A quick update to say that everything has survived fine, so far... I bought some fleece yesterday. It was too windy to use around the trees, and I'm too new and clumsy, without potentially causing more damage than the weather might, But the strawberries got covered and seem happy.
Vulnerable pots went into the shed....
I covered my chard/spinach/leaf beat seedlings (and seeds - some of them have not germinated yet). Don't know if that was necessary and whether i should bother again tonight? Will read up on their hardiness now, but if anyone can confirm that they will be ok in frost and hail, I'll leave them be...
Oh, and I nearly forgot! Aside form the chard/spinach/beet question...
I recently planted some potatoes and jerusalem artichokes into those plastic grow bag sacks you can buy. Nothing has come up yet (only did it in the last couple of weeks or so). Do they need protecting, or are they only vulnerable when there is foliage?
My chard seedlings are at the 'seed leaf' stage in the open ground and they're surviving just fine . as for potatoes in bags I would say that at the sort of temps we're talking about it's only if the green tops are showing through the soil that you need worry - and if they are just cover them with more soil/compost.
Last edited: 26 April 2017 15:37:54
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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A quick update to say that everything has survived fine, so far... I bought some fleece yesterday. It was too windy to use around the trees, and I'm too new and clumsy, without potentially causing more damage than the weather might, But the strawberries got covered and seem happy.
Vulnerable pots went into the shed....
I covered my chard/spinach/leaf beat seedlings (and seeds - some of them have not germinated yet). Don't know if that was necessary and whether i should bother again tonight? Will read up on their hardiness now, but if anyone can confirm that they will be ok in frost and hail, I'll leave them be...
Huge thanks for all the help with this.
Oh, and I nearly forgot! Aside form the chard/spinach/beet question...
I recently planted some potatoes and jerusalem artichokes into those plastic grow bag sacks you can buy. Nothing has come up yet (only did it in the last couple of weeks or so). Do they need protecting, or are they only vulnerable when there is foliage?
Ta
My chard seedlings are at the 'seed leaf' stage in the open ground and they're surviving just fine . as for potatoes in bags I would say that at the sort of temps we're talking about it's only if the green tops are showing through the soil that you need worry - and if they are just cover them with more soil/compost.
Last edited: 26 April 2017 15:37:54
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.