Sorry to hear of your bad news jroot. I'm not too far below you in St Paul, MN and we had a frost friday night. It was not enough to put an end to my dahlias but 75% of my blooms were ruined. The rest of the plant seems to be okay. However, I'm pretty positive mine won't make it through the end of this month.

Awww gosh Jroot,

That really stinks! I know the tender, loving care you put into caring for your dahlias and there is nothing worse that a short season...especially for you.

If it makes you feel any better, the weather has been whacky in southern NY and two of my Dahlias have only started to bloom--I suspect an early frost here as well.

Anywho, hope your girls brush off the cold snap and snap back for you!

Bummer jroot - I was thinking about that on Sat night when we actually built a fire in the fireplace and toasted marshmallows! But decided to let nature handle it and they came thru fine down here. Hope you get a few more blooms yet.

Sorry to hear that Jroot. I hope to get a good report of many survivors from you. There's no denying the days are shorter and cooler, although I've been trying to deny it for a couple weeks :)

I am happy to say that, while there was some damage to the extremities, "the good news" is that the plants have all pulled through. I trimmed off several pails full of blooms(5 gallon pails), and blackened leaves this morning, and things look a lot healthier. I also had to cut back several of my brugmansia which were under the sheets. The frost was so hard, it went right through the sheets. I don't think I've seen that before at this time of year.

Anyway, I thought I would pass on "the good news".