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   songbird to All   
   Re: Possible freeze. To water or not to    
   03 May 20 21:02:49   
   
   From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   T wrote:   
   ...   
   > I have nothing to cover them with   
      
     no old light blankets, sheets?  buckets, pots, or   
   pans?   
      
     if you are really worried you can heat up some   
   rocks and put them in there.  though you have to   
   be sure not to fry your plants too.   
      
     i don't have any experience with watering to   
   save from frosts.  i have one experience with   
   putting things over plants and it didn't matter   
   much as the peppers dropped all their leaves   
   anyways, the tomato plants seemed a bit more   
   tolerant but i wouldn't count on that.  what   
   happened after that the pepper plants regrew   
   their leaves and the tomato plants survived   
   and we had a decent crop all around.   
      
     i don't plant early, except things i have extra   
   seeds and can afford to risk it.  3 weeks is way   
   too early for warm season plants IMO.   
      
     we have frost in the forecast for later this week.   
   perhaps my first planting of peas won't make it or   
   not.  we'll see...   
      
      
     good luck!   
      
      
     songbird   
      
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