Heavy Frost this AM

susieq07

15 years ago

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tampaart
15 years ago
Here's a little that was in my neighbor's front yard; luckily for me my backyard and garden survived.
olyagrove
15 years ago
It got COLD here in Temple Terrace :(
Big bananas are toasted...and so are hot peppers and eggplants (which were covered!)
Olya
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fagopher
15 years ago
My bananas (big and small) got toasted (at least the leaves)... :(

Any chances the plant survives? Would it ever grew new leaves at all? what is the next step.. dig it out of the ground and plant a new one?

Thanks
susieq07
Original Author
15 years ago
No need to dig out, it can die to the ground and as soon as it warms up new shoots will come up, you can cut off anything dead, later it will come back (not to worry) besides they root like crazy 5' deep and 16' laterally, and send up new shoots from under ground, quite a job to dig up.
yuliana
15 years ago
Yeah, my eggplants and all but two papayas are "droopy leaved". Cut off the leaves this morning. I know eggplant comes back usually, don't know about papaya. But the two little papaya soldiers survived (4 ft, in containers still), shaded by the pigeon pea trees and being on the south side of the house. Let's hope they do well.
tampaart
15 years ago
Olya,
I'm so sorry to hear that.

How did your orchid collection survive? I did my best covering as many as I could - but didn't get all of them. Luckily the lowest I experienced was 34.5 and the koi pond does generate some heat.
Steve
olyagrove
15 years ago
Steve, thank you
Orchids did well - the shadehouse is covered by 4 ml plastic during the winter months, and I have a heater on during the cold spells. Last year, during one cold spell I had some damage without a heater, so having a heater this year really makes a difference...
I did leave a few reed stem epidendrums out and they seem just fine..unbelievable
tampaart
15 years ago
I left out two schomburgkia's and they are just fine as were one of my Encyclia's. It's amazing what nature can handle - I'm happy for you.

Steve
beachlily z9a
15 years ago
Just south of Daytona, in Ponce Inlet (with water on 3 sides) my bananas are still green and the frangipani still have leaves. The coleus lost leaves but there is still a lot of green. My daylilies look insanely happy! We had light frost, but it didn't hurt the geraniums. Bougainvillea is still in full bloom. In all, we are very, very lucky!

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