5b... Cover up tonite

Ohhh. It's cold. Watch your weather reports and cover up tonite. Or just cover up in case.

Don't want all those little seedlings to freeze.

Give the some while you .

I was just gonna post this!

I brought all that I could in yesterday. everything else will get a "sweater" (aka old bedsheet) tonight.

Dog-gone-it! I just lit the pellet stove and fired up the furnace. I'm tired of it being chilly!

My feet are freezing!

I realize this was originally posted in early April but we have another cold night coming tonight. Maybe even colder than when this was first posted! I heard only high 20's tonight! So I covered up all my greens that I could. Recently, I realized that my large city recycle bins are just the right size to turn upside down and put on top of my veggies already popping up through the soil. So along with the bins, a few cut in 1/2 milk jugs, some empty cat litter containers and a large piece of visqueen drapped over one of the beds, I'm prepared for battle.

As of now, I have green onions, broccoli, cauliflower, various lettuces and strawberries. Hopefully, they'll all be ok this time tomorrow.

Putting that electric blanket back on the bed and turning in for a cold night!

Keep warm fellow gardeners!

got down to 34*F and we had light frost on the vehicles.

i forgot to cover my plants but they seem ok.

my peppers were inside and the tomatoes, etc were in the entry way of my house and they seem ok.

bettyann

Question?

If the crops that are planted now are cold crops, then why would a frost hurt them?

Thanks

Fromw hat I have researched, which makes sense, is that even young tender cole crop seedlings can succeptable to a frost. It is the older more mature cole crops that can handle it.

My lettuce are still in a hoop, cole have a row cover over them all the time because ive seen the flutter of white wings recently. Everything else will just have a slow germination.

that being said, so far so good on everything that has gotten a little nippy.

Thank you for the reply's, they helped a lot. I am new to gardening. I am feeling a bit over whelmed.

Dietryin wrote:Thank you for the reply's, they helped a lot. I am new to gardening. I am feeling a bit over whelmed.

here's the fun 'secret' to gardening. do what you want and learn. if things don't make it in the cold, then make a note (mental or othewise) and plant something different at this time of year. i am not into a lot of coddling of my plants - i have 3 kids and life happens. so if my plants make it, great. if not, well, i'll just try something different next time.

and remember too, anything you don't like or dies, makes great compost. so it's not a loss.

bettyann
newbie gardener and having a blast 'breaking' rules and learning why there are rules to begin with. . .

Yup I totally agree. I lost lots last year, mainly cause I mis read, or misunderstood. I felt HORRIBLE, like I killed someone!!! But this year, everything is going great so far, so no complaints.

You slowely learn...

Can this thread be a Sticky,or a new one called (Cover-Up,GET COVERED, 911, ?) for people to post warnings?

In Northern IL. we will be getting frost tonight. It will drop down to 31 early morning.

Special Weather Alerts



Issued by The National Weather Service
Chicago,
IL

11:16 am CDT, Tue., Apr. 27, 2010


... FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /2 AM EDT/ TO 8 AM CDT /9
AM EDT/ WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 1 AM CDT /2 AM EDT/ TO 8 AM CDT /9 AM EDT/ WEDNESDAY.
* TEMPERATURE... TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
QUICKLY FALL TO THE LOWER 30S ACROSS THE AREA... EXCEPT IN DOWNTOWN
CHICAGO WHERE TEMPERATURES SHOULD HOLD IN THE LOWER 40S TO UPPER 30S.
CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL PROMOTE FROST FORMATION IN RURAL AREAS
OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY REBOUND FOLLOWING SUNRISE IN THE
MORNING.
* IMPACTS... WIDESPREAD FROST MAY
RESULT IN DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A
FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS
MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.




Frost Advisory for:
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Bureau




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Kalb




Dupage




Ford




Grundy




Henry




Iroquois




Jo
Daviess




Kane




Kankakee




Kendall




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Salle




Lake




Lee




Livingston




Mchenry




Ogle




Putnam




Rock
Island




Stephenson




Whiteside




Will




Winnebago

freeze warning for central ohio as well! tonight and tomorrow night.,..

April 27

Northeastern Ohio (Cleveland area) Heavy frost predicted from midnight tonite 4/27 until 8am Wed. 4/28. "Heavy frost is likely."

Take proper precautions. In other words, COVER UP.

Claire

PS. Also see Happyfrogs post for central Ohio on page 1

Frost Advisory for for the state of IL.

freeze warning for much of central ohio and other parts of ohio as well. .. . this warning is in effect til monday or so.. ..

brr. .. it's already gettign really cold here. . .

Same here in mid-michigan