Temperatures Last Night?

[fjlip]

Minus 8 tonight, good bye apples 2020...Plus 21 and Sunny by the 17th...lots of time to seed in May!

[Guest]

Could be goin here but too damn cold
Some needs sprayin first

[farmaholic]

2 degrees here at 9 p.m. already.
We are going to start wheat tomorrow on flax stubble, when it thaws! Lol
Peas in and rolled.
Wish us "luck".
Gotta read Lerner's Prognosticator that I got today.

[farmaholic]

Low of -7 @ 5:09 am, sun sure helps temps rise.
Supposedly one more night of this.

[Blaithin]

-7 here as well.

[sumdumguy]

Time to plow in the Canola? Durum done, some should start poking out this week. It’s the middle of May this week and gardens are being planted around here. Reminds me of Abba’s, Take a Chance. Have a great week everyone - keep safe. 🍀

[helmsdale]

So... my peas popped the surface the last few days. Some just poking through, some 1 full node above.

It was below freezing for 6 hours and -4°c for about 1.5hrs before the sun came up. Hopefully the little buggers are tough enough for the challenge.

Saving grace is probably ground level inversions provided the wind isnt blowing. Soil temp still 55°f at 4-5", so it should radiate a decent amount of heat at night.

[farmaholic]

So... my peas popped the surface the last few days. Some just poking through, some 1 full node above.

It was below freezing for 6 hours and -4°c for about 1.5hrs before the sun came up. Hopefully the little buggers are tough enough for the challenge.

Saving grace is probably ground level inversions provided the wind isnt blowing. Soil temp still 55°f at 4-5", so it should radiate a decent amount of heat at night.

We had some freeze once. I don't remember the details of temps but some peas never made it. Especially the ones that emerged through a mat of straw. They turned tannish white.

Maybe conditions up to and after the frost might make a difference. Cold before and not a heat blasting(desiccating) wind after.

Hope everything is ok for you, wishing you luck insinuates you'll need it. Hopefully you won't.

Edit in... Wouldn't it have to be pretty bad to freeze the plant that it wouldn't regrow from the underground node?

[furrowtickler]

Growing still below ground , but only time will tell.
I have had peas freeze off brown but regrew two stems from growing point . Will look like a cactus 🌵 lol .
But that was just a one or two night moderate freeze. This -6 stuff for a few nights may be different

[fjlip]

One positive is that ALL volunteer canola is TOAST!

[Sheepwheat]

One positive is that ALL volunteer canola is TOAST!

There was volunteer canola up? Lol

[helmsdale]

There was volunteer canola up? Lol

Hell I've got volunteer yellow mustard around the yard that's a week away from starting to cabbage... tough shit when its growing on the south side of a bin...