Forecast of 6 C minimum on Saturday night, and that's in the sunny South!! Has anyone had a ground frost yet?
Not yet, but the hanging baskets are looking very sorry, as if it's been close once or twice.
No. Don't be silly, it is still the middle of summer here.
Perhaps the frozen wastelands of the north might suffer, (anywhere north of Farnham) I stayed at Sands last week and I must admit it was a bit nippy ;D
Had a touch of ground frost the other week here up in Dundee Scotland but it is now getting very nippy at night think its time for the electric blanket again.
No frost yet but I'm quite looking forward to it!
Nothing in the allotment would be killed by it (they'll even benefit from it) and I can get down to Winter digging ... one of my favourite activities ;D
I can also bring flasks of veg soup up to the allotment and sit in Ahmed's SUPER-WARM SHED for hours on end :D
Can't stop laughing at this one, this is Ollie at his wind up best, going back to bed now for the winter, Yawnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn, Snoozeeeeeeeeeeee
Er, I don't see how it's a wind-up when we're 3 degrees away from a potential ground frost in one of the warmest parts of the UK... but thanks for the input!
Err, Er, se ya next winter Ollie ;D ;D
I don't understand why you're such a wally sometimes, but nevermind!
I just saw a 3 on the weather map for tomorrow, somewhere south of Birmingham...
Quote from: OllieC on September 26, 2008, 18:47:41
when we're 3 degrees away from a potential ground frost
Yep. definatley dressed for the cold
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/totp2/features/wallpaper/images/1024/3_degrees.jpg)
Ah bless. peace till Spring
On Tues morning 6.45 a.m. I looked out the window and the grass was white with frost. Didn't last long though and no plants or veg affected.
Scottish Borders.
Ollie I'm 12 miles northish of you, my cuecumbers (the outside ones of course)
are smooshed i presume from the cold,
they look pretty much like the ones that got frosted at the front of the year
lbb
I know I go on about this... 5C forecast for Friday down here... time to wrap up those tender plants, if you can get out between showers!
Same-ish area. In the last week the baby sweetcorn which is still cropping has got browning of the tip inside the cob and the growing tips on the sweet peppers have shrivelled and died. I think getting down to around 10 degrees overnight has done it. Chillis and toms still OK but not for long I think. Thanks for the heads up Ollie, I'll get the fleece out!
no actual frost but low temps have done the same thing with a couple of my sweet peppers and one of my three aubergines, so i dug up the other two to over winter in the conservatory since i only got flowers and no actual fruit, hope i can either get fruit over the winter or at least keep the plant going to get a early crop next year, ho hum :-\.
Metcheck for SW London = cold enough to be of concern.
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No we've not had a frost YET, but I don't think its far off from when we do. :( :(
I hate this time of year, when you are clearing out the greenhouse of tomatoes, etc, and putting everything to bed for winter.
I don't think I particularly suffer from SAD, but I do get a bit 'down in the dumps' at this time of year.
valmarg
its +1 here at the moment
lbb
Relative living near Turrif, Aberdeen, just said on facebook: "sitting watching it snowing"
Must turn up heating and look out the LJs!
I don't really think I have any need to worry, but I have put the jacaranda in the poly as it does not like to go under 15
Quote from: valmarg on October 02, 2008, 23:16:24
No we've not had a frost YET, but I don't think its far off from when we do. :( :(
I hate this time of year, when you are clearing out the greenhouse of tomatoes, etc, and putting everything to bed for winter.
I don't think I particularly suffer from SAD, but I do get a bit 'down in the dumps' at this time of year.
valmarg
It is sad to see the beds emptying,going to put the garlic and onions in soon.
Do you do anything in the glasshouse over winter?
Also winter containers and hanging baskets.
Planting bulbs and seed catalogues.
All that housework you neglected over the summer.
I have decided to decorate.Always like to do it in the winter. :)
its 1.8 degrees outside at the moment :'(
yep, last night! :-[
Sunningdale (Berks) - ground frost in the early hours of this morning (4th Oct).
Still around 13/14 here, but I notice the wind has gone around to the SW, this usually warms things up again but brings a lot of wet stuff with it. Now I can see us having a manky Autumn with no really nice colour until November.
Not got lower than 5C here in Bucks. Mind you, the early morning dew feels ripe for freezing. Feels colder due to wind. I'm going to bring stuff in doors this weekend.
