70 Tomato Plant Set Yesterday -pix

[valley]

it isn't safe to plant outside until memorial day. Tomatos we have in our small green house. We plan a larger one.

 

[bp fick]

it isn't safe to plant outside until memorial day. Tomatos we have in our small green house. We plan a larger one.

I hear you about safe. Actually here, because we are zone 4, but with really a zone 3 micro-climate, there is never a month without the possibility of frost. Froze twice in June last year and again twice and hard in August. It's just a way of life here.

 

[Duffster]

I hear you about safe. Actually here, because we are zone 4, but with really a zone 3 micro-climate, there is never a month without the possibility of frost. Froze twice in June last year and again twice and hard in August. It's just a way of life here.

What did you do with your plants then? Or should I ask what happened to them?

 

[Duffster]

You can always donate them to your local foodbank, get a receipt and write it off on your taxes :thumbsup:

I will probably donate the excess to friends and family.

 

[bp fick]

What did you do with your plants then? Or should I ask what happened to them?

We are always prepared. If the frost is light, I just use sprinklers. I usually get up around 3 am and watch the temps closely. Typically, we cover sensitive things. Stacks of garden blankets. But as you know, a whole bunch of stuff, (insert long list here), doesn't care down to 26. Don't worry about that stuff.
http://www.amazon.com/A-M-Leonard-Fabric-Frost-Blanket/dp/B001FA9YXS

 

[Duffster]

We are always prepared. If the frost is light, I just use sprinklers. I usually get up around 3 am and watch the temps closely. Typically, we cover sensitive things. Stacks of garden blankets. But as you know, a whole bunch of stuff, (insert long list here), doesn't care down to 26. Don't worry about that stuff.

It froze here Sat night and now the leaves on my potatoe plants have turned blackish in color. Are they done for or will they grow out of it?

ps. It is my first year growing potatoes.

 

[bp fick]

It froze here Sat night and now the leaves on my potatoe plants have turned blackish in color. Are they done for or will they grow out of it?

ps. It is my first year growing potatoes.

They'll re-grow. They'd better!! Mine did too. The whole dang field. 4 rows x 150' But, if everything re-grows and we get a killing frost on June 10th, let's just say, God forbid, they'll be toast. I don't cover potatoes. It's just a loss and I will replant cabbage family.

 

[Duffster]

They'll re-grow.

I hope you are right.

Sad part is they did look so good and now they look so dang sick, although they do look better than a few days ago.

 

[bp fick]

Mine were a nice dark green. They are now black as coal. Let's give it 10 days and we'll start a new thread about "come back taters"

 

[Ford850]

My potatoes have always survived freezes, but I plant seed potatoes. I would bet that eyes wouldn't have the strength to regrow though. I don't have the problems with freezing much anymore since I started planting potatoes later. I read that to fight the potato beetle peak season you should plant one month earlier or one month later. A month early is not an option here. Planting late really helps my crop.