Im so glad there’s a TH-cam Gardner out there who is sharing my current pain right now! This snow is really putting a damper on everything! Thanks for this!
Freaking out here north of Toronto 😳🌨️ My gardens were looking so beautiful now it's a combination of bamboo and old sheets, upsidedown pots, Frost cloth. Hydrangeas and young trees wrapped. My plastic greenhouse has a small space heater in it on a timer. It's FULL of plants that were in the process of hardening off. There is also an old quilt on the roof. Good luck to everyone over the next 2 nights.
I wish you would have walked us through your garden and showed what you covered and how. Don't get me wrong, you give great information and are very good at explaining each method and I appreciate it all. It's just nice to actually see the methods in use so we can make a visual connection
You want to buy garden fleece and cover the plants in the ground with it. Either directly, or make low tunnels and use the fleece as the covering. UV treated greenhouse plastic work better but they are expensive. For isolated plants you can cover them with garden fleece and put a 5 gallon bucket over that. For trees, wrap the whole thing with fleece. Double layering the fleece might be a good idea to give a bit of security against the wind chills.
Covered most of my garden with a variety of fleece, greenhouse plastic, whatever I could find that wasn't too heavy, even gathered up all my containers that have been potted up and covered them with plastic in a sheltered spot. They'll be hanging out in their tents until Friday. Ready for spring!!!
We had a navel orange tree on a hillside in an area that got freezing temperatures in the winter. We draped it with old style incandescent Christmas lights and turned on the lights when it got cold. The lights generated enough heat to protect the tree. The other thing we did was run a sprinkler underneath the tree. There was some water buildup on the tree but the primary thing was the temperature of the water was above 32° and it radiated that warmer temperature out up over the tree. Both methods were very successful.
I have always appreciated your sense of humor Luke. I Enjoy the knowledge you share and I have learned much. I also very much appreciate your infectious joyful attitude, which is a blessing on a whole different level. Thanks for sharing.
I'm up in Nova Scotia so I basically just assume we're only getting 2-3 months of summer. I guess, in a way, expecting it can save you trouble. I still even have my cold weather crops indoors under lights right now.
My plants are still in the cold frame so I hope they will be OK. The only thing that I might lose are my greengage plums. They were just flowering and they are too tall to try to protect them. Just so grateful that I didn't have anything in the ground yet since it really has been too cold and wet here. Hope everyone's garden pulls through.
Really liked the incandescent Christmas light idea. The worst option is a burn barrel as sudden hard freezes are brought in by strong winds that increase fire hazard; also open burning is incredibly polluting.
Thanks Luke! I'm in Barrie, ON and have clear plastic bins over my lettuce and fleece over my peas. As tempted as I was to put out my peppers and tomatoes, I knew the nice weather was too good to be true. I'm glad my warm weather things are happy under the grow lights still. We're expecting snow tonight and tomorrow. So hard to wait!
Robert Frost wrote a poem for such occasions, called: Good-By and Keep Cold. I have memorized it. "How often already have you had to be told? Good-by, young orchard. Good -by and keep cold. Dread fifty above more than fifty below!"
This happened last year in indiana in may. Blackberry winter. Remember. You get dogwood winter, redbud winter and blackberry winter. Get out those sheets baby!
Yay for this video as we now have snow coming and below zero tomorrow night and we just planted everything.. the weather was 30 f..amd we have strawberries blooming now too ha time to use your tips
It’s amazing what mulch can do covering a plant. I overwintered a pineapple plant and a small orange plant here in Alabama by covering the plants in mulch. And now they are growing just fine here this summer. I’ll mulch again when winter hits
Incredible. Thank you!! I'm in southern Calif where freezes are few and far between. Yet, last week late night Temps got down to 27 degrees and killed half my outdoor plants. Tomrw night another freek event...26 degrees. So I will now cover the fragile plants with sheets. And on the tropical plumeria tree, I'll stash some flashlights near the main stem and roots. Will cross my fingers. Thx so much for the great tips for last minute.
So much snow down here in Indy. I don’t plant until well after frost, but I’m so sad for the orchards again this year. Praying they are able to salvage more than last year.
Thank you so much for sharing all these different ways to save our plants from frost. I'm working a 24 hr shift and didn't hear about the heavy Frost coming tonight. Oh well it's just a few petunias,
im with you. I am ready for the spring and the sunshine! I just moved my plant into the garage with double layered trash bags over it. suppose to snow until 7pm tonight. i hope what i did help? kinda? lol im new to planting and gardening.
It's good to know what stage your growth buds are at as to how much protection is needed. Like having tight barely swelling growth buds will survive frost but already leafed out growth buds need protection
I am using whatever I can find to cover my plants. I put out mulch and a few buckets. I know it’s not the best to use but my plants are to big to bring inside. I am glad I have extras indoors. I am so tired of the cold but the hot days of summer are around the corner.