Quote from: saddad on October 04, 2008, 08:03:54
yep, last night! :-[
We're only about 20/25 miles away, and definitely not yet, but it's only a matter of time. :( :(
valmarg
Well the frost is now getting settled in here in Dundee had it three times now in the last week the worst being this morning had to scrape the car window so its now on with the winter woollies and snuggle up to the wife at night for some extra heat.
We had frost in Bucks Yesterday morning - 0c!!!!! I put on my thick coat and went to work. By midday it was 17c and i was too warm.......... this morning was 10c. It's all a bit erratic for me...
Yes, frost a few days ago and all the squash plants now dead >:(
yesterday - beautiful, as the mist lay over the ground frost as well and through the night the stars were amazing, such a clear sky - I adore Autumn - the next full moon is not far away, that should bring a few frosts to some 8)
now was it just me or was it really warm last night! I had to open a few more windows to get the air moving through the house. I did notice in/out thermometer only dropped to 17.6c last night.
Now where's that frosty talk gone now.
yep last night we dropped to measly 16.c not that I'm complaining ;)
Yip, one morning last week. :(
first frosty morning today :(, time to uproot those tomato plants and hang them in the greenhouse to let the stragglers finish ripen :-\.
SW London: air frost last night - no ground frost yet.
i understand ground frost but how do you tell if you had an air frost ???
Check out your car roof? But apparently I'm using the term wrongly :-[
An air frost actually means air temps below freezing, whereas ground frost means frozen at ground level only which can occur at around 4degC.
In our case the warmth of the ground prevented a ground frost but the low temp produced frost on objects that are a bit higher - in the air :)
so is it basically if the ground is free of frost but hedges and other higher items have frost then its air frost ???, (if the ? seem dumb, remember I'm from the west indies and the only frost i grew up with was in the freezer ;D)
Sorry - was modifying my answer when you posted - please see above.
got it, thanks barnowl for clearing this up for me :D.
It's not dumb at all - I find it all quite confusing! The other thing is that water expands as it drops below 4C, so the cells of some plants & fruit burst even without a frost... as seen with strawberries in a cold fridge.
I have a thermometer probe hanging a foot off the ground and if it goes below 4C, I assume there's been a "frost". We got 3.7 last night.
Well I haven't a clue if we've had ground frost - but I wish it would hurry up because I want to dig my parsnips up! Apart from sprouts, that's all that's survived the Noah's Ark weather down here!
I got to the allotment this morning around 10.00am to find that a pool of water on the plastic sheeting covering the compost heap was frozen solid!
Blimey! We thought it felt cold last night... don't know that we would have had a frost here in super-warm London, but it was the first night that I've really regretted not having gloves when I went out.
Below zero in the shelter of the house last night. Well below in the open?
Was gobbsmacked to see a frost at 6.30am this morning!! we hardly ever get them right down so close to the sea on the south coast !
We had a bad frost in early October (East Sussex) and all our beans and squashes and sweet potatoes shrivelled instantly. But on my other two plots, 10 minutes drive away, no sign of a frost and all the beans/squash still thriving.
The same happened today, heavy frost at home, none 10 minutes away, beans still flowering.
That's telling me something: overwinter my broad beans at the more distant plot, sow early spring and autumn crops there (and sweet potatoes), save the nearby plot for summer crops. Lovely to have a choice. It's taken me 2 years to notice the difference.
No, still not had a frost, but I think we've been pretty close.
valmarg
some of my non frost hardy plants are showing burn marks so i quess that we have had some frost. We have sleet forcast for next week so glad i dont have to go out :)
Sleet!? Better get my chillies inside.
I though you were getting paranoid over frosts. We just don't get them until really late, even then they are gone before the sun comes up. Due to being surrounded by warm salt water.
This morning I had to pop up to Guildford and it was nice to eventually see some Autumn colour in the trees. I take it this is down to the low temperatures you are getting there. We are still green with a bit of mouldy brown down here.
But loads of leaves dropping because of the winds.
Yes, quite a good one last night. Roofs were white over.
valmarg
And if that aint enough, they are forecasting snow for Wednesday. Brrrr, brrrr
valmarg
Quote from: ACE on October 25, 2008, 17:22:36
This morning I had to pop up to Guildford
Did you feel dizzy coming this far North?! :P
Got up to the allotment last night for the first time in a week. French beans (climbing and dwarf) have turned up their toes, as have courgettes and squash so it must have got fairly cold. Funnily enough the runner beans are still going but tonight is forecast to be around freezing. Better fleece up the brugmansia and spud bags.
It's arrived in East Finchley, North London, at last. Very cold cycling to and from choir practice last night. Thick frost this morning and lots of car windscreen scraping going on.
