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First Frost of the year
« on: February 20, 2018, 09:17:19 AM »
My yard was hit with the first frost of the year. There was frost all over my car and the weeds in my front yard were also iced over. I hope everyone’s plants are doing ok. There is another frost advisory for tomorrow.

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Re: First Frost of the year
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2018, 10:21:10 AM »
Only 36 here. 1 F lower than forecast. I hope my grafts still take.

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Re: First Frost of the year
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2018, 10:29:50 AM »
Can't last to long,getting late in season

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Re: First Frost of the year
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2018, 10:35:13 AM »
Hope everything survived unscathed

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Re: First Frost of the year
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2018, 10:49:33 AM »
Yep diffidently 'Yukon Express" coming thru -30F on ground this morning! We did a quick covering with frost cloth over top's of most plant's no covers on Cherimoya's will by week-end what kind of damage! Stay warm! 

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Re: First Frost of the year
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2018, 10:55:47 AM »
35 and no frost up on the mountain.
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Re: First Frost of the year
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2018, 01:41:39 PM »
Spaugh, that’s great news, I was worried the plants were going to get fried.

I’m sure I’ll lose most the new growth on my Mangos and Lychees. I think everything will survive.

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Re: First Frost of the year
« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2018, 02:29:34 PM »
31 temps 1.5 hours here in san fernando valley...


Grasses and roof were covered with frost

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Re: First Frost of the year
« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2018, 03:03:59 PM »
Only 37F here last night, 13 Miles inland. All soursop seedlings are inside already; annona scions still under wraps; budding mango scion still looks good; stone fruit trees are liking this...yes, hope yours are ok too!
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Re: First Frost of the year
« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2018, 03:59:30 PM »
Simon, we got frost as well in Clairemont (92117)... unusual enough that I snapped a picture of the frost on the hood and roof of my truck.




Haven't had a chance to check the trees.

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Re: First Frost of the year
« Reply #10 on: February 20, 2018, 04:44:54 PM »
I get some minor frost almost every year but today’s frost was a little thicker than in previous years. When I scrapped my windshield, the ice particles were large enough to scratch my windshield but just barely and I stopped before I caused more damage. Tonight’s going to be another cold one so if you have a frost advisory in your area, take your plants in now. I hope everyone’s plants make it through.

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Re: First Frost of the year
« Reply #11 on: February 20, 2018, 06:34:14 PM »
Chula Vista was 38 last night, I didn't notice any frost. Simon, I thought you were up enough not to get any frost.

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Re: First Frost of the year
« Reply #12 on: February 20, 2018, 06:57:15 PM »
The only damage so far is young tender growth on plants because of our previous Winter high way! Will be cold the rest of this week up here! But possible rain on the way we'll count it when it hit's the gauge! ;) 8)

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Re: First Frost of the year
« Reply #13 on: February 20, 2018, 07:08:01 PM »
Spoke too soon about the mild winter in the thread I posted the other day. Last night I had significant frost with several hours below 30 and at least two hours below 26. My avocados look terrible, you can see tons of brown spots on leaves, brown stems, black shriveled new growth, wilting blossoms, and just walking through the grove you can smell decaying leaves. Luckily only a few varieties were blooming. I fear the trees will have significant defoliation. So much for that foliar fertilizer application I just did. Have little faith in a bumper crop of avocados this year but we will see.

The citrus are largely fine, minimal damage to some that had a smidge of new growth. Mexican lime has leaf drop as always, though it was blooming prolifically so will probably loose fruit set there.

I am guessing if I had a mango in ground it would have been destroyed by this frost so I am rethinking planting one of those now.

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Re: First Frost of the year
« Reply #14 on: February 20, 2018, 07:15:10 PM »
Banana looks okay. Some burns on tender pomegranate leaves. Burns on papaya leaves not covered well enough.

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Re: First Frost of the year
« Reply #15 on: February 20, 2018, 07:25:43 PM »
Chula Vista was 38 last night, I didn't notice any frost. Simon, I thought you were up enough not to get any frost.

Hey Mark, I’m literally on a flat Mesa where cold air settles. Just a mile away from my house down in Sorrento Valley, the temperature was reading 33F because they are at a lower elevation.

