That sucks. You should be able to tell in a day or so if the damage is bad. From the last frost that nipped one of my plants the damage was visible in a few hours. There's all kinds of frost and freeze warnings around us for the next two nights, but not us specifically. But after what you reported, I'll be keeping a close eye on it.

You would know within the day if it was serious. The leaves would turn black and go limp. Nothing you could really do except remove the affected foliage and hope keeps putting on new growth.

Which is why I haven't planted yet! Of course it hasn't stopped raining out, which is another reason. It's been about 45 degrees for the last few days and cooler in the evenings. I hope this isn't an indication of our summer!
Sharon

Well, thanks to my neighbor. we only lost a few leaves. Whew!! We covered everything last night just in case, but it didn't frost, and after tonight the overnight lows are supposed to be in the 60's.
I do hope that the weather will cooperate the rest of the season!

Edie

Just curious, does rinsing off the frost with a hose really help? It sounds like your plants have survived, which is great.

Well, we covered all of our transplants and strawberries the last 3 nights here in NE Ohio, though last night we had no frost. My wife gets an E Mail from the garden center she works with advising of any frost alert. Pretty nice. As far as spraying the plants with water before the sun hits them, I understand the spraying of water prevents damage from rapid evaporation of the frost on the plant when it is warmed by the sun causing the leaves to dehydrate and die. I hope you can follow my sketchy explanation. I have often sprayed my orchard, in bloom, before the sun comes up. It has always worked for me. Luke

Well, we covered all of our transplants and strawberries the last 3 nights here in NE Ohio, though last night we had no frost. My wife gets an E Mail from the garden center she works with advising of any frost alert. Pretty nice. As far as spraying the plants with water before the sun hits them, I understand the spraying of water prevents damage from rapid evaporation of the frost on the plant when it is warmed by the sun causing the leaves to dehydrate and die. I hope you can follow my sketchy explanation. I have often sprayed my orchard, in bloom, before the sun comes up. It has always worked for me. Luke

Not sure how I managed to repeat my post 3 times?? Sorry, must have had a senior moment or two.

Duplicate - deleted. Sorry!

This post was edited by ediej1209 on Wed, May 29, 13 at 15:35