outdoor plants ok after a ground frost

smarty · #1 10-18-2007, 10:24 AM

had the first frost last night and my plants are ok and not affected

i heard someone mention before about waiting till a frost before harvesting...can anyone tell me why i should do this?

Garden Knowm · #2 10-18-2007, 03:38 PM

Can we see a picture...?

I am guessing that people say to wait until the first frost.. because after THAT the plants growth will dramatically slow down.. even indoor growers experience this in with room temps below 50 degrees...

I was in mountains, just outside of Beruit one winter... it was freezing ... I walked by this house that had a grape vine. a huge ONE... with many branches that were 50 feet long and as thick as a baseball bat... although the vine WAS dormant as a mofo.. not a single leaf on this baby.. not a leaf on the ground... MIDDLE of winter.. snow on the ground... YET, this grape vine was full of HUGE buundles of grapes.... amazing looking.. perfectly preserved on the vine...

The owner told me that HE leaves the bundles on the vine and picks then as he needs them... There must have been several dozen, maybe even 100 huge 1-3 pound bundles....

he said the plant was nearly 100 years old...... I assume the cold was PRESERVING the fruit...

Lacy · #3 10-18-2007, 03:44 PM

What a great visual. I love the mountains.

Oh and smarty. They will be fine.

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Originally Posted by Garden Knowm

Can we see a picture...?

I am guessing that people say to wait until the first frost.. because after THAT the plants growth will dramatically slow down.. even indoor growers experience this in with room temps below 50 degrees...

I was in mountains, just outside of Beruit one winter... it was freezing ... I walked by this house that had a grape vine. a huge ONE... with many branches that were 50 feet long and as thick as a baseball bat... although the vine WAS dormant as a mofo.. not a single leaf on this baby.. not a leaf on the ground... MIDDLE of winter.. snow on the ground... YET, this grape vine was full of HUGE buundles of grapes.... amazing looking.. perfectly preserved on the vine...

The owner told me that HE leaves the bundles on the vine and picks then as he needs them... There must have been several dozen, maybe even 100 huge 1-3 pound bundles....

he said the plant was nearly 100 years old...... I assume the cold was PRESERVING the fruit...

smarty · #4 10-18-2007, 11:59 PM

good because we had another one last night