Frost Proofing Works!!

[Nobbyman]

Hi all!!  ::)

I need your help and advice again!

Sorry to be a pain!

What is the best way to protect my pots in the garden from frost. I have herbs in pots and some perennial plants such as chocolate cosmos,Coreopsis etc

Thank you yet again for your help!

Nobbyman  ???

[Nobbyman]

[Roy Bham UK]

Put them on terocotta pot stands to allow air to pass under, they tend to freeze if in direct contact with a solid base. 8)

[Moggle]

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I think if you put them next to a house wall, the heat from the house might help.

[Hugh_Jones]

If you have a bit of bar soil simply dig holes and sink the pots to their rims.  If you wish to protect them from above just insert a few sticks into the soil around the rims and ten around with bubble polythene.

[Mrs Ava]

I believe so Moggle, the house acts like a storeage heater, absorbing all the heat through the day then releasing it through the night.  I don't know if that would provide enough protection for really tender plants and my real tender ones go into the greenhouse.  So that are 50/50 are grouped together on the deck against the house wall, south facing so gets as much sun as these winter days offer.

[Mimi]

You could also try bubble wrapping the pot..  Havent tried it myself so I cant vouch for it but have seen it advised before.

[Doris_Pinks]

I bubble wrap pots Mimi, it works for me!

[Nobbyman]

Thank you all! ;)