Typically, in coastal So. Cal, we get don't get any frost. That's the reason we can't grow apples, cherries and most stone fruits and expect any fruit. In years we do get frost, they happen only once or twice a year for about 3 days each episode. In November, our night temps are in the low 50's. The coolest months as are December - February. But I've had tomatoes ripen in January. A guy in Fullerton, 10 miles inland, had a Sungold tomato grow from one side of the garage over the top onto the other side. I can't remember what year, but he planted it in May and removed it the following March.

During frost episodes, I've lost pounds of almost ripe tomatoes and 3' tall corn plants. One thing frost does do is kill off the pesky crab grass and bermuda grasses, and reduces the spread of killer bees. I actually welcome it. My friend who lived in Long Beach had an elderly neighbor who died of a heart attack when he got stung by killer bees. They homed in his firewood pile. The strange thing was, this man was a beekeeper. Oops, I digressed. The cole crops and especially the collards seem to taste better with a light frost. I think back in the 90s, there was a cold wave with a Canadian blast coming through. It got into the mid 20s, which I think is the coldest I've ever felt here.

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It must be quite a tough life their right?.
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Peter

Addiction Recovery Nevada