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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 :)

It's usually when the air temp falls to about 3^o 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/FREE/frostrisk.asp

lovely! i'll keep an eye out for that. thanks :)

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
:(

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

Mine did that about 2 weeks ago and theres no way we have had frost down here in the sunny south  :P :P ::)

sounds like blight to me!

Tricia

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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

what do you suggest i do?

If it is blight, destroy effected crops, do not compost. 

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. :)

In London last winter,  our first proper frost was in November - the winter before it wasn't until February!

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.