Risk of frost?

 


I'm wondering whether to start putting my container plants outside yet ..

And also whether I can start to plant out seedlings that are taking of with a
vengeance after all the nice weather we have had in the last few weeks......

I have masses of stuff and can hardly get into the GH  ATM !

I know I should wait till May but seeing as I live in the city it is always
fairly sheltered here, so I think I might get away with it!

Any thoughts ??

Jenny
(Rotterdam the Netherlands)

 


Jenny,

I wait till end May beginning June.
Put some out a couple of years ago mid May and we had a week of -5C so
you can imagine what happened to the plants :-(


I'm leaving mine in the greenhouse until above.
Once bitten etc


Any empty shelves inside?


Ah now you could just get away with it.
I'm in Norfolk so I wouldn't chance it.


Could you still get a blast from Siberia or Scandinavia?
GeoffH

 



Aagggghh - we go on holiday in May, so they will HAVE to go out before then :~)


There is always the chance of frost of course, but with the global warming going
on I seem to feel the climate is becoming warmer/wetter anyway.

jenny

 

Had a standard fuchsia out for two weeks now, in a sheltered postion,
but we have had a couple of cold nights, and it is still very much OK.

 


<mike wrote ...

Was told this morning by an early rising neighbour that we had a frost this
morning, at least his windscreen was iced. According to the weather forecast
the temp was only going down to 4 or 5°C last night so there seems to be
something awry.
Luckily our citrus and a few fuchsias that have been out all winter are
still OK.

--
Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London