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Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 20 10:04 am Post subject: Frosts.
Do we reckon we’re past the last ones? Have beans to plant out but it says to wait until after frosts. They’re getting bigger than the pots they’re in.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45676
Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 20 10:13 am Post subject:
Last frost I’ve noted here was may 26th a few years ago, but you’re way more sheltered than us. Have you had frost this week? We’ve had two pretty frosty nights

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46247
Location: yes

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 20 11:32 am Post subject:

we only had 3 frosts all winter this year.

i spose it depends on microclimate as well as the general weather patterns.

most lowland uk is frost free by may but weather can be "unusual"

with delicates i tend to err on the side of caution, i have lost too many carefully nurtured seedlings.

a extra week or two confined to pots is ok if you feed them and make sure they have enough moisture, better than grey mush or a stunted blue tomato plant

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 20 11:56 am Post subject:
I generally wait until May and have some fleece ready in case needed.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 20 12:04 pm Post subject:
Ta. I’ll leave them to die in the greenhouse rather than killing them in the beds.

dpack

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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 20 12:15 pm Post subject:

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 20 12:40 pm Post subject:

Nick wrote:

Ta. I’ll leave them to die in the greenhouse rather than killing them in the beds.

Pillock.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 20 1:35 pm Post subject:
Harsh. 24 courgette plants is enough, right? And about 120 beans.

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 20 2:23 pm Post subject:
Oh no, you need at least double that.... :lol:Get planting... let us know how it all turns out....

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 20 2:58 pm Post subject:
I know where you live, remember?

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 20 3:39 pm Post subject:
I think you should worry more about the fact that I know where YOU live.

buzzy

Joined: 04 Jan 2011
Posts: 3708
Location: In a small wood on the edge of the Huntingdonshire Wolds

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 20 5:55 pm Post subject:
One thing to be certain of, I think. As soon as somebody assures you that all risk of frost has passed, and you put your tender plants out, we will have one! Henry

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 20 7:56 pm Post subject:

buzzy wrote:

One thing to be certain of, I think. As soon as somebody assures you that all risk of frost has passed, and you put your tender plants out, we will have one!

Henry

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 20 8:07 pm Post subject:

buzzy wrote:

One thing to be certain of, I think. As soon as somebody assures you that all risk of frost has passed, and you put your tender plants out, we will have one!

Henry

Tell Nick to go for it.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15998

Posted: Sat Apr 18, 20 6:49 am Post subject:

Perhaps the best idea is to put the plants out at the end of April and have something to put over a cloche frame or if all else fails, pea sticks, if there is a frost warning. Ideal is fleece over cloche frames, but anything like a dust sheet, old sheet or blanket, old curtains will do at a pinch.

Nick can put his 48 courgettes out and let them turn to mush if he likes; he always does what he wants anyway.

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