Weather suddenly freezing - will salad seedlings survive?

[Crystalmoon]

 ::) so today it is suddenly freezing in Kent, so cold at 8.30am that white steam is in the air from breath!
Really strong winds too.
Will my salad seedlings survive or do you think I need to cover in pvc/fleece etc?
Will all the fruit buds survive? Ive got a red currant covered in tiny fruit & also a bluberry.
Strawbs are also in flower.
Not sure if I need to cover everything up or just hope for the best

[Crystalmoon]

[antipodes]

Strawberries should be OK, but you might want to put some fleece over the salad till it warms up again.

[GrannieAnnie]

I'd cover everything possible- a shame to lose it.
Depending on the type salad greens you might be surprised how tough they can be. Our Red Sails greens survived outside over the winter with a plastic window propped over them by 4 bricks and are now growing great guns again. Tough little rascals.

Hope you lose the cold soon

[Crystalmoon]

Hi GrannieAnnie & Antipodes, thanks for the quick replies. I guess I will be battling the wind to try to fleece the salads in about an hours time, wish me luck lol

[mat]

if fruit has set, it should be okay, but cover flowers at night if you can, but be sure to uncover them during the day when it warms, else the bees, etc will not be able to do "their job", which will result in the same outcome... no pollination and not fruit set.  If it is really windy, then protect from the windward side with fleece, but ensure bees, etc can get in (and out!)

Salads (depending on what they are) should be okay, but fleecing will only help :-)