We have a younger cherry tree with just a few blooms about 5’ tall... added a tomato cage and used a gutter heater cable wrapped around the cage. Topped with a tarp and plugged it in when temp reached freezing mark and off first thing in morning. Outside temps in low 20’s. Seems to be working great! Added a remote thermometer underneath the tarp so we can monitor temps. Sure looking forward to fresh cherries this summer!
We are really worried about this freeze tonight! Where were you when it was still light out? 😱.....🤣😂. We are worried about our potatoes and carrots....gave them a quick cover but.....😱 These are great tips! Thanks for sharing!
The carrots should be fine. Ours did well even at 28. The potatoes might come back even if they initially die. It's happened to us before and we were pleasantly surprised. Just means later harvest.
I worked all day until 11pm tonight to make hoop tunnels for 5 raise beds. I had to cut 25 PEX pieces and bought 100 ft of plastic and used clips that i got in the mail yesterday - just in time! No snow here in Holland, MI.
I'm in Cleveland on the lake shore, my supposed last frost date was yesterday 🙄 I loaded everything I could into the shed. Everything else is a brassica, carrots and parsnips. My peas are under tomatoe cages and I covered them with plastic. 🤞🤞
I live in Indiana and this is definitely odd weather for mid April, but I know it’s too early to get to excited about warm weather sticking around. Mother’s Day for us is a good time to plant warm weather plants
We grow lettuce, spinach, chard and garlic under clear plastic tubs all winter. These were started spring, summer or fall. On nice days, we open tubs for awhile. Keep them closed at night. This is using a cold frame basically. That way in the early spring you can pick it. Also, we start summer plants in kitchen and put out in breezeway on warmer days for more light in daytime. Next, we harden them off outside. My dad used to plant seeds in an old, dirt filled well. He covered them with old windows. On cold nights, he put a very thick blanket over this. He marked the seeds off in the well with straight milk carton sides. Labelled them so he knew what was what. Daytime warmth if able to take off blanket, would help them germinate and grow . He gave plants to neighbors when they were about 6 inches tall. Wrapped them in newspaper and dipped them in water. He loved helping the neighbors. Gardening is a never ending learning experience and especially one in how to be adaptable.
Wonderful! A guy from Michigan who understands our pain! Thanks for the tips buddy! I'm an old gal who loves flowers, mostly in pots. Trying my hand with veggies this spring also mostly potted. I scrimp all year to have lots O bucks for my plants, one of my passions! Hoping the poor FRA GEE LEES will recover from their shock. Gonna start following you for more tips, old dogs can learn new tricks, Ha!
It was 81 in GA last weekend, and getting down to 12 this weekend. My spring garden is in ( beets, onions, radishes, garlic, arugula and lettuces.) I'm hoping I can save them all using poly low-tunnels and compost. If it doesn't work then that's 3 weeks down the drain.
Any tips if there's snow/wintery mix? I don't see how bed sheets would help. Wouldn't they get soaked and frozen, adhering to the plants or squashing them with the weight?
Thank you for reminding us to enjoy the garden . This time of year there is always a bit of stress and anxiety to prep the beds, weed, compost, plant and sow seeds. 💕💕💕 once it's all in and growing well that is when I relax and take it all in.
Yup, I was going to put out my plants two weeks ago but something stayed my hand. Then a freaking blizzard hit a couple days ago, whiteout conditions for a couple hours. Unbelievable! I'm so thankful I waited. Of course, my plant room looks like a jungle right now... Lol!
these "freak freezes" are starting to become more routine with each passing year it feels like! i dont even try fruit trees because more often than not one of these freezes waits to come along after everything has already blossomed out, like clockwork. Thankfully all i have in the ground so far are my peas, potatoes, and brassicas. So the only thing i really need to worry about are my haskap and blueberry bushes.
I covered most I have put out or has come up here in Kansas last night but haven't put my starts out yet! Thank goodness. And yes! Crazy cold wind for part of today but warmed a bit. Yes. If you can? cover. Love your video's. Thanks Luke.
Good info. I also am having the same problems I found some large 80gal white plastic barrels on Facebook a while back I picked up about 30 of them for free I use these to put upside down over the plants and smaller trees for the entire winter. Works Great and keeps them going longer in the season. Just have to make sure to prop them up a little on warmer days so they don't get smothered out.
