Jack Frost Nipping - Page 3

cecilsgarden1958 · October 2, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wi-sunflower

.............It seemed like we went from an extended Spring to an early Fall. Never did get a nice Summer at all here.
..................We had poor/slow germination due to the cold June. ..........Lousy set for no apearent reason other than cool weather. The neighbor has bee hives just a couple hundred yards from the field so that wasn't it.

Carol, you could be talking about my garden here. Same complaint about the weather, but I sure wish I had those bees for neighbors

CECIL

barkeater · October 5, 2009

To add insult to injury, after 2+ inches of rain Saturday, my tomatoes were once again pelted with hail during a freak thunderstorm yesterday afternoon.frost cover 026.JPG

veggie babe · October 6, 2009

Bummer Barkeater, hope your luck changes soon.

Neva

Lilypon · October 8, 2009

Light frost (first time this fall) hit a few of my sensitive plants last night and tonight I have my doubts a frost cloth would help........

Few flurries
Temp. -6°C (21.2°F)
Feels Like -15°C (5°F)
Wind NW 30km/h
Humidity 86%
P.O.P. 60%
Snow

I'll send some cold down Texas way if they will reciprocate with some heat (no matter what its heading down that way anyways). Only I think they will celebrate its arrival.

cecilsgarden1958 · October 8, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lilypon

Light frost (first time this fall) hit a few of my sensitive plants last night and tonight I have my doubts a frost cloth would help........

Few flurries
Temp. -6°C (21.2°F)
Feels Like -15°C (5°F)
Wind NW 30km/h
Humidity 86%
P.O.P. 60%
Snow

I'll send some cold down Texas way if they will reciprocate with some heat (no matter what its heading down that way anyways). Only I think they will celebrate its arrival.

Trying my math skills here.Is that 26º F? No a frost cloth won't work

I think our first bad frost will be Tuesday morning. Wish it would hold off longer, I'm still picking. Down to 27 plants.

CECIL

cecilsgarden1958 · October 8, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by cecilsgarden1958

Trying my math skills here.Is that 26º F? No a frost cloth won't work

I think our first bad frost will be Tuesday morning. Wish it would hold off longer, I'm still picking. Down to 27 plants.

CECIL

Ooops, I see you did the math. I was wrong, it's colder yet. Brrr. Sorry about your plants.
CECIL

Lilypon · October 8, 2009

Don't worry Cecil I have those days too.

My maters have already been pulled....Oct 1 (nights can change fast here and it was getting too cool by then anyways). My coleus showed the damage this am and tonight I was busy digging out my New Zealand grass (it can take some frost but I wasn't willing to test how much).

Next warm day I climb into my pond to pull my water lilies (we should get a couple of warm days yet.....

).

Lilypon · October 9, 2009

Now at another site Texans were asking that I not be greedy

and to send my cold down (they are truly desperate to break that dome of heat). So I've got my wind turbines facing their direction (belated

warning to those immediately below.....I hope y'all have stripped your tomatoes yesterday

)

Lilypon · October 9, 2009

ooooooops double post. :S

Penny · October 9, 2009

Its been raining here the last few days, but its been so cold, if it wasnt for the rain, we no doubt would have had frost again.

piegirl · October 9, 2009

Thanks Lilypon!

The cold is due to arrive here just after midnight. Been picking a few yesterday and today. Only a high of 35 tomorrow - much, much cooler than normal. A very light frost about a week ago 'touched' my sweet potato vines (ornamental). Harvested the last of the zucchini, peppers, eggplants, brought in the neck pumpkins, picked the last of the zinnias. This is fairly early for us - plus I have a bit of a micro environment here so my garden can usually handle several good frosts before the BIG one. So far, October has been really nasty with very high winds - 40 mph and very cool. No Indian summer yet. piegirl

Lilypon · October 9, 2009

Oooooooooops

Well I have to admit earlier today it looked like this:

And then my turbines went into overdrive

:

Sorry Piegirl

I must admit its strange to see our trees still full of leaves (they hadn't changed colour yet) and now they are frozen solid and covered with snow. Pic taken this afternoon

Our streets have black ice and a loverly north wind is a blowin (its truly gonna get cold down there).

Here's hoping we all get that Indian Summer!

piegirl · October 10, 2009

OK Lilypon - you can turn your wind turbine OFF - please. We have about 1 1/2" of SNOW on the ground and it is 27 degrees. OUCHHH! No micro-environment could save anything last night. Piegirl

Lilypon · October 10, 2009

Okay somebody down there fed it

and now its turned into something I didn't release (we haven't even seen that shade of turquoise blue up here yet)

.....blame it on the Texans (at a weather forum site they asked me for it)

Already converted into Americanese:
Currently here 24°F
This afternoon:
32 F

On Friday October 16th 45°F expected. (trying hard to give you hope here Piegirl!

Wi-sunflower · October 11, 2009

Sat morning we had another frost and us farmers were slow setting up at the market as the temps were still right around freezing at 6 AM. Frost isn't all that unusual for my area about now.

