This morning we awoke to a temperature reading of -2 C (that's 30 in F) and a garden covered in frost! We knew it was coming and had covered the tomato and pepper plants late yesterday afternoon.
Unfortunately many of the plants did not fare too well, in spite of our attempts to protect them.
Most of the tomatoes look like this. ☹️
The buds on the pepper plants are toast! We may have to replace them too. ☹️
Luckily, it is early enough in the season to purchase more plants, so it won't be a total loss.
Thinking that the potatoes are hearty, we didn't attempt to cover them. This is the result.
Every potato plant has been frozen!
Upon doing some online research, we learned that potatoes will come back, so we tilled between the rows and hilled the soil over the frost damaged leaves.
The onions, beets, broccoli and cabbage plants are fine. So are the carrot, lettuce and kale seedlings.
A hard frost in early June is rare here, but not unheard of. Planting tender vegetables too early is taking a chance. Next year, I will wait another week before planting tomatoes and peppers in the garden. Lesson learned!
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