Tell me it's not so!!! Here in southern ok, we are right on the fringe according to our local tv stations. The b'darc (sp?) have good sized leaves on them, and my grandpa always told me it they were as big as a squirrel's ear, there would be no more frosts. Hope he knew what he was talking about. Good luck to everyone trying to protect new growth.

Rebel One,

Unfortunately it is so. Here in south-central Oklahoma, in Love County, down near the Red River we are expecting to be in the high 30s early in the a.m. on Saturday (forecast of 39 degrees) and Sunday (forecast of 37 degrees) mornings.

From past experience, I know that because I live in a very low-lying area, I will get a frost when the air temp hits 39 or 38 degrees....depending on what the dew point is. So, I'll be keeping one eye on the weather, and will cover up what I can.

Also, based on what I've observed since moving here in 1999, no matter what the local TV station forecasts for Marietta's low temp, we will nearly always be 2 to 4 degrees cooler than that here at our house as we are several miles south of Marietta and in a low-lying area where cool air tends to pool.

I grew up hearing that you could plant your corn and warm season crops when the leaves on the white oak were the size of a squirrel's ear....and they are that size already, but nothing is exact in gardening, is it?

Hope the cool weather gets in, does minimal damage, and gets out! :D

Dawn

I live in the city, so not in a low-lying area. Also, I have much protection around my yard, back and front, a microclimate if you will. So, hopefully none of my plants will be damaged. Those I have planted out are all natives, too, which bodes well for me, too.

This morning it was 44*, so that's not too bad so far.

Susan

Not bad here either. I think our low was 46 degrees at our house, which was warmer than the upper 30s to lowr 40s that had been forecast.

Sometime during the early morning hours we had heavy cloud cover move in and that helped keep the temperatures up.

My big concern is Sunday morning where low temps will be in the mid-30s. IF we get that cold way down here on Sunday morning, I fear much of Oklahoma will be much colder and perhaps frosty.

Dawn

I'm in Tulsa and new at gardening. Should I water before covering the tender ones tonight?

I live in northeast OK in a small city, and our coldest morning temps have not dipped down to 32 F. degrees, yet this spring. NWS recently raised our forecasted coldest overnight temp to 33. That must be due to all the cloud cover which is moving in late this afternoon.

So far, all I did yesterday is to bring into the garage some young potted clematis and 4 pots of cannua tubers that I did not already plant, due to those cannas only recently sending up small green shoots.

Of the other 8 pots of cannas tubers I over wintered in protected pots and that sent up a good amount of green growth two weeks ago, I already planted 7 pots at a friends house and sent one of them home with my daughter who lives in the DFW area.

For tonight My friend will cover the cannas we planted.

Tomorrow afternoon I plan to cover with lots of mulch my newly emerging hostas and to quite deeply refresh the mulch on a lengthy, berm, which I have been filling with shrubs and flowers for the last few years.

But I plan to wait until tomorrow's early evening to use bubble wrap and tie lawnbags, to among other things, wrap my young trees: (Smoke tree, Red Dawn 'Gold Rush' redwood tree, three-trunked paperbark maple, hibiscus 'Blue Satin' tree, two chaste trees, and a Japanese Stewarta) along with some young shrubs like my 'Miss Kim' lilacs, 'Awakening' rose climber, and some young shrub roses. which have already leafed out.

Any plastic or bubble wrap will be removed during the day when temps are above freezing and replaced overnight as long as the forecasts predict temps to fall down to 32 or the high 20s. Hopefully, I am not waiting too late to protect the above listed items.

Evochick,

If the plants haven't had moisture lately, the quick answer is "yes". Cover them well. Snow is in the forecast for parts of northeastern Oklahoma.

Katrina,

The weather forecast seems to be taking an ominous turn this evening. I spent a lot of time yesterday amd today refreshing mulch. I plan to cover up the vegetable garden and the perennial beds tomorrow, at least to the extent that I can.

Like you, we have had increasing cloud cover today and I hope it helps keep us warm. This evening it is cooler here than it was last night at the same time. I like the idea of using bubble wrap! :)

I heard from a friend in Joshua, TX, (south of the D-FW metro area) a few minutes ago that there is a slight chance of snow in their forecast this weekend.

I have been expecting the annual Easter cold spell and hoping it would be mild this year. Looks like it may be a little stronger this year than it is most years.

Dawn