Frost Precautions

Wednesday was a disappointing end to the month as we expected the dull morning weather to brighten up giving us some warm afternoon sunshine. On Wednesday however it remained dull all day with a little rain early in the evening.

We cleared a couple more beds on the plot but as colder weather with the possibility of early morning frosts is forecast I thought I'd cover our young potato shoots with some straw to give them a little bit of protection against the cold.

A few cold nights are going to give our plants a bit of a shock as they will have become accustomed to much milder temperature. We've had quite a run of mild nights with the temperature not falling much below 8°C. Since the 21st of the April night time temperatures have varied between 9.3°C and 7.8°C so a frost will be most unwelcome.

I'll be making sure our greenhouse tomato plants have a couple of layers of fleece over them as protection. The forecast at the moment is for sunny days following any frosty mornings so greenhouse temperatures should warm up quickly in the sunshine and our tomato plants won’t get too much of a check.

Our peppers are still growing happily cosseted under our indoor growlight. I think I'll wait now until next week before transplanting these into pots and moving them into the cold greenhouse. I don't think they'll suffer from becoming too leggy by next week and hopefully they'll avoid the worst of the cold nights.

Copyright: Original post from A Gardener's Weather Diary http://ossettweather.blogspot.co.uk/ author M Garrett