Only down to 46 here for the tiniest little bit, according to the NWS. Haven't checked my thermometer yet but we're usually a couple of degrees warmer than them, if not more.

Sure feels chilly!

Diane

Jay, It stayed relatively warm here most of the night before dropping to 34 degrees just before sunrise. At midnight it was still 44 degrees and the wind was high enough that I wasn't worried about frost. We were at 40 at 5 a.m. and then it began dropping pretty quickly. The light wind kept any frost from forming/settling so we were really lucky....and we did, once again (as always), drop down a few degrees colder than was forecast.

Our local TV meteorologist said that Love County would not have frost this morning and we didn't, but he said we'll have it tomorrow because we'll get slightly cooler and won't have the wind. I hope tonight/tomorrow morning is the last frosty night this spring, but I'm not sure I believe it is.

Down here in our part of the state, plants of all kinds flew off the garden center shelves this past weekend and wiped out the shelves---I mean it looked like a hurricane had blown through and stripped the shelves. People were buying warm season seedlings like watermelon, cantaloupe or muskmelon (its too early!), squash, zucchini, peppers, tomatoes, eggplant, etc. I hope they haven't put all of those into the ground yet or they may lose them tonight if they don't cover them up.

Dawn

I watched the guy in the greenhouse at WM put on his coat last night, but the peppers were still on the shelf. The greenhouse has top cover, but only metal fencing on the sides so the wind was whipping right through. It was cold. Tonight's forecast is for 35.

I can't believe the people who are convinced after last night we've seen our last frost. Wish I was half as confident as they are. The cold last night has my peonies looking sick. They are next to the west side of the house so felt they would be fine. Still think they might be.

Yes we had the days in the mid 80's to 90 last week. And everyone had shorts on and carrying out flowers and lots of those $3.50 tomato and pepper plants from Wally World. Sounded like many were planning on going home and planting them. To have early maters. Wonder what they look like today. The Wally World here had many of the transplants also. So sure a lot of them are history also. Jay

Jay,

I cannot believe anyone in your zone would be putting warm-season plants in the ground. I haven't seen anyone down here in my part of our county even transplant their tomatoes into the ground yet. I think everyone remembers the three late frosts we had last year. I do think after tonight that people here in our part of zone 7 might start planting out their tomatoes, but certainly not their peppers.

We were forecast to go to 43, then 40, then 37 and then, finally 40 last night (don't like the forecast--wait a day and it will change, lol) and we went to 34 degrees. Tonight we're forecast to go to 38 and I suspect we'll go lower because the air is perfectly still and there are no clouds. Now that the sun has set, I think the temperatures will fall like a brick. I covered up Maddie's garden because she has some warm-season flowers planted as a border around her potato bed and she has fruit and flowers on the plants in her strawberry patch. There really wasn't anything in my garden to cover because all my stuff is cool-season stuff.

The weather looks good here for the next week, but I need to study the long-range forecasts a little before I make the decision about when to put tomato plants in the ground. My soil temps are good, and my daytime highs are good, but I feel like the nighttime temps are a little iffy still.

We are 10 days past our average last frost date here, but I'm not in a hurry to plant because the recent trend has been to have late freezes. I might change my mind after I spend an hour or two studying the long-range forecasts.

Dawn

Well the weather tonight is nothing like it was last night but it could get colder. It is mostly clear and the temp is still at 54 degrees, forecast is for 35. Last night it was cloudy, windy, and cold starting in the late afternoon.

I had lots of plants out today. Left them for awhile with nothing, then covered with a floating row cover. With the wind blowing, I had to tuck it down under the flats to keep it from blowing away. One flat got a little leaf damage because I think the row cover was stretched tightly and the plants were touching it. That flat also felt a little drier when I picked it up. I don't think they are hurt badly, but I have plenty anyway.

Jay, In my opinion, it is still winter in your area. I can't believe anyone would think it safe to plant tomato plants up there. My DH asked about the corn here and they told him that they like to plant field corn the last week of March, and would plant sweet corn now, if it weren't too wet to get into the fields. So I was wrong.

I noticed today that I have squash volunteers in my garden. It will be interesting to see if they make it unprotected thru this cold front. If they do, I may have to move them to another location and just let them grow.

Dawn,
Was beautiful here today. I had to spend all day inside in a training session for a new computer program. Got my spray tank emptied after I got home and then planted some radishes and sugar snap peas. Then couldn't resist and planted two short rows of corn. Soil temp still looks ok. If it don't germinate well I'll replant. Not a big deal. And if it happens to germinate well and miss the frost I will have an early wind break for my tomatoes. Will wait 3 days and if the long term still looks ok will plant a little more. Had planned on staggering it anyway. I planted Honey Select which they say has good vigor and cold soil tolerance for sweet corn. Then will start on the Mirai's and end up with the Xtra Sweets. Was sure I had ordered two more varieties. If I did I can't find them. It is 46 now and they are predicting 38. But imagine I'll be a few degrees cooler. Jay

Well, we here in NE rural Norman had a forecast low of 38. Around 6am the mesonet showed 38. When I left for work at 7, the thermometer in my car read 35 and the back deck was 32. No frost formed until sun-up. The mesonet says it's 57 right now at 10 pm and there's NO wind. Where the heck is it when you need it?

All the tops of our taters got bit pretty good but they'll come out of it. So far I lost 2 of the 50 brocs. If the temps drop like they did last nite, I'm sure I'll loose a few more. Lost 5 of the 9 romaine, but they were looking pretty weak anyway. Cabbage & garlic look good, but most of what was left of my Dixondale shipment is now gone. I may have 30 of the 360 onions left that I planted from them. ALL of the Dixondale that I bought from my local nursery when mine went south are doing great. Guess I've learned my lesson...buy local. LOL! Dixondale's onions are great....if you buy from a local distributor. I'm just not sold on ordering them as an individual. I suspect they save the best and strongest for their business orders. Can't say I blame them.

I'm watching with antipation when the rest of you decide to plant. As for me, I'm going to start putting everything in the ground this weekend...keeping in mind I'll have to cover some or most in 2 weeks. I've saved lots of gallon milk jugs and have some hay if needed. A very dear friend of mine says "gardening is like a crap shot".....so I garden instead of going to the casino! ha!

Paula