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ArcherB · March 2, 2009

I think the strong wind we had on Saturday took about half of mine out. Or should I say, I HOPE it was the wind and not something else. They all look as if they were hit by frost, but the temps on Friday night were not expected to hit below 40° and I brought them in on Saturday night. I don't think it was temps as the other plants I had outside on the ground and not on a table seem fine.

I think all but one will survive, but it will set them back. I swapped all of them out with plants that I had sitting on a window sill. Now the window sill plants will start the hardening off and those that were outside will now be considered in ICU!

I still plan on putting a bunch of plants in the ground this week, but now, instead of the plants that were hardening off outside for the past few weeks, I'll be planting the ones that were in the window and hoping that those that were wind-damaged pull through enough to go in the ground by the end of this week or next week.

Can wind really damage foot-high plants like that?

March 2, 2009	#51
ArcherB Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Austin TX Posts: 200	I think the strong wind we had on Saturday took about half of mine out. Or should I say, I HOPE it was the wind and not something else. They all look as if they were hit by frost, but the temps on Friday night were not expected to hit below 40° and I brought them in on Saturday night. I don't think it was temps as the other plants I had outside on the ground and not on a table seem fine. I think all but one will survive, but it will set them back. I swapped all of them out with plants that I had sitting on a window sill. Now the window sill plants will start the hardening off and those that were outside will now be considered in ICU! I still plan on putting a bunch of plants in the ground this week, but now, instead of the plants that were hardening off outside for the past few weeks, I'll be planting the ones that were in the window and hoping that those that were wind-damaged pull through enough to go in the ground by the end of this week or next week. Can wind really damage foot-high plants like that?