Is this November? I'm running around bringing all my houseplants up to the house under the overhang and indoors. Next I'll be covering the tomatoes, peppers. Grrrrrr!!!! There's a freeze warning way south of us here in Dallas!
Check this out for the counties:
http://www.weather.com/weather/newscenter/alerts/nswxcategory/TX

Times like this make me kind of glad I haven't had the time to empty the greenhouse or get my tomatoes planted. I did set out half a dozen peppers and a couple eggplants. I have them covered, along with some tropicals I left out in pots last year that were sprouting. Luckily, they were all in the same area, so just one big tarp covered them all. Easy peasey!

We didn't get to freezing but had so much wind the plants suffered damage. I went and watered the plot in the community garden, the snow peas are blooming & there are small tomatoes. Supposed to be back in the 80's later in the week.

Is this global warming?? Conroe was at freezing when I got up! BRRRRR!
Hope everyones plants are OK.
Tally HO!

I lost most of my veggies last week to a frost that didn't get forecasted. I was bringing them in on cold nights but setting them out the rest of the time.

I'm curious what do you cover your young plants with?

Also the frost got a grape vine that had lots of early growth -do you thing a grape vine will come back or do I need to be getting another?

we had some whiteish plastic at the property, we used
it to cover some building materials

i made a wee grouping of various planst and used smallish
pine branches we had already cut for the center pole
of the "tent"

then we secured the plastic at ground level with some
off cuts of lumber from construction

i ran out of that white plastic and still had to cover
my crepe myrltes so we used an old tarp daniel had

i do plan to go out there today and make sure all is
well

oh, prior to this cold snap, i had been using milk jugs
with the bottoms cut out as cloches, removing the lids
for venting

but i felt that wouldn't be enough with this dip in
temps

i'm about 72 miles north of where i've lived for the past
40 years, so getting used to this new zone has been frustrating

tesa

Ya'll are lucky. Most of my plants are 150 miles NW of me right now. No chance to cover them up. Hope they make it.

I had to bring in all of my plants that are still hardening off and cover the tomatoes last night. But I have to leave for work so early in the morning I didn't have time to uncover them this morning. They'll have to stay right where they are until I get home this afternoon. if this is global warming, that's OK, I got the global part, but just wondering when the warming part starts. Cheryl

The happy procrastinator, says to hold off on those plantings until a little later in the season, or it heats, up, whichever comes first. (smile)

My Fig got burned but nothing else. Ithought they were hardier than that :( . I hope it has enough energy stored up to make new leaves and doesn't croak. It's awful small tho. PJ

i was busy today and didn't get a chance to go uncover mine
either

i hope they are ok

i do plan to uncover everything tomorrow, as i think the
lows will only be in the 50's for me, by tomorrow night

yea, next spring, i intend to wait a few weeks later
as i wasn't able to cover many of my seedlings as i ran
out of plastic, so i'm sure i've lost my cukes and
beans

maby my morning glories and moonvines are ok

and i don't think my gourds have even sprouted yet, so
maby they are ok too

i said a wee prayer to the garden gods last night

freeze on april 6th jeeeezzzzz

tesa

I just got home an hour ago and started looking around and all the new growth and flowers are burnt on my live oaks (some over 100 years old)almost every tree except my cedar elm and texas persimmons have burnt leaves. I know most will come back but it is the first time in ten years here that the timing caught so much native vegetation off guard. It really looks bizarre. I am in a low spot in Canyon Lake in the Hill Country and I usually don't count on freezes being gone til tax day. I did cover some of my older perennials so they wouldn't dieback and the cover stuff did ok. Everything else is still in the house so no biggie.
Haven't had a chance to see how many records were broke throughout the area but I will bet several.
Hope everyone made it through with minimal damage.
Happy Growing David

since this is my first spring in my new zone, i was
carefull not to plant too much, as my new last frost
average date is march 16th

i guess thats what they mean by "average"

tesa

I purchased one patio tom plant and pepper plants a month ago and have had to baby them the whole time. When will I learn to wait LOL.

Not happy with the Cold weather, I'm ready to thaw out dang it.

Barb

We even got a light frost here closer to the coast. Then again I've seen frosts when it gets into the low 40's, not sure how that works....My potatoes got a little nipped but I still have all my winter veggies in the ground so no problem there.

The more moisture (humidity)or dewpoint the higher the temps can be and still create frost. I can't tell you the science behind of the top of my head but that is how I decide if cover is needed here on the high 30 low 40 nights in spring and fall. I have seen lots of frost with high humidity and high 30's not so much with low 40's. I am guessing the coast almost always has higher humidity than here in the Hill Country where it can go either side bone dry or high humidity depending on where the front is coming from. (north or Pacific:)
Happy Growing David

Our humidity was 35%!!!! I feel like a prune. Between the cold and wind I think I lost all the seedlings. A lot of the plants have some damage.
Tally HO!

made it out to the property today

phew, everything is fine

i seem to be having a bug eating leaves off my heirloom
tom's, but not touching the hybrids, whats up with that?

impatients, perfect

mint, fine

my morning glory and moonvine seedlings seem untouched!

and my herbs look picture of health

yea!!

thank you gardening gods

i'll tell ya one thing, tho

i'm considering a smallish hoophouse come fall. i've always wanted one

tesa

Tally, I know, I've been living in Austin for the past few years. On the bright side, I can make beef jerky in just a few hours!

Andrew

My crape myrtles got burned badly. Do y'all think they will come back?

All mine did also, ronij, but I have been advised they will just put on new leaves .... may be a little later blooming though.

Looks like we're fixing to get some rain! Yippee for MN.

Pam

looks like rain here too!

tesa

That is all I have gotten so far .... a "looks like" !!!