We are dealing with the same thing here in Illinois. I haven't planted much yet because I know things are so unpredictable yet. I do have potatoes planted in pots but they haven't come up yet. I already had onions planted, hopefully they will be okay. The only thing I covered up was my herb garden because they are obviously just coming back after the winter and I had planted a couple more in there. Hoping they will all be okay. I used a heavy plastic shower curtain and then laid bricks around the edges of the raised bed to keep it in place. Hopeful they will still be okay.
Thank you for this! Florida here. Coldest temp in 8 years this weekend. Flight mode for my tomatoes it is. Gonna try fire barrel for my fruit trees they are flowering and some have already set fruit. I'm with you, this sucks! Thank you for the advice♥️
Thanks Luke! 💜 I found a set of flannel sheets at a secondhand store a few years back. They're great in the garden! By the time I need them, the garden is done with them.☺️
We’re fed up too!!! In Ohio here and was soooo disappointed with the snow when we woke up this morning . We just want to get stuff in the ground soon and we’re still dealing with these cold temps and winter weather! Grrr..
Thank you for the info and comfort! I feel for my tomatoes and peppers! Low is ~34F. I covered them and left some water bottles with warm/hot water around the plants.
Yes the false spring was a surprise. Being from Michigan hedge bets. When I set plants out early I have back up in green house . Yes I leave the light on in green house at night and in garden put a sheet of plastic with a trouble light under it at night. I just plan for a false spring and watch weather forecast. It will warm up, thanks for the tips
I made a green house over my 4x4 bed that had tomatoes, peppers and beans in it. Covered it with a canvas drop cloth. We’ll see if it makes it through this snap. I am not going to peek until it warms up. Maybe a menorah is called for...a little heat plus a little faith. Should be in the 30’s tonight. Thanks for the pep talk Luke.
It is heartening to see people who are sharing my pain today. Had been watching the forecast hoping it’ll change but nope, it’s Michigan, right?! I didn’t want to get out of bed to look outside! @MIgardener you voiced my sentiments at the beginning of your video 😆 Covered my Japanese maples and Stewartia tree with frost blankets. Maybe I’ll put a bedsheet on them tonight. Learnt it the hard way last year. I have peonies that were budding up which will be ruined now, daffodils are all gone. 😰😰
I'm in central Ohio, so I don't even plant most annuals until mid-May, but it is frustrating to see my perennials taking a beating. My kiwi vines broke dormancy in March, then two nights with lows around 25 zapped the new growth. They were just making a come back, and now this. Hopefully the bed sheets work.
Central Ohio here too, I have heard snow is insulating...so I am hoping that maybe the snow coming before the cold will act as an insulation..... I went out right before the cold and covered the growth in my grapevines in clear bags...here’s hoping! :)
@@LifewithJennyintheUSA I think the snow was a double-edged sword. It may have insulated some plants, but it really weighed down my blackberries and elderberries because it was thick and slushy. Everything I covered seems to be fine though. Tonight will likely be the real test - no snow cover and temps projected to be below 30.
There was a late frost in May last year and snow in late April. I have resolved years ago that nothing goes outside until Memorial Day. Zone 6a NJ. But the garlic, onions, radishes, beets, carrots, turnips and peas are happy for the extra growing time outside.
Very timely! This season is ridiculous... hot for weeks, then snow and freezing... lol. Same here, near Ottawa, Ontario. Spring is here. Let’s plant already!! 🥷🪴🙌
Just moved 20 5 gallon grow bags full of hundreds of plants, indoors for the night... They can spend the night inside with their 2,000+ seedlings on the growing rack - growing like crazy, waiting for the last frost to pass ;-)
I'm in northern Ohio.. feel both your pain. Im like 2 hrs from ya haha. Everything's inside still, covered my blackberry and raspberries last night with tarp and held down with rocks
In zone 5b in Montana. Have 75 during the day and expect it to stay. We have had a hard frost. Have the spuds and onions in, looking to put all you mention this week. Hand covering for now but hoops up this weekend. No summer crops til second week of May. Our weather is good and appears to be holding. Since I have surgery mid may, I have to get it all in by then. My trees are starting to just bud leafs so I think we will be OK. Here in Montana, im kinda more concerned about mid summer snow. Great info on fruit trees warmth!
PVC tube frame over my raised beds with 6 mil clear plastic will work for me. You can also place incandescent Christmas light strings under your coverings to gain more protection against a freeze. The millenial gardener did a TH-cam video on this.
Northern lower, tip of the mitt. I pulled out a big sheet of plastic I had to make a small greenhouse n covered my bulb bed. Luckily my veg garden are still in house seedlings but I am worried about my fruit trees. Thanks for sharing the pain.
