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On November 6th - who'd 'a thunk it?

We did have an air frost a month or so back that did for the squashes and cucurbits, but nothing even near since. I don't recall an autumn like it.

Adrian

Quote from: gray1720 on November 06, 2014, 09:48:04
On November 6th - who'd 'a thunk it?

We did have an air frost a month or so back that did for the squashes and cucurbits, but nothing even near since. I don't recall an autumn like it.

Adrian

Same here.  Well there was one autumn still in the old century when I was picking the last beans in December.  Outdoors, in a sheltered place and the variety was Oregon Giant.  Usually it is the full moon in October that coincides with the first frost.  We got a month's grace this year, as you say apart from a slight brush, which did for the cucurbits (they can't really have any lower than about 3C).

I am sorry it is all over, apart from the frost hardy crops, but wouldn't it be great to have autumns like this every year?

It was extremely cold here last night.  I still have water timers on my taps and OH has said that two of them have sprung leaks overnight. 

I am very pleased I dug up all my pelargoniums, fuscias and a few other bedding plants a couple of days ago.  I replanted them into smaller pots in the greenhouse.   I have 3 courgette plants in pots which I moved in there a few weeks back.  There are fruit and flowers on them but courgettes are very small and not getting any bigger.  The greenhouse is unheated but I haven't been up there today to see if any of the newly potted plants have been damaged by the frost.  I have some fleece but didn't think of putting it over the plants yesterday as I didn't know it was going to be so cold.   

Frost forecast, so draped sweet potatoes and eddoes and courgettes in protective netting, but in spite of low temperatures, nothing died.....yellow courgettes still struggling on. This is November!