Topic: Frost forecast HELP!

[Fork]

Fork,a roll of fleece is worth every penny.You can also use old net curtains or even newspaper.Protection from frost is just part of the gardening year.
A simple trick for runner beans is buy a packet of pegs and roll a bit of news paper round the cane and secure with the washing peg.Keep working up the cane. :)

Thanks for that,trouble is Im a lazy so and so  ;D

Im on afternoon shift at work at the moment so popping along to the plot to cover things is impossible.I cant ask anyone else to do it.I already have people looking after my greenhouses when Im not around.I feel cheeky asking them to cover my runner beans up every evening.

[betula]

I understand.I have learnt my lesson now and they will not even be started off till end of May.

[Fork]

Me too.

Sometimes I think its a race to get the first boiling  ;D

[betula]

No frost tonight in the west midlands :)

[star]

Yes I heard that too, goody, goody.....I dont have to run round like a headless chicken later then :D

[Plot69]

Had a walk around the whole site today. The first seven plots on our site escaped the frost completely, no damage at all. Thereafter almost everyone has lost their potatoes. All of them frosted and blackened, all the squashes and beans as well.

My 3 plots and 2 either side are totally unaffected. It's a funny ole' game.

[goldendaisy123]

we had frost here in surrey too. :-[ Lost my French beans and potatoes frosted - will the potatoes recover?

[Ishard]

Yes the spuds will recover just will be a smaller crop.

[littlebabybird]

goldendaisy123
I'm in surrey as well, where are you?
lbb

[calendula]

the rains are coming now it seems so plenty of cloud cover for some and hopefully past the threat

[Hippy Chick]

My new plot is OK, but that is probably because I have not yet planted any thing,  I have just got it.
However the lady who runs our allotments said lots of other people have lost the tops of things! ???

[Plot69]

Hello Dippy Chick, welcome to the site.

I suggest you get something in before it's too late.

[realfood]

It is quite well known in weather lore that there is usually about a week of very cold weather roughly in the middle of May, known as the "Ice Saints". The name says it all!

[redimp]

My potatoes were completely unharmed :)