Posted: 11/7/2009 10:39:11 AM EDT
| Well we had our first frost last night and there goes all the residual peppers and such we were getting, i bet. The Broccoli and Collards looked a little rough this am when i left but they should be good to go. I guess tomorrow i will take a look and pull up everything not winter hardy and toss it in the compost pile. This was my first garden so i am assuming it killed the peppers and such, should i wait till next weekend to make sure? Who else has had a frost hit. |
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We've had hard frosts here for the last couple of nights. I kinda mentally distinguish between "hard frosts" and "light frosts". A hard frost is a dusting of freeze that persists for 15 minutes or so after dawn (arbitrary definition). Scrape-it-off-your-windshield kinda frost.
Peppers can deal with light frosts reasonably well. If you've had a hard frost your fruit is doomed. Pick it now and use it up. If you don't, you'll come back in a day or so and there'll be black spots on it where it's rotted. |