As unlikely as it would seem, Robert Farr and I are looking at the possibility of frost in our gardens this evening. This is a full month PAST the 'safe-to-plant' date extension gives and almost 5 days past my own intuitive 'safe date.' (Although I have to admit that I was cringing while transplanting tomatoes earlier in the week.
Robert has some 2500 pepper plants out. I have 2000 sweet potatoes slips in the ground and hundreds of tomatoes in the ground. Predicted lows are 38 tonight and tomorrow night, but the site of the predicition is some 15 miles away and is hundreds of feet lower than where our sites are. SO, the possibility of a freeze or frost is there. The wind has been high this spring, also, so remay is not an option that I'm considering. (I don't want to beat the plants.) I have compost kit valerian on hand. I wonder if somoene can give me directions for mixing that, diluting it (I probably need to spray about 3000 sq ft of beds, not really all that much.) Any other suggestions w.b. appreciated. I'm simply not up-to-date on frost-proofing things like spraying water on leaves in the evening, and so on. I think that a 'hard freeze' is not likely, but I only have the predicitons of the weather service to go by. -Allan
