- Kermieterp
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Is this frost damage?
hello! Newbie gardener here, and I'm not sure what's happening to my cucumber plant! Is this frost damage as we had a cold spell here recently......
- GardeningCook
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Have to say that it does look like it.
I don't know where you're located, but I'm in Virginia (Zone 7), & here we are "just" approaching the time when it's reliably safe to either direct-sow cucumbers or transplant indoor-started seedlings. You may have jumped the gun.
Your seedlings may very well recover as the damage doesn't look all that bad. But you also may want to start a few more as backups.
I don't know where you're located, but I'm in Virginia (Zone 7), & here we are "just" approaching the time when it's reliably safe to either direct-sow cucumbers or transplant indoor-started seedlings. You may have jumped the gun.
Your seedlings may very well recover as the damage doesn't look all that bad. But you also may want to start a few more as backups.
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Have you ever heard of https://www.wunderground.com ?Kermieterp wrote:Thank you so much for replying! I am in Southern California zone 8a. We are having unusual cold spells for this area and time of year! I am now watching the weather like a hawk!
It is an amazing weather forecasting site that I started using a few weeks ago. It will show the 10 day forecast for your ZIP along with a line graph that shows the projected temperature curve through the entire day & night. Plus it has LOTS of little goodies!
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