St Louis 41 degrees tonight

[pmcgrady]

Probably get in the high thirties tonight... Really? Got tomatoes and peppers blooming
probably going to lose a lot the blooms tonight, lucky not the plants.

[Cole_Robbie]

39 for me. I'm two hours southeast of STL. I'm actually grateful. It's a clear night. We are just a few degrees away from having a catastrophic late frost that would wipe out everyone's gardens.

[bigpinks]

gonna wash mine off pre sun if I see frost here where upper thirties is forecasted

[Lindalana]

There is ALWAYS something happening between May 10- 15 here, whether it is hail, huge winds or cold. Never been really below frost but combination of bad weather has damaged many people tender plantings and as usual there always people who like to plant out early. Thus many people are wise to start planting after Memorial day weekend. 38 degree for us. My WOW plants are pushing their tops so I will not be able to close many anymore. I brought in all trays I could overnight and everything else in the hoop house.

[Old chef]

I had to bring everything in. 40degrees NYC
Old chef

[Worth1]

Crazy It rained here all evening long.

Wishing you all well.

Worth

[Moshou]

It is true that tomatoes resist on 28.4 °F but for ONLY 2 hours?
Does anybody know that ?

[Cole_Robbie]

I watched a few volunteer plants die in the fall. The plant freezes from the outside, inward towards the central stem. I had several nights in the 20's that the plants lived through. They were just a little freeze-burnt around the edges.

[AlittleSalt]

I wish I could send some Texas heat that way.

[RJGlew]

Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie

39 for me. I'm two hours southeast of STL. I'm actually grateful. It's a clear night. We are just a few degrees away from having a catastrophic late frost that would wipe out everyone's gardens.

3 more weeks until we plant out here...

[AKmark]

Not sure what's going on, but I almost had a heatstroke today in AK, mid 70'S, upper 40's to 50 at night. Hang in there.

[MrBig46]

For me, the forecast for the next two nights +1 ° C, ground frost. This year for me frozen all apricots, cherries, nuts, peas and most flowers strawberries. When even tomatoes and peppers freeze me, I'm probably not survive. I go to the garden and covered everything on those two days.
Vladimír

[MadCow333]

Windy + it rained cold rain all da doodah day yesterday and was 36F in northwest Pennsylvania early this morning. Frost warning for tonight, but I didn't trust last night's 36F to not turn into 32F and try to freeze something. I moved seedlings and everything else that would fit, indoors. I put the rest on the porch up against the house wall and tented them with a frost blanket which I will leave on there until sometime Monday. My tomatoes are all in cups and containers.

I hung my ferns and hanging baskets in the basement for the duration of this cold snap. I put the potted pansies and geraniums under the porch bench, and tented the bench in another frost blanket.

What a pain. It was a workout to move everything but I know better than to plant things in the ground here before June 1. My neighbors think I'm weird because I bought frost blankets to try to extend my growing season.

[jmsieglaff]

Hoping all survived the frosty night! With buckets and towels and blankets, I think my tomatoes all made it, I'll know for sure later today. We pushed the kitchen table off to the side, put a tarp on the kitchen floor and all bucket planted peppers and tomatoes spent the night in the house.

[MissS]

Originally Posted by jmsieglaff

Hoping all survived the frosty night! With buckets and towels and blankets, I think my tomatoes all made it, I'll know for sure later today. We pushed the kitchen table off to the side, put a tarp on the kitchen floor and all bucket planted peppers and tomatoes spent the night in the house.

I was hoping that the cold spell was over and that I could start planting. It looks like a no-go here for planting. We are flirting with the 30's again on Wednesday and Thursday.