From: Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net   
      
   cshenk wrote:   
      
   > Nyssa wrote:   
   >   
   >> cshenk wrote:   
   >>   
   >> > Snag wrote:   
   >> >   
   >> >> On 4/22/2024 10:46 AM, cshenk wrote:   
   >> >> > Late coldsnap got me.  Lost 4 trays of seedlings in   
   >> >> > the green house. All my red bell peppers.   
   >> >> >   
   >> >> > I will have to redesign the sunroom better for more   
   >> >> > seedling space. That will take awhile as it's got a   
   >> >> > lot of junk to clear out.   
   >> >> >   
   >> >> > I've still got time to get herbs started.  I'll have   
   >> >> > to get starter   
   >> >> > plants now.  Ah well, The delicata and zucchini are   
   >> >> > fine still and there's 6 trays still inside.   
   >> >> >   
   >> >>   
   >> >>  I brought mine in last night ... and after seeing the   
   >> >>  frost on our   
   >> >> cars this morning I'm glad I did !   
   >> >   
   >> > Too much to bring in.  Ah well, tomatos weathered last   
   >> > night.  Sprang   
   >> > up suddenly.  It was 31f when Don got up to let the dog   
   >> > out.   
   >>   
   >> I almost lost half of my vinca plants that I'd   
   >> transplanted into their hanging baskets. They really   
   >> looked done-for, but I brought them in and they   
   >> recovered, thank goodness.   
   >   
   > I was able to save 2 seedling trays and 1 patial with a   
   > little bit in   
   > there.  It's the red peppers that hurt.  The lettuce was   
   > seeded but not   
   > germinated yet so there's hope yet.  I have herbs still in   
   > packets and some odds-n-ends still in seed packets.   
   >   
   >   
   >> OTOH the lettuce plants I had put outside in their big   
   >> pots did just fine. I'll be adding more to another pot   
   >> later today.   
   >   
   > That's good!   
   >   
   >> Nyssa, who when on a gardening supply run this morning   
   >> and snagged two huge pots for tomatoes and replacement   
   >> seeds for other starts that didn't start on the first   
   >> try   
   >   
   > I have yet to make my run.   
      
   I'm going to have to make another run probably next week.   
      
   Since I had my deck re-done, I'll need to buy some pot   
   stands (wheeled for the bigger pots) to keep the pots   
   off the decking. I priced them when I was at Lowe's and   
   they are *expensive*! Yikes! But I figure spending a couple   
   of hundred for the stands is better than paying a couple   
   of thousand to have the deck re-done again in a few years.   
      
   Meanwhile, the temperatures are still going down into   
   the 40s at night, so I'm still stuck with a lot of plants   
   indoors under the plant light taking up room that should   
   be used by new seed starts. :/   
      
   The wind is another worry. Gusting up to 35mph doesn't   
   bode well for new transplants or hardening off seedlings.   
   Even if temperatures rise, that wind is going to delay   
   matters even longer.   
      
   IIRC, the last frost date for VB is 23 March. For here,   
   it's 7 April. Either way, these late frosts we've both   
   been getting are really outliers that are probably setting   
   a few records. I just want it all to normalize so I can   
   get stuff growing outside!   
      
   A gardener's/farmer's life is not easy.   
      
   Nyssa, who at least has blueberry plants that are   
   doing okay in this weird weather (fingers crossed)   
      
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