California peppers, so I transplanted. Problem, tomorrow is suppose to dip to 30F.Â* I may have to replace all my plants. To water or not to water?Â* Which is best in this circumstance? Guess moist soil would not spur bacteria growth that would warm it above freezing?Â* Like wet hay? I have nothing to cover them with Many thanks, -T Read the weather report wrong. The 30F is tonight. Did it freeze last night? Did you water beforehand? Hope your plants all did well. Paul Hi Paul, Weather service said it dipped to 28F. I did water beforehand. All of my cherry tomatoes survived. They were within 6 feet of the house. The pepper plant closest to house is quite happy, but the remaining 9 are all wilted. But four of remaining nine did not fare to well with the prior transplant shock. Maybe I should wait another couple of weeks before replanting the peppers. -T Glad to hear that you had some survivors. I've noticed that the side of the car parked next to the house is often clear when the other side is covered in frost. I guess the heat leaking from the house warms the nearby area. We're pretty much past the frost threat in our area (Maryland north of Baltimore and near the bay). Paul |
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On 2020-05-04 19:04, Pavel314 wrote:
On Monday, May 4, 2020 at 5:55:07 PM UTC-4, T wrote: On 2020-05-04 10:58, Pavel314 wrote: On Sunday, May 3, 2020 at 5:15:16 PM UTC-4, T wrote: On 2020-05-03 13:43, T wrote: Hi All, I am not suppose to plant/transplant until the first week in June.Â* We have been having a lot of hot weather, so I decided to jump the gun and get an extra month of cherry tomatoes and California peppers, so I transplanted. Problem, tomorrow is suppose to dip to 30F.Â* I may have to replace all my plants. To water or not to water?Â* Which is best in this circumstance? Guess moist soil would not spur bacteria growth that would warm it above freezing?Â* Like wet hay? I have nothing to cover them with Many thanks, -T Read the weather report wrong. The 30F is tonight. Did it freeze last night? Did you water beforehand? Hope your plants all did well. Paul Hi Paul, Weather service said it dipped to 28F. I did water beforehand. All of my cherry tomatoes survived. They were within 6 feet of the house. The pepper plant closest to house is quite happy, but the remaining 9 are all wilted. But four of remaining nine did not fare to well with the prior transplant shock. Maybe I should wait another couple of weeks before replanting the peppers. -T Glad to hear that you had some survivors. I've noticed that the side of the car parked next to the house is often clear when the other side is covered in frost. I guess the heat leaking from the house warms the nearby area. We're pretty much past the frost threat in our area (Maryland north of Baltimore and near the bay). Paul And I just got my first tomato flower! It will be interesting to see if any of the peppers recover whilst I wait to buy new ones |
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T wrote:
.... It will be interesting to see if any of the peppers recover whilst I wait to buy new ones it is several weeks too early for us to be setting out warm weather plants. songbird |
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Possible freeze. To water or not to water?
songbird wrote:
T wrote: ... It will be interesting to see if any of the peppers recover whilst I wait to buy new ones it is several weeks too early for us to be setting out warm weather plants. songbird Here in SE VA we usually have just set out the warm weather plants or are about to do so. My plants are a little behind this year due to not having fresh seeds for everything and having to re-start several varieties. Turns out it's a Good Thing I'm behind because the weather radio this morning informed the region that a there is a possible frost warning for Saturday night with temps dropping into the mid-30s. Yikes! This is just about unheard of and about a month after the usual average last frost date. Farmers are probably scrambling as are many home gardeners. But all of my plant "customers" are still waiting for me to hand over the plants, so we're safe. Whew! I finally got bed #4 cleared and planted two days ago when it was actually spring-like weather. Green beans in that bed and they should be okay since they haven't had time to emerge yet. The rest of the planted beds are all cold-lovers like peas, broccoli, and lettuce. The one flower bed is close to the house and should be protected enough to come through okay too. Geez, what a year! Nyssa, who had planned on starting to clear another bed or two but rains along with a 20 degree drop in temperature put that idea to rest quick-like |
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On 2020-05-05 06:30, songbird wrote:
T wrote: ... It will be interesting to see if any of the peppers recover whilst I wait to buy new ones it is several weeks too early for us to be setting out warm weather plants. songbird I do know better. I just got greedy. And Wally World is out of Anaheim Peppers, so I may have shot myself in the foot. Tomorrow is support to be 85F too. |
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Possible freeze. To water or not to water?
... It will be interesting to see if any of the peppers recover whilst I wait to buy new ones it is several weeks too early for us to be setting out warm weather plants. songbird I do know better. I just got greedy. And Wally World is out of Anaheim Peppers, so I may have shot myself in the foot. Tomorrow is support to be 85F too. We have 40 - 60 % chance of flurries for Thur. - Fri. nights ... that's SNOW flurries - not blossom flurries ... https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/on-116_metric_e.html John T. |
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Possible freeze. To water or not to water?
On Wednesday, May 6, 2020 at 1:01:56 PM UTC-4, wrote:
... It will be interesting to see if any of the peppers recover whilst I wait to buy new ones it is several weeks too early for us to be setting out warm weather plants. songbird I do know better. I just got greedy. And Wally World is out of Anaheim Peppers, so I may have shot myself in the foot. Tomorrow is support to be 85F too. We have 40 - 60 % chance of flurries for Thur. - Fri. nights ... that's SNOW flurries - not blossom flurries ... https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/on-116_metric_e.html John T. It was snowing in northwestern Pennsylvania this (May 6) morning. We're supposed to have some chilly nights coming up here in Maryland but hopefully above freezing. In the winter of 2010, we had two major snowfalls in a three day period. When the snow eventually started melting, we noticed a kale plant sticking through the snow. It went on to grow on through the spring and summer. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Paul |
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Possible freeze. To water or not to water?
On 2020-05-06 11:55, Pavel314 wrote:
When the snow eventually started melting, we noticed a kale plant sticking through the snow. It went on to grow on through the spring and summer. Kale survived??? There is no justice in life :'( |
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