Leo is just up the street from me but he is on a hill so the cold air drains much better than compared to where I live. I have patio heaters for extreme cold weather events but I’m not going to turn them on unless it’s one of those rare 10-15 year hard freeze events.

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Re: First Frost of the year
« Reply #16 on: February 20, 2018, 08:17:12 PM »
Only 37F here last night, 13 Miles inland. All soursop seedlings are inside already; annona scions still under wraps; budding mango scion still looks good; stone fruit trees are liking this...yes, hope yours are ok too!

Samu are your stone fruit flowering and flushing now?  I have some trees with big fruits already and others are completely dormant and bare.  Im hoping this week of cold will wake them up. 
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Re: First Frost of the year
« Reply #17 on: February 20, 2018, 09:29:34 PM »
39-40 degrees here, protected soursop, mango seedlings, annona grafts, no frost on the grass or anything, PHEW!!!

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Re: First Frost of the year
« Reply #18 on: February 20, 2018, 09:56:55 PM »
Simon,

I noticed that all of my mango flower panicles were droopy this morning, after the frost.  Does that mean they will die and the trees will likely re-flower?  I haven't had a frost like this for 3 years.  Also, some leaves turned partly brown.

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Re: First Frost of the year
« Reply #19 on: February 20, 2018, 10:19:51 PM »
Sorry to hear about this freeze. We were hit hard in central Florida in January. February has been record breaking heat the whole month. I think all but the first two days of the month have been over 80* and mostly 60+ degrees at night. Our forcast is hot for rest of month but I hope we don't get any insane cold front in March. Everything is growing and blooming about 3-4 weeks earlier this year compared to last year. Just watched an interesting video from a guy (plant abundance) in California using sprinklers to protect his blooms. I'm looking into a sprinkler setup myself for part of my project. Hope I don't get to test it this year. Hope you all make it through well.

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Re: First Frost of the year
« Reply #20 on: February 20, 2018, 10:51:41 PM »

Samu are your stone fruit flowering and flushing now?  I have some trees with big fruits already and others are completely dormant and bare.  Im hoping this week of cold will wake them up.

Yes, I noticed a couple of stone fruit trees started pushing nubs and even few flowers popping sporadically; but no big fruits like yours, Spaugh! (Interesting, how could that be ? Please talk about it at the Temperate Fruit section).
Yeah, this cold nights are good to our stone fruit trees that may require a certain minimum chilling hours. (But unfortunately is the opposite effect to our Tropicals...  :( )
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Re: First Frost of the year
« Reply #21 on: February 20, 2018, 11:03:20 PM »
37F in unheated greenhouse last night.  light frosts on the grass this morning. 

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Re: First Frost of the year
« Reply #22 on: February 20, 2018, 11:08:35 PM »

Samu are your stone fruit flowering and flushing now?  I have some trees with big fruits already and others are completely dormant and bare.  Im hoping this week of cold will wake them up.

Yes, I noticed a couple of stone fruit trees started pushing nubs and even few flowers popping sporadically; but no big fruits like yours, Spaugh! (Interesting, how could that be ? Please talk about it at the Temperate Fruit section).
Yeah, this cold nights are good to our stone fruit trees that may require a certain minimum chilling hours. (But unfortunately is the opposite effect to our Tropicals...  :( )

The florida prince peach already has golf balls all over it.  It is always really early to ripen. 

No action on some of the others.
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Re: First Frost of the year
« Reply #23 on: February 21, 2018, 12:23:52 AM »
I think last night's cold was unusual in that there was no inversion layer, so areas closer to the coast and at lower elevation were warmer than higher elevations.  From what I heard, that's because the cold air basically replaced all the warm air and so there was little opportunity for an inversion.  Here in the East Bay the areas near-ish to the water, like where I am, stayed above 35 F but I think some inland areas got frost.

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Re: First Frost of the year
« Reply #24 on: February 21, 2018, 02:25:57 AM »
I will be the first one to say it. It's Trump's fault. I blame it on him.


It's cold like hell around Mockingbird/Markham area in Riverside, but there's no frost. The low was about 34F and windy. Hope there's no damage to our young trees.
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