This can apply to all plants edible or flowers, at this time of year we all want to get things planted and sometimes take a chance with the weather. If you have planted out tender plants and suddenly find we have had a frost and your plantswere not protected, if you can get out before the sun gets on the plants and using water from a butt, not tap water, and you spray over the frozen plats you can thaw them safely. You must not use warm water or you will badly damage them. I have saved many plants in this way.
very good advice, Laurie!! (fruit farmers do this with apple blossom) ;)
Does this work with spuds and runner beans? Very useful if it does........mine are a foot high :o
I was wondering about them too. I've got mange tout, broccoli, cabbage, romanesco and other things that are almost bursting out of their pots and was wondering whether I could take a chance and put them on the plot.
Becky
Quoteif you can get out before the sun gets on the plants
There was a day when I could be found running around the garden at the break of day in my jim jams but not any more 8) ;D
But it is sound advice!
Brassica? Mine are all out.
Better. Too late to 'modify' - so .......
Couple more rows elsewhere.
Quote from: beckydore on May 02, 2009, 10:15:11
I was wondering about them too. I've got mange tout, broccoli, cabbage, romanesco and other things that are almost bursting out of their pots and was wondering whether I could take a chance and put them on the plot.
Becky
my mangetout has been out since the weekend before Easter and have been fine and it is definitely OK for all brassicus, i have been putting them out since Easter break as and when they get big enough to handle the odd slug :-X.
PS I'm in Kent.
Quote from: MrBean on May 02, 2009, 10:12:06
Does this work with spuds and runner beans? Very useful if it does........mine are a foot high :o
I have been having pc troubles so late in replying but yes it will work with almost anything. The frost damage is generally done by a quick thaw but using COLD water this slows up the thaw. In my opinion the best covering for tender plats is dry bracken being a natural thing if it gets wet it dries out but straw etc stays wet and attracts frost and things like fleece create a false warm effect which can cause a problem when removing.
thanks Laurieuk, I like your style.
Quote from: sawfish on May 04, 2009, 23:28:15
thanks Laurieuk, I like your style.
Thank you sawfish for your comments I try to say, what I do and believe but it may not be other peoples way or the books way. I do not think gardening is a subject of right and wrong.
I fleeced up the cucurbits in the big greenhouse last night... it was so cold.. :o