But this morning it was 26* at 6 AM and even a couple of tomato plants in my unheated greenhouse died. This is the earliest it's been THIS cold around here that I know of. The forecast is for 29* tonite too.

We still have a lot of winter squash out in the fields we didn't have a chance to get picked up. I don't think there will be a whole lot worth picking up now. They were so slow to ripen this year.

There were a whole lot of jokes about "global warming" at the market yesterday. With our late cool spring, non-existant summer and now early cold, no one around here thinks our part of the world is getting warmer.

Carol

October 8, 2009	#34
Lilypon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 303	Light frost (first time this fall) hit a few of my sensitive plants last night and tonight I have my doubts a frost cloth would help........ Few flurries Temp. -6°C (21.2°F) Feels Like -15°C (5°F) Wind NW 30km/h Humidity 86% P.O.P. 60% Snow I'll send some cold down Texas way if they will reciprocate with some heat (no matter what its heading down that way anyways). Only I think they will celebrate its arrival. __________________ "At the heart of gardening there is a belief in the miraculous" Mirabel Osler

October 8, 2009	#37
Lilypon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 303	Don't worry Cecil I have those days too. My maters have already been pulled....Oct 1 (nights can change fast here and it was getting too cool by then anyways). My coleus showed the damage this am and tonight I was busy digging out my New Zealand grass (it can take some frost but I wasn't willing to test how much). Next warm day I climb into my pond to pull my water lilies (we should get a couple of warm days yet.....). __________________ "At the heart of gardening there is a belief in the miraculous" Mirabel Osler

October 9, 2009	#38
Lilypon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 303	Now at another site Texans were asking that I not be greedy and to send my cold down (they are truly desperate to break that dome of heat). So I've got my wind turbines facing their direction (belated warning to those immediately below.....I hope y'all have stripped your tomatoes yesterday ) __________________ "At the heart of gardening there is a belief in the miraculous" Mirabel Osler Last edited by Lilypon; October 9, 2009 at 03:14 AM.

October 9, 2009	#39
Lilypon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 303	ooooooops double post. :S __________________ "At the heart of gardening there is a belief in the miraculous" Mirabel Osler

October 9, 2009	#41
piegirl Tomatovillian™ Honoree Join Date: May 2006 Location: Lincoln, NE Posts: 791	spelling Thanks Lilypon! The cold is due to arrive here just after midnight. Been picking a few yesterday and today. Only a high of 35 tomorrow - much, much cooler than normal. A very light frost about a week ago 'touched' my sweet potato vines (ornamental). Harvested the last of the zucchini, peppers, eggplants, brought in the neck pumpkins, picked the last of the zinnias. This is fairly early for us - plus I have a bit of a micro environment here so my garden can usually handle several good frosts before the BIG one. So far, October has been really nasty with very high winds - 40 mph and very cool. No Indian summer yet. piegirl

October 5, 2009	#32
barkeater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NE Kingdom, VT - Zone 3b Posts: 1,439	To add insult to injury, after 2+ inches of rain Saturday, my tomatoes were once again pelted with hail during a freak thunderstorm yesterday afternoon.frost cover 026.JPG

October 6, 2009	#33
veggie babe Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: east texas Posts: 686	Bummer Barkeater, hope your luck changes soon. Neva

October 9, 2009	#40
Penny Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 948	Its been raining here the last few days, but its been so cold, if it wasnt for the rain, we no doubt would have had frost again.

October 10, 2009	#43
piegirl Tomatovillian™ Honoree Join Date: May 2006 Location: Lincoln, NE Posts: 791	OK Lilypon - you can turn your wind turbine OFF - please. We have about 1 1/2" of SNOW on the ground and it is 27 degrees. OUCHHH! No micro-environment could save anything last night. Piegirl

October 10, 2009	#44
Lilypon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 303	Okay somebody down there fed it and now its turned into something I didn't release (we haven't even seen that shade of turquoise blue up here yet) .....blame it on the Texans (at a weather forum site they asked me for it) Already converted into Americanese: Currently here 24°F This afternoon: 32 F On Friday October 16th 45°F expected. (trying hard to give you hope here Piegirl! __________________ "At the heart of gardening there is a belief in the miraculous" Mirabel Osler

October 11, 2009	#45
Wi-sunflower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,591	Sat morning we had another frost and us farmers were slow setting up at the market as the temps were still right around freezing at 6 AM. Frost isn't all that unusual for my area about now. But this morning it was 26* at 6 AM and even a couple of tomato plants in my unheated greenhouse died. This is the earliest it's been THIS cold around here that I know of. The forecast is for 29* tonite too. We still have a lot of winter squash out in the fields we didn't have a chance to get picked up. I don't think there will be a whole lot worth picking up now. They were so slow to ripen this year. There were a whole lot of jokes about "global warming" at the market yesterday. With our late cool spring, non-existant summer and now early cold, no one around here thinks our part of the world is getting warmer. Carol