i live in north central texas...we are having some unusually cold weather right now...snow even. I planted a garden with tomatoes, squash, okra, and some other stuff i cant recall...what should i use to cover from freeze? or should I cover at all? they have been in ground for about a month and half now.
2007-04-07 04:58:32 · 4 answers · asked by my714rbadkids 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Hello? I livein DALLAS..this is not norm weather..usual temp is bout 70..it is supposed to warm up again next week...is it likely they will survive?
2007-04-08 05:38:35 · update #1
Covering them with anything will help keep out the cold.
Plastic is very good but you can even use blankets to cover them.
Remember to especially cover your garden at night, that is when most of the freeze will happen. Also, make sure not to get the leaves wet when watering to because the moisture will freeze and kill the plant.
Good Luck!!!!
2007-04-07 05:08:33 · answer #1 · answered by GaelicMel 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Sorry to bring you bad news Tomatoes are a warm climate plant they may not survive cold weather even in a green house. No amount of covering up will help. Horticultural fleece will stop frost but is not much use in sustained snow. (More than a week). May be you will have to start again and this time put them in pots so you can bring them indoors. Cover the ground with membrane and gravel and place the pots on them until you are certain that there is no more frost / snow may be you can plant them into the ground after. Cut X through the membrane and insert the plant through it and firm in, replace membrane and gravel. We are having a very different Winter and Spring in Britain, dry and windy which is not much good for our crop either, we need frost and rain.
2007-04-07 05:15:54 · answer #2 · answered by green thumb 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I feel your pain... I'm in SE Tenn. and my okra has been in the ground about three weeks (Hey it was 86 F when I planted, I thought I was safe) I am using "water walls" I bought off the internet... the surround the plant with pockets of water about 20" high... it allegedely protects plants all the way down to 16 F... I hope they work!
2007-04-07 07:45:48 · answer #3 · answered by eggman 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
in case you have something to conceal them, gain this. If no longer, confident. Get accessible with the water hose first element interior the morning and wash the frost off of them earlier the sunlight hits them. I used to could do this on the backyard middle rather oftentimes. you will see the steam upward push off of them. verify you hit all of the foliage. in case you have cloud coverage all night you will no longer get frost. in case you have a clean night you will. even however you would be chilly, that's going to save your no longer common artwork.
2016-10-21 06:54:00 · answer #4 · answered by tonini 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