Well he better be careful or his wonderful gardener wife may not wish to share her beautiful garden with him after she successfully saves it! Hehe! :-)
Thank you so much! We've been having summer type days for a month - then of course on April 15th which is supposed to be our last frost date one week later we have snow! 🤦♀️
Northern Arkansas here, predicting 25 degrees tonight, but we are always 5 Degrees colder than the forecast. Covered everything with at least 3 layers: buckets, fleece, some straw & plastic. Even have heaters under covers for the brassicas, I don’t trust several hours at 20 degrees.
love your vids! I'm obsessed. I'm in Brantford Ontario dealing with the same weather as u. I wasn't worried about the spinach but I just checked and the snow slid off the garage and has been landing on my little spinaches, hopefully not completely crushed!
I got about 1 inch of snow during the night in Louisville, KY. Most of it melted by 6:30 a.m. I used large sheets of 6 mil. greenhouse plastic held up with wood stakes and pinned down with landscape fabric staples. This is the latest in Spring that I've seen snow here in my 51 years. Last latest date was April 4th, one year during the '90s.
I’m reading your comment 2 years after you shared it, and the weather continues to be even more erratic. Where I live in Mobile, AL, we are experiencing freezing temps and the nights will soon get even colder. This may be the norm in many states during this time of year, but it’s shockingly cold here. I came to this video for guidance on preventing damage to my orange tree.
Tennessee is very crazy this year. I'm not planting my peppers and tomatoes out until May. I just don't trust the weather here. So I will be covering the brambles, blueberries, and the hydrangeas. My fruit trees are on their own...sorry figs, but at least I will get a second harvest from you...I can't say that from my peaches. My kiwis still haven't flowered so I'm sure they'll bounce back. they already started doing so from the last time. The elderberries seem to be unaffected by the cold snaps too.
I live south of flint Michigan starting your garlic cloves in September, about 9 inches tall then I'll cover them up, so today they are about 18inches to 2 foot tall.
So for fruiting trees and shrubs, if they start flowering and a freeze happens, will you not get any fruit that year? Or is that with certain plants or all plants that are flowering?
Im so glad there’s a TH-cam Gardner out there who is sharing my current pain right now! This snow is really putting a damper on everything! Thanks for this!
Great work !! ❤️ from 🇺🇸
Freaking out here north of Toronto 😳🌨️ My gardens were looking so beautiful now it's a combination of bamboo and old sheets, upsidedown pots, Frost cloth. Hydrangeas and young trees wrapped. My plastic greenhouse has a small space heater in it on a timer. It's FULL of plants that were in the process of hardening off. There is also an old quilt on the roof. Good luck to everyone over the next 2 nights.
Think I will put a blanket on the roof of my greenhouse also. It is small but absolutely jammed with plants!
Thanks
I feel your pain in Montreal,QC.
Feel your pain in Niagara Falls with 7 inches of snow!
@@FloraM44 ugh that bites‼️
I wish you would have walked us through your garden and showed what you covered and how. Don't get me wrong, you give great information and are very good at explaining each method and I appreciate it all. It's just nice to actually see the methods in use so we can make a visual connection
You want to buy garden fleece and cover the plants in the ground with it. Either directly, or make low tunnels and use the fleece as the covering. UV treated greenhouse plastic work better but they are expensive.
For isolated plants you can cover them with garden fleece and put a 5 gallon bucket over that. For trees, wrap the whole thing with fleece.
Double layering the fleece might be a good idea to give a bit of security against the wind chills.
Consider cheap, flannel-backed table cloths at thrift/ dollar stores.
Covered most of my garden with a variety of fleece, greenhouse plastic, whatever I could find that wasn't too heavy, even gathered up all my containers that have been potted up and covered them with plastic in a sheltered spot. They'll be hanging out in their tents until Friday. Ready for spring!!!
THANK YOU! Just fretting about what to do for tomorrow night’s freeze and you showed up in my youtube alerts! 💚
Me too
We had a navel orange tree on a hillside in an area that got freezing temperatures in the winter. We draped it with old style incandescent Christmas lights and turned on the lights when it got cold. The lights generated enough heat to protect the tree. The other thing we did was run a sprinkler underneath the tree. There was some water buildup on the tree but the primary thing was the temperature of the water was above 32° and it radiated that warmer temperature out up over the tree. Both methods were very successful.
Oh no.... I forgot to protect our orange tree last night & it full of fruit. Ugh.
Frost! A gardeners worst nightmare! My pear trees. . . 🍐 😫 I admire your stiff upper lip! Thank you for sharing your tips. Great information! 👍
“I am sick of it” 😂😂😂 you’re funny even in the hard times.
I have always appreciated your sense of humor Luke. I Enjoy the knowledge you share and I have learned much. I also very much appreciate your infectious joyful attitude, which is a blessing on a whole different level. Thanks for sharing.
You are such a positive person! Thank you Luke!
