Freezing

[Braveheart]

Jay-mo, you're also several hundred feet lower than we are, hence the lower temps. You're still higher than Grassfarmer's farm.

I think it's too early to assess any damage. We need time to see damage and then be patient on recovery.

[farmaholic]

Brave, not too many turned dark green. They "look" fine. Maybe I'm jumping the gun. Today was quite dry here, low relative humidity, they don't seem to be wilting. Freezing at this stage is new territory for me, we had canola freeze that had true leaves though. ...

[furrowtickler]

Generally frozen canola at the cot stage or beyond 2 leaf it is resilient . It's inbetween that has not been 'weathered ' dies

[grassfarmer]

Surely it is more complicated than simple elevation Braveheart? Mountains generally get colder the further up you get not warmer. We are at 3000' here compared to you at @1800? yet we get way more frost. At Belmont we will be half the elevation of here but still 3 times the elevation we were in the hills of Scotland.
Distance from the mountain ranges, coasts, presence of other warming or cooling factors (rivers/lakes etc) must all factor in.

[SASKFARMER3]

If your dry, or cold dry soil, frost damage can be more severe. If it warms up the flee beetles will thrive. Even if you used lumiderm and all you have left is the centre growing point you to will have issues. They need to eat leaf material the only thing green is the centre growing point. Dry frost or wet frost. This years most were a dry cold frost. 3 to 5 days will tell the tail. Been their done that. Some times being the first out of the gate doesn't work. That's farming. But this year definitely the weather pattern is back to the old normal cycle.

[Braveheart]

Grassfarmer, yes of course re elevation. But for us, we're on a high plain. In the fall, or with a late summer frost, it freezes 3 miles to the east and north but not at our home farm. There's often a 3 degree difference. We usually find the same thing in spring.

I would guess your farm would have some protection in fall with your proximity to Pelican Lake. The stored energy (if summer comes) would buffer the temps for awhile.