Early plant out??

[Gardeneer]

Originally Posted by SteveP

I live in Zone 7 (SW Missouri) and our 10 day forecast show a couple of morning at 40-41f. I am going to hold off a little longer to plant. Patience is not my strong suit. I don't start from seed,
so I am going to start selecting my plants from local sources which runs me all over the county, but is something I enjoy.

Our forecast is changed . HMMM
Tonight's low 53F ( that is fine ) and next FRI/SAT lows 41 to 43F. Again, that should not be a problem as long as it holds right there.
Looking into "Hourly" forecast you will often see the lows happen just for 3 hours before the sunrise. It would be different if the lows persisted all night long.
Let my just check tonight's hourly.
OK. That (53F) will happen just for one hour before sunrise.
As long as there is no frost , I won't be worried. I have experienced 8 hours of below frost ( 33 down to 24F) two nights in a row. I ended up losing 5 out of 12 plants. But I did my best to cover them. Otherwise they all would have been toast.