Hot Ideas for Protecting Your Plants from Late Spring Frosts

We had a late frost warning in mid-June, which is well past our average spring frost date. We had planted all of our frost-sensitive plants in the garden weeks ago. Suddenly, we were scrambling to protect our garden from the cold threat.

Frost sensitive plants like tomatoes, peppers, melons, squash, and cucumbers can be damaged when temperatures fall below 32°F (0°C). Semi-hardy plants like peas, beets, carrots, spinach, lettuce, chard, kale, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, celery, and onions are safe until it gets colder than 28°F.

The weather is sometimes a bit unpredictable. This spring we have set records for high temperatures, then just a week later we have 3 days of late frost warnings. It is not “safe” to depend on the average last frost date.

The methods that we show you in this video can be beneficial for season extension as well as for covering your plants to save them from unexpected freezing temperatures.

Check out the post that this video was created from:

Hot Ideas for Protecting Your Plants from Late Spring Frosts
https://theprovidentprepper.org/hot-ideas-for-protecting-your-plants-from-late-spring-frosts/

To learn more about biointensive gardening techniques visit the post written by Tom Bartels:

Biointensive Victory Gardens: Higher Yields with Less Work
https://theprovidentprepper.org/biointensive-victory-gardens-higher-yields-with-less-work/

You can watch Tom’s free video workshop at https://growfoodwell.lpages.co/gfwspringcvpro/

Other posts that you might find interesting include:

Step-by-Step Inexpensive Patio Greenhouse or Super Simple Cold Frame
https://theprovidentprepper.org/step-by-step-inexpensive-patio-greenhouse-or-super-simple-cold-frame/

Best Strategies for Growing a Reliable Survival Garden
https://theprovidentprepper.org/best-strategies-for-growing-a-reliable-survival-garden/

Inexpensive Grow Lights to Jump Start Your Garden
https://theprovidentprepper.org/inexpensive-grow-lights-to-jump-start-your-garden/

Poor Man’s Greenhouse – A Guide to Winter Seed Sowing
https://theprovidentprepper.org/poor-mans-greenhouse-a-guide-to-winter-seed-sowing/

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