I'm up in Nova Scotia so I basically just assume we're only getting 2-3 months of summer. I guess, in a way, expecting it can save you trouble. I still even have my cold weather crops indoors under lights right now.
Timely video!!! Thanks!! I was just looking at our temps here in Chattanooga, TN.
Thank you for being specific in your video titles! It makes it easy to search and find exactly what I need in your videos.
I needed this 4 hours ago
@The Daily Vegan I actually went out in the dark and covered what i could🤞🤞🤞🌱🌱🌱💜💙💚💙💜
Same lmao it snowed 5 cms where I live lol and I was swimming last sweet lol
Me too 😂😂...😥
Hahaha right!!
You must live in NH
My plants are still in the cold frame so I hope they will be OK. The only thing that I might lose are my greengage plums. They were just flowering and they are too tall to try to protect them. Just so grateful that I didn't have anything in the ground yet since it really has been too cold and wet here. Hope everyone's garden pulls through.
Ok, you guys can take your heat back now. We borrowed it up in Washington State for the last week and a half and I don't like it. 😁
It’s the same here in Scotland.. I put my sweetpeas out on Sunday as they seemed ready !.. Great video Thankyou very much 👍🏻..
Literally every time I have a question you have an excellent video with the answer! THANK YOU!
Really liked the incandescent Christmas light idea. The worst option is a burn barrel as sudden hard freezes are brought in by strong winds that increase fire hazard; also open burning is incredibly polluting.
Thanks Luke! I'm in Barrie, ON and have clear plastic bins over my lettuce and fleece over my peas. As tempted as I was to put out my peppers and tomatoes, I knew the nice weather was too good to be true. I'm glad my warm weather things are happy under the grow lights still. We're expecting snow tonight and tomorrow. So hard to wait!
I live in Michigan...i used clear plastic boxes to cover my peas, garlic and radishes. I needed your video yesterday before 5pm...lol.
Very helpful. I’m in Upstate New York and the weather is freakish. False spring.
Robert Frost wrote a poem for such occasions, called: Good-By and Keep Cold. I have memorized it. "How often already have you had to be told? Good-by, young orchard. Good -by and keep cold. Dread fifty above more than fifty below!"
You read my mind Luke!!!!! Already covered my little plant babies!
This happened last year in indiana in may. Blackberry winter. Remember. You get dogwood winter, redbud winter and blackberry winter. Get out those sheets baby!
Thank you! We have a frost coming. We have blueberries and peaches that I would really like to make it! I’m praying they do!
I used burlap, portable green house and frost sheets for tonight. I didn’t think of sheets but I’m definitely going to try that out next time.
Yay for this video as we now have snow coming and below zero tomorrow night and we just planted everything.. the weather was 30 f..amd we have strawberries blooming now too ha time to use your tips
Living in Southern Ontario, I know I can come to this channel and have my own thoughts validated!
It’s amazing what mulch can do covering a plant. I overwintered a pineapple plant and a small orange plant here in Alabama by covering the plants in mulch. And now they are growing just fine here this summer. I’ll mulch again when winter hits
Incredible. Thank you!! I'm in southern Calif where freezes are few and far between. Yet, last week late night Temps got down to 27 degrees and killed half my outdoor plants. Tomrw night another freek event...26 degrees. So I will now cover the fragile plants with sheets. And on the tropical plumeria tree, I'll stash some flashlights near the main stem and roots. Will cross my fingers. Thx so much for the great tips for last minute.
So much snow down here in Indy. I don’t plant until well after frost, but I’m so sad for the orchards again this year. Praying they are able to salvage more than last year.
I live in southwest Florida and have never seen snow, but still watched. 😄
Thank you so much for sharing all these different ways to save our plants from frost. I'm working a 24 hr shift and didn't hear about the heavy Frost coming tonight. Oh well it's just a few petunias,
im with you. I am ready for the spring and the sunshine! I just moved my plant into the garage with double layered trash bags over it. suppose to snow until 7pm tonight. i hope what i did help? kinda? lol im new to planting and gardening.
It's good to know what stage your growth buds are at as to how much protection is needed. Like having tight barely swelling growth buds will survive frost but already leafed out growth buds need protection
Thank you for this my Hydrangea just might be ok then with the sheet I have over them. They weren't leafed out yet but buds were showing.
Worried about my Japanese weeping cherry tree
I am using whatever I can find to cover my plants. I put out mulch and a few buckets. I know it’s not the best to use but my plants are to big to bring inside. I am glad I have extras indoors. I am so tired of the cold but the hot days of summer are around the corner.
