5 Ways to Protect Plants From Frost and Freezing Weather

freak weather is never fun to a gardener. But there are some things that you can do to prevent damage from frost or freezing weather to reduce your damage.

[alphie]

Im so glad there’s a YouTube Gardner out there who is sharing my current pain right now! This snow is really putting a damper on everything! Thanks for this!

[emptynestgardens]

Freaking out here north of Toronto 😳🌨️ My gardens were looking so beautiful now it's a combination of bamboo and old sheets, upsidedown pots, Frost cloth. Hydrangeas and young trees wrapped. My plastic greenhouse has a small space heater in it on a timer. It's FULL of plants that were in the process of hardening off. There is also an old quilt on the roof. Good luck to everyone over the next 2 nights.

[kristaln]

I wish you would have walked us through your garden and showed what you covered and how. Don't get me wrong, you give great information and are very good at explaining each method and I appreciate it all. It's just nice to actually see the methods in use so we can make a visual connection

[kristab]

Covered most of my garden with a variety of fleece, greenhouse plastic, whatever I could find that wasn't too heavy, even gathered up all my containers that have been potted up and covered them with plastic in a sheltered spot. They'll be hanging out in their tents until Friday. Ready for spring!!!

[topsham]

Consider cheap, flannel-backed table cloths at thrift/ dollar stores.

[marymason]

We had a navel orange tree on a hillside in an area that got freezing temperatures in the winter. We draped it with old style incandescent Christmas lights and turned on the lights when it got cold. The lights generated enough heat to protect the tree. The other thing we did was run a sprinkler underneath the tree. There was some water buildup on the tree but the primary thing was the temperature of the water was above 32° and it radiated that warmer temperature out up over the tree. Both methods were very successful.

[hvggzen]

Frost! A gardeners worst nightmare! My pear trees. . . 🍐 😫 I admire your stiff upper lip! Thank you for sharing your tips. Great information! 👍

[tegoblue]

Robert Frost wrote a poem for such occasions, called: Good-By and Keep Cold. I have memorized it. "How often already have you had to be told? Good-by, young orchard. Good -by and keep cold. Dread fifty above more than fifty below!"

[elliadavid]

“I am sick of it” 😂😂😂 you’re funny even in the hard times.

[YourMomQQ]

In Minnesota any warm weather that happens before May 1st is called "fake spring".

[gardeningwithgreensleeves]

THANK YOU! Just fretting about what to do for tomorrow night’s freeze and you showed up in my youtube alerts! 💚

[billytingen]

I have always appreciated your sense of humor Luke. I Enjoy the knowledge you share and I have learned much. I also very much appreciate your infectious joyful attitude, which is a blessing on a whole different level. Thanks for sharing.

[reneeodayok]

This happened last year in indiana in may. Blackberry winter. Remember. You get dogwood winter, redbud winter and blackberry winter. Get out those sheets baby!

[sn]

Thank you for being specific in your video titles! It makes it easy to search and find exactly what I need in your videos.

[andrarice-independentepicu]

Thanks Luke! I'm in Barrie, ON and have clear plastic bins over my lettuce and fleece over my peas. As tempted as I was to put out my peppers and tomatoes, I knew the nice weather was too good to be true. I'm glad my warm weather things are happy under the grow lights still. We're expecting snow tonight and tomorrow. So hard to wait!

[rg-mihh]

We grow lettuce, spinach, chard and garlic under clear plastic tubs all winter. These were started spring, summer or fall. On nice days, we open tubs for awhile. Keep them closed at night. This is using a cold frame basically. That way in the early spring you can pick it.
Also, we start summer plants in kitchen and put out in breezeway on warmer days for more light in daytime. Next, we harden them off outside. My dad used to plant seeds in an old, dirt filled well. He covered them with old windows. On cold nights, he put a very thick blanket over this. He marked the seeds off in the well with straight milk carton sides. Labelled them so he knew what was what. Daytime warmth if able to take off blanket, would help them germinate and grow . He gave plants to neighbors when they were about 6 inches tall. Wrapped them in newspaper and dipped them in water. He loved helping the neighbors. Gardening is a never ending learning experience and especially one in how to be adaptable.

[auntiepam]

You are such a positive person! Thank you Luke!

[eh]

I live in southwest Florida and have never seen snow, but still watched. 😄

[Ckomon]

Living in Southern Ontario, I know I can come to this channel and have my own thoughts validated!

[thealchemistdaughter]

It’s the same here in Scotland.. I put my sweetpeas out on Sunday as they seemed ready !.. Great video Thankyou very much 👍🏻..