Jade plant frost damage
kikeen
14 years ago
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Comments (1)Allen, are the trunks firm or soft? Wear gloves when handling Angel Trumpet..all parts are poisonous. Toni...See MoreHow to care for sunburned/frost damaged plants
Comments (1)Anthony, Sorry to hear of your deliema. I would reduce the sun for a bit. I usually put stressed plants on the west side of my house for a week and then move them into full sun after that. There is little you can do to encourge growth and I wouldn't fertilize them when then are stressed in this way unless you really thing the soil lacks nutrients. Of course if the roots are warm the plant will grow faster but I don't know how you could do that outside of a green house. Greg...See MoreFrost damage on young plants. Help please.
Comments (2)Keep in mind that hot air goes up, cold air goes down. The weather services measure temperature @ 2 m height (~ 6.5 feet), meaning that the temperature during the night will always be lower at the ground level (unless some extreme situations like soil absorbing a lot of heat during a sunny day then emanating it throughout the night). That's probably why you had frost even though temp was 36. I've had a similar situation, but temperature went down to 30 (probably slightly less @ ground level, but only for an hour or two)! The weather guy missed completely, and i found 13 wilted plants next morning (whole plant, along with the growing tip). They were planted quite deep, so i presumed the roots didn't freeze. I just left them in the ground, without pruning, and in 2-3 weeks time they actually recovered even though they looked completely dead. At the time i had another 50 that have only had their foliage slightly damaged, so i thought i'd give those 13 a go, and it worked. So i'm also with your father on this ;)...See MoreFrost damaged tomato plants
Comments (1)Hi and welcome to the friendly forum ;-) It really depends because one person's idea of a cold snap isn't necessarily the same as another's. If it was below 30 degrees (-1 C), for more than a couple of hours probably they are in bad shape. But depending on how wet the leaves get has a big effect on the damage in those circumstances, as well as how well the sheets kept the wind off and moderated the temperature drop, none of which I can see from Florida ;-). Probably there's not much to see, but the wilting you describe would be worth posting to get others' opinions. If it was mild, short and protected, the plants may be craving sun and getting the temperature up as high as possible with maximum sunlight is a priority if they were mine. Yes, it does freeze here too, light freezes are what I contend with all winter, jumping between -2 C and +2 C (in breeze anything in the 30's F (somewhere around 5 C and below) can cause frost damage if unprotected, especially if there isn't a nice warming sun ASAP. One thing I'm going to do this winter is buy one of those cheapo digital thermometers that shows the high and low for the last 24 hours besides the current temp, and put it in the covered area to see whats going on overnights. You can get them for well under $10 US from the popular auction site from the country that ships out billions of them for less that it costs for postage here. But even then, the temperature varies all over the place under so I'm not sure what good it will do, though it's definitely worth a try. Not sure how helpful that would be in a northern climate but like I said, we skirt freezing through the winter probably a dozen times, what's to lose... What varieties are you growing, ... Best luck growing them and if you can show us a picture please do. PC...See Moregreenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
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