All week long I've been hearing and seeing reports that it was supposed to snow on Saturday. Thank goodness all we got was a little rain! Which is not a bad thing since I put a good amount of seeds in the ground this week.
Even though the threat of snow is gone it's still supposed to get around 32 degrees tonight. Ugh. We've had quite a few 70 degree days the past couple weeks and was hoping that the freeze was gone.
I'd rather not take the chance and just cross my fingers and Hope the young plants make it through the night. So I went and got some more plastic and PVC to cover the seedlings and the sprouts. The seeds that are in the ground and haven't sprouted yet should be fine since the ground temperature will be above freezing. Just the air right above the ground will not unless it has a cover.
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These inconsistent temps are ruining the early part of the season!
Need to find me some of that tarp you use..
I know that's right. It can get pretty tricky here in North Carolina. One day it will be 72° and then two nights later be 32.
It always sucks when the plants wake up to warmth before the freezes are done for the year.
I tossed a bunch of cool weather greens, herbs, and spices in the ground a couple weeks ago. Just in time for probably a third of them to sprout, followed soon after by a thundersleet storm and below freezing days all this week. So far some of the sprouts look yellowish and not so good, but others look perfectly fine. I haven't watered them either because its so cold I don't want them to freeze more. I also just ordered our fruit trees to get our food forest setup. Hoping the turbulent MIssouri weather doesn't affect them.
Also 10 pounds of Jeruselum Artichokes. I held off ordering the speciatly seed potatoes I wanted because of the cold weather and now the place is sold out of them. Oh well. such is life. Good thing you covered your seedlings. Don't have anything here to do that yet. Plus I planted tons of seeds, some are bound to sprout later on. I can always replant, too.
I've had to restart some stuff this year because of the weather.
Oh that sucks! I'm sorry. The weather is becoming much harder to predict it seems.
I brought all the sprout trays inside at night and the ones in pots i covered with a white bucket a few hours before sunset. You never want to take chances at this point for sure!
Got that right. I have already and had to restart some stuff. LOL
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Sorry but that's not really how it works here. If you would have read my post and made a semi conscientious comment then I would have gladly given you a vote.