I'm with you in Southeast Michigan. I just finished cleaning my car off and taking pictures. Thank you for the hints. Getting my burn barrel out
I am in Michigan too. I planted some hollyhocks, dahlias & gladiolus bulb just 2 days before this spring snow/frost. Hope they survive🤞
We have a younger cherry tree with just a few blooms about 5’ tall... added a tomato cage and used a gutter heater cable wrapped around the cage. Topped with a tarp and plugged it in when temp reached freezing mark and off first thing in morning. Outside temps in low 20’s. Seems to be working great! Added a remote thermometer underneath the tarp so we can monitor temps. Sure looking forward to fresh cherries this summer!
We are really worried about this freeze tonight! Where were you when it was still light out? 😱.....🤣😂. We are worried about our potatoes and carrots....gave them a quick cover but.....😱
These are great tips! Thanks for sharing!
The carrots should be fine. Ours did well even at 28. The potatoes might come back even if they initially die. It's happened to us before and we were pleasantly surprised. Just means later harvest.
Georgi Carter Thanks so much!! We really appreciate it! Fingers crossed!
I worked all day until 11pm tonight to make hoop tunnels for 5 raise beds. I had to cut 25 PEX pieces and bought 100 ft of plastic and used clips that i got in the mail yesterday - just in time! No snow here in Holland, MI.
I made those out of hula hoops from the dollar store a few years ago =)
I'm in Cleveland on the lake shore, my supposed last frost date was yesterday 🙄 I loaded everything I could into the shed. Everything else is a brassica, carrots and parsnips. My peas are under tomatoe cages and I covered them with plastic. 🤞🤞
I live in Indiana and this is definitely odd weather for mid April, but I know it’s too early to get to excited about warm weather sticking around. Mother’s Day for us is a good time to plant warm weather plants
We grow lettuce, spinach, chard and garlic under clear plastic tubs all winter. These were started spring, summer or fall. On nice days, we open tubs for awhile. Keep them closed at night. This is using a cold frame basically. That way in the early spring you can pick it.
Also, we start summer plants in kitchen and put out in breezeway on warmer days for more light in daytime. Next, we harden them off outside. My dad used to plant seeds in an old, dirt filled well. He covered them with old windows. On cold nights, he put a very thick blanket over this. He marked the seeds off in the well with straight milk carton sides. Labelled them so he knew what was what. Daytime warmth if able to take off blanket, would help them germinate and grow . He gave plants to neighbors when they were about 6 inches tall. Wrapped them in newspaper and dipped them in water. He loved helping the neighbors. Gardening is a never ending learning experience and especially one in how to be adaptable.
Wonderful! A guy from Michigan who understands our pain! Thanks for the tips buddy! I'm an old gal who loves flowers, mostly in pots. Trying my hand with veggies this spring also mostly potted. I scrimp all year to have lots O bucks for my plants, one of my passions! Hoping the poor FRA GEE LEES will recover from their shock. Gonna start following you for more tips, old dogs can learn new tricks, Ha!
It was 81 in GA last weekend, and getting down to 12 this weekend. My spring garden is in ( beets, onions, radishes, garlic, arugula and lettuces.) I'm hoping I can save them all using poly low-tunnels and compost. If it doesn't work then that's 3 weeks down the drain.
This was very good information, thank you!
Any tips if there's snow/wintery mix? I don't see how bed sheets would help. Wouldn't they get soaked and frozen, adhering to the plants or squashing them with the weight?
Brown cardboard boxes as a frame/fence under the blankets, then plastic, like a shower curtain.
Thank you for reminding us to enjoy the garden . This time of year there is always a bit of stress and anxiety to prep the beds, weed, compost, plant and sow seeds. 💕💕💕 once it's all in and growing well that is when I relax and take it all in.
We went around with bed sheets this afternoon!
❤️ Thank you. My garden will survive.
It snowed in Missouri... was supposed to be putting my plants out.... OMG!!!!!
we live in far south central Missouri and have peaches and apples on the trees! and yes; the snow and frost is everywhere!!!!
Yup, I was going to put out my plants two weeks ago but something stayed my hand. Then a freaking blizzard hit a couple days ago, whiteout conditions for a couple hours. Unbelievable! I'm so thankful I waited. Of course, my plant room looks like a jungle right now... Lol!
these "freak freezes" are starting to become more routine with each passing year it feels like! i dont even try fruit trees because more often than not one of these freezes waits to come along after everything has already blossomed out, like clockwork.
Thankfully all i have in the ground so far are my peas, potatoes, and brassicas. So the only thing i really need to worry about are my haskap and blueberry bushes.
We are past our last frost date in southern Oklahoma...we are suppose to have a freeze tonight...30 degrees F!!!
I covered most I have put out or has come up here in Kansas last night but haven't put my starts out yet! Thank goodness. And yes! Crazy cold wind for part of today but warmed a bit. Yes. If you can? cover. Love your video's. Thanks Luke.
