Planted out today.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by hornstrider

I planted a few seedlings out here in Central Texas on Feb 14th........they survived the freeze last week, but not yesterday. I wrapped the largest plants yesterday morning w/ blankets before it got cold, and by the time I got back to the house at 4:00 it was 26 deg, and all plants (17) are frozen solid. It got down to 19 deg last night. It is 10:00 am Monday morning and still below freezing. If anyone in Central Texas survived yesterday, and last night............please tell me how you did it.

Well I could have but was just too lazy to do it.
It was wonderful yesterday and it hit sooner than expected.
This wind sucks.
By they way how are you liking Hutto?
I remember you moving there.

Worth

[hornstrider]

Love it except for the wind.......we live in a new sub-division (11 years old).........no large trees to block the wind ....last year the wind got so bad it blew the roof off of my house................. I am serious.........I had to replace the entire roof. What part of Austin do you live in?

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by hornstrider

Love it except for the wind.......we live in a new sub-division (11 years old).........no large trees to block the wind ....last year the wind got so bad it blew the roof off of my house................. I am serious.........I had to replace the entire roof. What part of Austin do you live in?

I live in Bastrop, when people say it, it sounds like Basdrop.
I go up 95 then over to get to Hutto, you wouldn't believe how much your area has grown.
All of the sub divisions and strip malls there were once prime farm land.

Worth

[Cheryl2017]

23 degrees this am. Pretty sure everything that survived last week didn't. Oh well so much for gambling

We got down to eight degrees two nights ago with a chill factor below zero. It only got down to twenty two last night with thirty one for the next two nights. I'm hoping Friday night will be the last really chilly night.

I got so tired of covering and uncovering my plants last year that I decided to not do it again. I grew my plants so large this year that they should be ready to start putting on tomatoes immediately after plant out. A few of my plants have small tomatoes already and they are still in the pots. I am running out of room for them especially under the lights. Some of the plants are actually rubbing the lights. I'm hoping I will not need to move them back inside after tonight. I will if I need to though. One of the internet weather services provides a thirty day forecast and it doesn't look bad past this week.

Ted

[Worth1]

I just looked and everything is grave yard dead.

Its pouring down rain the ice is melting and the onions and the one carrot are doing great.
I couldn't ask for more.
I am really looking forward to the onions.

Worth

[Dewayne mater]

Ted - when did you start seeds? My plants are about 6-9 inches above their dixie cups at this point and should be good to plant out soon as they are putting a lot of growth on now. March 15 is my planned plant out date. I usually try to plant out when there are no more below freezing nights predicted in the 10 day forecast, but, that typically never ends up being right and I end up covering a few nights. This year has had several "polar vortex" cold fronts and I definitely want to avoid a hard freeze like we just had! (12 at my place)

Worth you clearly have back up plans based on your EARLY plant out date and the ability to laugh at the grave yard dead! Hope so. Good luck

Dewayne mater

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by Dewayne mater

Ted - when did you start seeds? My plants are about 6-9 inches above their dixie cups at this point and should be good to plant out soon as they are putting a lot of growth on now. March 15 is my planned plant out date. I usually try to plant out when there are no more below freezing nights predicted in the 10 day forecast, but, that typically never ends up being right and I end up covering a few nights. This year has had several "polar vortex" cold fronts and I definitely want to avoid a hard freeze like we just had! (12 at my place)

Worth you clearly have back up plans based on your EARLY plant out date and the ability to laugh at the grave yard dead! Hope so. Good luck

Dewayne mater

Always a back up plan I will just buy more.

What can you do but laugh if it would have been any other year they would be fine right now.
On the bright side it isn't boiling hot right now.


Worth

Dewayne,

I planted tomato seed around Dec. 1. I usually plant seed around Christmas. They got a four week head start this year after I raised the lights on my light table about ten inches to accommodate the additional plant height..

Ted

[hornstrider]

My onions are laying down. They were put in Jan 10 or so.........about 11 inches tall. Just a few....about 5 are still standing out of 200. Just curious will they pop back up? My garlic sort of layed down, but they popped back up. Worried about my onions though. I don't understand. I have had onions survive 15 deg before. Maybe it was the length of time that the temps were below freezing.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by hornstrider

My onions are laying down. They were put in Jan 10 or so.........about 11 inches tall. Just a few....about 5 are still standing out of 200. Just curious will they pop back up? My garlic sort of layed down, but they popped back up. Worried about my onions though. I don't understand. I have had onions survive 15 deg before. Maybe it was the length of time that the temps were below freezing.

I planted mine out last spring, they went dormant when the heat set in and came back up this fall.
They have laid down and are--------let me go look.
Yes perking back up and putting on new growth already.

Worth

[hornstrider]

I believe I need help in hardening off my seedlings. I received this mini greenhouse as a Xmas presant from my son. I really do not have much use for it because I have a greenhouse 10 X 20. I thought I would use for hardening off my maters. I set the plants inside, and put a shade cloth all the way around it for about a week. Then I opened the side facing in the picture to get some direct sunlight. I guess I did not leave them in the shade long enough before opening the east side. Some of the plants have signs of sunburn...not all about half. Because of the cold temps I have moved the plants into the real greenhouse on the southeast side. I will show this pic again.
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Originally Posted by hornstrider

My onions are laying down. They were put in Jan 10 or so.........about 11 inches tall. Just a few....about 5 are still standing out of 200. Just curious will they pop back up? My garlic sort of layed down, but they popped back up. Worried about my onions though. I don't understand. I have had onions survive 15 deg before. Maybe it was the length of time that the temps were below freezing.

I usually plant my onion seedlings in January. With all the cold weather this year, I waited until mid February so they wouldn't go through as many heat/cold cycles. About fifty percent of my six hundred onions bolted last year before the bulbs formed fully. It essentially ruined them for storage. It makes them rot from the inside out when stored. This recent cold spell has been the first since they were planted. Hopefully, they will not react as if has been two years since they were planted and not bolt this spring I only planted four hundred this year, so I am starting with fewer onions than past years

Ted.

[decherdt]

It was a cold 15F. The thermometer read 29 in the 6x8 HFGH. The outer row didn't make it. We probably had too many.

[Sgtwalleye]

That bites!

Crazy weather this year-cold, cold, cold...