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I'll keep my first question simple, but it's something I have wondered for a while due to where I am forced to plant...
First frosts
With talk of planting out only after risk of frost has passed, or starting indoors prior to the last frost frost date (which obviously I understand) here’s a question. Does the particular bit of land (i.e. a few square feet/yards) you are planted in have to have frozen, or just the temperature over the general area (the town you live in, say), to have a detrimental effect on the plant situated there?
Often due to the secluded nature of our garden when people say "Ooh it's cold, thick frost on the garden when I looked out this morning" or similar, I think "Whu? Not in my back yard!"
So with that in mind, would plants that suffer in a frost be OK in my little plot (possibly still protected by a fleece or similar), as the soil they are directly planted into hasn’t frozen, though the temperature outside may be pretty chilly?
I ask as last year I had a trial run of beans a little earlier than they were recommended to be started (with the intention of replacing any which were damaged by the weather) and they all really thrived, even in poor soil.
First frosts
With talk of planting out only after risk of frost has passed, or starting indoors prior to the last frost frost date (which obviously I understand) here’s a question. Does the particular bit of land (i.e. a few square feet/yards) you are planted in have to have frozen, or just the temperature over the general area (the town you live in, say), to have a detrimental effect on the plant situated there?
Often due to the secluded nature of our garden when people say "Ooh it's cold, thick frost on the garden when I looked out this morning" or similar, I think "Whu? Not in my back yard!"
So with that in mind, would plants that suffer in a frost be OK in my little plot (possibly still protected by a fleece or similar), as the soil they are directly planted into hasn’t frozen, though the temperature outside may be pretty chilly?
I ask as last year I had a trial run of beans a little earlier than they were recommended to be started (with the intention of replacing any which were damaged by the weather) and they all really thrived, even in poor soil.
), or French beans earlier than about late May.
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