Not all plants in the garden tolerate frost well. Therefore, when low temperatures arrive, it is worth checking the condition of our specimens and, if necessary, taking appropriate actions to save them. Find out how to react to the effects of the first frost and what to do to avoid harming delicate plants.
The first thing you should do when the frosts pass is to check your health, or more precisely the condition of the plants you grow, the next day. Most of them will cope with these conditions on their own, but others will need our help.
First of all, you need to distinguish which plants are only slightly damp and which are severely frozen. The latter can be recognized by soft and darkening shoots or leaves. In this case, you should not immediately cut off the problematic parts, because they can themselves protect the lower elements and protect them against further cold.
Therefore, we reach for the pruning shears only when the plant begins to dry out more or simply when we can count on more stable weather that will be favorable for this operation. In addition, after inspecting the garden, it is worth simply observing the plants. Often symptoms of frost damage they only become visible after a few days, especially in evergreen plants whose leaves start to turn brown only later.
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Now that we know which plants require our help, we should proceed to the activities that will allow us to protect them. Such a moment is really the last moment to use agrotextiles. So it’s worth it then place it on all freshly planted shrubs, young plants, and specimens that come from warmer regions.
When covering them with agrotextile, it should be done in such a way as to allow the plants to breathe. Therefore, avoid tight wrapping, which could result in scalding during the thaw. However, if our plants have already been severely damaged by frost, covering them will limit further damage, but will not repair the damage that has already occurred. Of course, if the plants have been burdened with wet snow, gently shake it off the branches, to avoid breaking them.
In turn, when it comes to specimens grown in winter, we must act very efficiently and quickly, because this is where the root ball cools down the fastest. If you haven’t done it before, you should do it the day after the first frost or ground frost move the pot to a sheltered place. We can place it, for example, against the wall of the house or in a cool, bright room.