Good info. I also am having the same problems I found some large 80gal white plastic barrels on Facebook a while back I picked up about 30 of them for free I use these to put upside down over the plants and smaller trees for the entire winter. Works Great and keeps them going longer in the season. Just have to make sure to prop them up a little on warmer days so they don't get smothered out.
Great tips, Luke!
We are dealing with the same thing here in Illinois. I haven't planted much yet because I know things are so unpredictable yet. I do have potatoes planted in pots but they haven't come up yet. I already had onions planted, hopefully they will be okay. The only thing I covered up was my herb garden because they are obviously just coming back after the winter and I had planted a couple more in there. Hoping they will all be okay. I used a heavy plastic shower curtain and then laid bricks around the edges of the raised bed to keep it in place. Hopeful they will still be okay.
Thank you for this! Florida here. Coldest temp in 8 years this weekend. Flight mode for my tomatoes it is. Gonna try fire barrel for my fruit trees they are flowering and some have already set fruit. I'm with you, this sucks! Thank you for the advice♥️
Thanks Luke! 💜
I found a set of flannel sheets at a secondhand store a few years back. They're great in the garden! By the time I need them, the garden is done with them.☺️
"You can wrap a bike with gift paper, but everyone knows it's a bike" 🤣 I've never understood that either!
the attitude is gratitude!
Another freal frost advisory!!!! Thanks for helping me through this.
We’re fed up too!!! In Ohio here and was soooo disappointed with the snow when we woke up this morning . We just want to get stuff in the ground soon and we’re still dealing with these cold temps and winter weather! Grrr..
Wishing you all the best of luck getting your hard work through this cold weather. 🤞🏽🤞🏽
I used some 5 gallon buckets upside-down. 👍
Gosh, the snow in S.E. MI was crazy! Glad I have cool loving plants planted only.
Thank you for the info and comfort! I feel for my tomatoes and peppers! Low is ~34F. I covered them and left some water bottles with warm/hot water around the plants.
Yes the false spring was a surprise. Being from Michigan hedge bets. When I set plants out early I have back up in green house . Yes I leave the light on in green house at night and in garden put a sheet of plastic with a trouble light under it at night. I just plan for a false spring and watch weather forecast. It will warm up, thanks for the tips
I made a green house over my 4x4 bed that had tomatoes, peppers and beans in it. Covered it with a canvas drop cloth. We’ll see if it makes it through this snap. I am not going to peek until it warms up. Maybe a menorah is called for...a little heat plus a little faith. Should be in the 30’s tonight. Thanks for the pep talk Luke.
Faith is always good.
This is Michigan, everyone has told me that, since I moved to this country!
That’s what we say in New England too 🤦♀️
It is heartening to see people who are sharing my pain today. Had been watching the forecast hoping it’ll change but nope, it’s Michigan, right?! I didn’t want to get out of bed to look outside!
@MIgardener you voiced my sentiments at the beginning of your video 😆
Covered my Japanese maples and Stewartia tree with frost blankets. Maybe I’ll put a bedsheet on them tonight. Learnt it the hard way last year. I have peonies that were budding up which will be ruined now, daffodils are all gone. 😰😰
I'm in central Ohio, so I don't even plant most annuals until mid-May, but it is frustrating to see my perennials taking a beating. My kiwi vines broke dormancy in March, then two nights with lows around 25 zapped the new growth. They were just making a come back, and now this. Hopefully the bed sheets work.
Central Ohio here too, I have heard snow is insulating...so I am hoping that maybe the snow coming before the cold will act as an insulation..... I went out right before the cold and covered the growth in my grapevines in clear bags...here’s hoping! :)
@@LifewithJennyintheUSA I think the snow was a double-edged sword. It may have insulated some plants, but it really weighed down my blackberries and elderberries because it was thick and slushy. Everything I covered seems to be fine though. Tonight will likely be the real test - no snow cover and temps projected to be below 30.
There was a late frost in May last year and snow in late April. I have resolved years ago that nothing goes outside until Memorial Day. Zone 6a NJ. But the garlic, onions, radishes, beets, carrots, turnips and peas are happy for the extra growing time outside.
Very timely! This season is ridiculous... hot for weeks, then snow and freezing... lol. Same here, near Ottawa, Ontario. Spring is here. Let’s plant already!! 🥷🪴🙌
Just moved 20 5 gallon grow bags full of hundreds of plants, indoors for the night...
They can spend the night inside with their 2,000+ seedlings on the growing rack - growing like crazy, waiting for the last frost to pass ;-)
We live in Northern Alberta , we don't start the garden until late April or early May
Dang... needed this about 5 hours ago
Welcome to Michigan😂😂😂😂. Winter is either here or coming. I'm in Detroit so I understand your pain.