Even though it kills off the summer cropping stuff - is frost and cold weather not welcomed amongst us to kill off the bugs and stuff? Had our first frost today in Dartford.
twinkletoes
Quote from: thifasmom on October 22, 2008, 11:59:57
first frosty morning today :(,
well had our first proper hard frost last night (bird bath was frozen) very early in these parts, the last two winters we didn't get any frost till well into January.
Quote from: twinkletoes on October 28, 2008, 08:58:09
Even though it kills off the summer cropping stuff - is frost and cold weather not welcomed amongst us to kill off the bugs and stuff? Had our first frost today in Dartford.
twinkletoes
as they say twinkletoes there is a silver lining in every cloud :).
Good frost in Nottinghamshire this morning,even the cat was white over this morning when i let him in. :o
....and what colour is the cat normally then froglegs? ;D
twinkletoes
first one here last night
Quote from: twinkletoes on October 28, 2008, 10:12:49
....and what colour is the cat normally then froglegs? ;D
twinkletoes
As you can see(I did say cheese...honest :D) browned off.
Yes first one this morning !! we are at Yate which is near Bristol
thought we would get our bean trench filled in this afternoon but got caught in a storm. thunder lightning and hail stones, it was sunny all morning, what else could one day bring?
marg
hard frost in retford this morning, will make the sprouts worth picking now tho.
Due one tonight apparently so hopefully I can dig up my parsnips! Yay! ;D
Had a light one last night... :-\
Hard frost here too.
Tok me ages to defrost the car for work at 5am....think I got a duff can of de-icer!
yep frost here this am
First one here this morning in Enfield, just a light one though. ;D ;D ;D
-2C last night & snow this pm.
Just got back from the pub(AGM night)and it is bloody freezing parked cars are white over.
Frost here this morning and about an inch of snow this afternoon. Time to put my shorts away now i think!
The sound of windscreen scraping arrived in my part of Sussex this morning :)
i cant sleep and just looked at the temp outside its -1.4 :(
Minus 5 last night - & now!!
Just skirted -3 over all last night its not gone about 3 degrees most of the day, just had my boiler services so i know the house will be in good share for a while longer :)
Even got around to sorting my garlic out today with garlic i grew last year i know now have a big pot of garlic to ear and a bag of garlic to be planted back on the lotty along with the stuff i bought from the garden centre :)
Quote from: bazzysbarn on October 29, 2008, 00:06:02
Time to put my shorts away now i think!
Just what I was thinking. Although I did have a pair of big boys trousers in the van this morning, just in case.
Quote from: ACE on October 29, 2008, 18:06:12
Quote from: bazzysbarn on October 29, 2008, 00:06:02
Time to put my shorts away now i think!
Just what I was thinking. Although I did have a pair of big boys trousers in the van this morning, just in case.
my you must have a big van. ;D
frost in swindon this morning
Sitting here looking at getting cover for my new car to protect it from the frosts :)
(If it freezes the windows dont open which means the doors dont open which means i cant get in)
Hi Cam,
Put newspaper in the windows then send them up, and warm your key on a match - today's technology, my oh my ;D
Ninny
ninny apparently this can damage the seals :(
Frost in Manchester.
That's why I loved my old Volvo 240 estate, could use it , abuse it and it was so faithful. Hence Frost used one, back on topic ;D
yes but i am having my 1/3 life crisis :) and nice new convertible was my solution :)
Well if we had any frosts here it hasn't damaged anything, my fuchsia is still flowering happily. Famous last words!
we had a week of frosts and a day of snow from the 27th October, here in Bucks. Most plants were uneffected though - the "Scaredy Cat" i had died, and the french marigolds i had.
I still have a purple Nicotinia in full flower and several strawberries that are ripening nicely. My Fuschias are in flower too, although they lost about a fifth of their leaves...
I'm cross about my strawberries. They're perpetuals and last year the second flush finished in November. This year I got a handful about 4 weeks ago and that's it. They're still flowering but it's too wet and with no sunshine they don't come to anything.
Quote from: ceres on November 08, 2008, 15:43:07
I'm cross about my strawberries. They're perpetuals and last year the second flush finished in November. This year I got a handful about 4 weeks ago and that's it. They're still flowering but it's too wet and with no sunshine they don't come to anything.
mine are also not ripening but rotting (they aren't on the ground but in a tower thingy), Lots of flowers though. i am planning to prune them back so they can rest up for next year.
my beans are all dead :( and my squash plants, glad i picked everything on tuesday
lbb