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Title: How do you know when frost hits?
Post by: wahaj on October 07, 2006, 21:46:11
So yea....how to know i know if they've hit?

it's when the temp goes below 0 right? how to find out if the night before the frost had hit? do the plants look a certain way?

i'm just a bit worried about some of my plants thats all.

and do you know when they'll start? im in northamptonshire :)
Title: Re: How do you know when frost hits?
Post by: redimp on October 07, 2006, 22:02:18
It's usually when the air temp falls to about 3o and the air is pretty dry, the sky cloudless and little or no breeze - hope that helps.  Try the gardeners forecast and frost risk forecast on Metcheck.

http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/HOBBIES/gardening.asp (http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/HOBBIES/gardening.asp)
http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/frostrisk.asp (http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/frostrisk.asp)
Title: Re: How do you know when frost hits?
Post by: wahaj on October 08, 2006, 10:05:17
lovely! i'll keep an eye out for that. thanks :)
Title: Re: How do you know when frost hits?
Post by: saddad on October 09, 2006, 20:13:33
The Derby check reckons we still have a good fortnight... so Leics will be similar.... Northampton too...
You will notice all the tender leaves dying off very quickly... Wahaj
:(
Title: Re: How do you know when frost hits?
Post by: cambourne7 on October 09, 2006, 20:24:37
Hi

I think its already here, went to the lottie saturday and all my tomato plants were black and had died back having been fine the day before!

:'(

cambourne7
Title: Re: How do you know when frost hits?
Post by: silly billy on October 09, 2006, 22:14:47
Mine did that about 2 weeks ago and theres no way we have had frost down here in the sunny south  :P :P ::)
Title: Re: How do you know when frost hits?
Post by: tricia on October 09, 2006, 22:57:15
sounds like blight to me!

Tricia
Title: Re: How do you know when frost hits?
Post by: cambourne7 on October 10, 2006, 13:33:52
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Its all fresh soil and nothing else so affected like the salad crops (rocket mainly)

what do you suggest i do?
Title: Re: How do you know when frost hits?
Post by: Grant on October 10, 2006, 14:06:23
If it is blight, destroy effected crops, do not compost. 
Title: Re: How do you know when frost hits?
Post by: fluffygrue on October 10, 2006, 15:52:50
I have an outdoor temperature doodad, and I usually start keeping an eye on it when I go to bed. If it's not below about 4 degrees by 11 o' clock, then it'll probably be okay. We don't usually get our first frost til the end of November here in Manchester, though we do have a walled garden.

Plants are generally tougher than you think, anyhow. :)
Title: Re: How do you know when frost hits?
Post by: Barnowl on October 10, 2006, 16:02:18
In London last winter,  our first proper frost was in November - the winter before it wasn't until February!

Title: Re: How do you know when frost hits?
Post by: wahaj on October 10, 2006, 19:43:50
oh ok. i mean the only reason i got worried because a couple of weeks ago my leopard lilly leaves just randomly started to rot. they because are soggy in parts and because like wet tissue paper. it just fell apart in my hands. so i bought it in and in a couple of days it was fine. so i thought maybe the frost had hit.
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