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Two day frost
Unionworkeruk
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After laying hessian sheets on plants last night some have been ripped up by my local fox so the ground is solid in parts and some leaves on plants frosted. Temperature is now 1c and forcasts to stay the same or less until tomorrow.
So should I lay new sheets over the frosted plants and ground or will that damage them more than leaving them uncovered for another night ?
So should I lay new sheets over the frosted plants and ground or will that damage them more than leaving them uncovered for another night ?
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I don't grow much that can't cope with frosts for a week at a time, so anything that requires it would come into a greenhouse in October, or into the house.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Just dont know whether I should cover already frosted ground or just leave it until it defrosts More tender plants and new ones are under cover with no effect from frost.
Small plants will always be more vulnerable too, unless they're fully hardy.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I assume the Zwartkop is an Aeonium, which isn't frost hardy, so yes - it should be protected over winter in most areas.
Did you mean Polygonatum? They're hardy too.
If they were all tiny plants when planted, you may lose some, but they're more likely to suffer if the ground's excessively wet, rather than a few frosts. Planting in November is usually no problem for bigger, healthy plants though
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...