Re: CULT: Help! What Can I do for buds in Freezing Weather?

I had purchased a product called Frost Away at my local garden shop and saved it just for this predicament.  Obviously I can't cover 4000+ sq. ft.  This apparently will be my year to finally use it.  I have already had some flowers open and more in sheath with color peeking out and of course many more still in the fan or just emerging.  Temp is supposed to get down to 27-28 F tomorrow night.  So we'll see how it works.  Some plants I have sprayed the whole plant (which I'm sure isn't necessary) and a few I sprayed just the stalk and sheaths.


Paul Archer


-----Original Message-----
>From: John I Jones <jijones@usjoneses.com>
>Sent: Apr 5, 2007 2:25 PM
>To: iris@hort.net
>Subject: Re: [iris] CULT: Help! What Can I do for buds in Freezing  Weather?
>
>I have on occasion used both sheets, boxes, garbage cans and anything 
>else that might work (but never socks).
>
>What you are trying to do is trap the warmth from the ground around the 
>plant.  An important issue is that you can't let something like a sheet 
>rest on the top of the plant. /anything that touches the cover is 
>likely to "tip freeze" through the fabric.
>
>John
>
>
>
>
>On Apr 5, 2007, at 8:21 AM, Williams, Michael wrote:
>
>> Here in coastal South Carolina, we went from 85 degrees yesterday to 
>> the
>> 40s, with possible 20 degree record lows forecast for this weekend. I
>> cannot remember April dipping this low here.
>>
>>
>>
>> I have numerous bud stalks-will covering them with a sheet or some sort
>> of covering help protect them? Will covering with an old sock help,
>> possibly?
>>
>>
>>
>> Any ideas??
>>
>>
>>
>> Mike in Zone 8
>>
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