I'm in northern Ohio.. feel both your pain. Im like 2 hrs from ya haha. Everything's inside still, covered my blackberry and raspberries last night with tarp and held down with rocks
@@kyleguy2305. I have been too scared to look at my onions and cabbage. I'm happy that held off from planting the radish.
I’m in Detroit too are you gardening?
@@denisechavis4820 Yes
In detroit also. Put everything in garage. Snow peas in ground. Hope they survive
In zone 5b in Montana. Have 75 during the day and expect it to stay. We have had a hard frost. Have the spuds and onions in, looking to put all you mention this week. Hand covering for now but hoops up this weekend. No summer crops til second week of May. Our weather is good and appears to be holding. Since I have surgery mid may, I have to get it all in by then. My trees are starting to just bud leafs so I think we will be OK. Here in Montana, im kinda more concerned about mid summer snow.
Great info on fruit trees warmth!
PVC tube frame over my raised beds with 6 mil clear plastic will work for me. You can also place incandescent Christmas light strings under your coverings to gain more protection against a freeze. The millenial gardener did a TH-cam video on this.
Oooooh I like the lights idea!
Thanks for the great info! How about bok choi? Do they need to be protected from potential frost?
Northern lower, tip of the mitt. I pulled out a big sheet of plastic I had to make a small greenhouse n covered my bulb bed. Luckily my veg garden are still in house seedlings but I am worried about my fruit trees. Thanks for sharing the pain.
Thank you for the information and encouragement
My scientist husband is sitting smugly while I am trying to save my plants like “global warming baby!” Yes darling, thank you.
Well he better be careful or his wonderful gardener wife may not wish to share her beautiful garden with him after she successfully saves it! Hehe! :-)
We are also in a solar minimum I believe this year
Thank you so much! We've been having summer type days for a month - then of course on April 15th which is supposed to be our last frost date one week later we have snow! 🤦♀️
I was hoping that the snow was done but here I am trying to find a way to protect some of my plants
Northern Arkansas here, predicting 25 degrees tonight, but we are always 5 Degrees colder than the forecast. Covered everything with at least 3 layers: buckets, fleece, some straw & plastic. Even have heaters under covers for the brassicas, I don’t trust several hours at 20 degrees.
heaters under covers, is that safe?
Thanks Luke. Looks like the peas are getting a cover tonight.
Garry and Betty here from Canada🧑🌾🇨🇦👩🌾
love your vids! I'm obsessed. I'm in Brantford Ontario dealing with the same weather as u. I wasn't worried about the spinach but I just checked and the snow slid off the garage and has been landing on my little spinaches, hopefully not completely crushed!
Thank you for making this video!
Have you ever done a video on cotton? Just started watching you two days ago.
I got about 1 inch of snow during the night in Louisville, KY. Most of it melted by 6:30 a.m. I used large sheets of 6 mil. greenhouse plastic held up with wood stakes and pinned down with landscape fabric staples. This is the latest in Spring that I've seen snow here in my 51 years. Last latest date was April 4th, one year during the '90s.
I’m reading your comment 2 years after you shared it, and the weather continues to be even more erratic. Where I live in Mobile, AL, we are experiencing freezing temps and the nights will soon get even colder. This may be the norm in many states during this time of year, but it’s shockingly cold here. I came to this video for guidance on preventing damage to my orange tree.
At 8:30pm, I uprooted my peppers, tomatoes, and tomatillos, after I found out last minute it was going to snow over night here in Nashville.
Uprooting is very harsh on plants. Next time buy some garden fleece and cover the plants with it instead.
Tennessee is very crazy this year. I'm not planting my peppers and tomatoes out until May. I just don't trust the weather here. So I will be covering the brambles, blueberries, and the hydrangeas. My fruit trees are on their own...sorry figs, but at least I will get a second harvest from you...I can't say that from my peaches. My kiwis still haven't flowered so I'm sure they'll bounce back. they already started doing so from the last time. The elderberries seem to be unaffected by the cold snaps too.
@@dukeman8481 I’ll keep that in mind.
I live south of flint Michigan starting your garlic cloves in September, about 9 inches tall then I'll cover them up, so today they are about 18inches to 2 foot tall.
Thanks for the video mate I’ll be covering mine with a frost blanket!!! Greetings from Melbourne :) x
We have 3” here in central Indiana. The flowering trees are really bowing down
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO!!!
So for fruiting trees and shrubs, if they start flowering and a freeze happens, will you not get any fruit that year? Or is that with certain plants or all plants that are flowering?
Some flowering plants and trees can set more flowers after a freeze but it’ll ripen later in the season