Frost and new potatoes

[RandAParticipant]

OOh on Sunday the night was much colder than we expected -0.02c and after spending a sunny day commenting on the wonderful growth on the new potatoes by Monday they were touched by a bit of frost and I am now wondering if they will recover or have we lost them? They were snug under loads of compost,, but I have covered them with fleece now ( a bit late but should help if we get any more cold!!!)
Ali

[stuParticipant]

Mine were fleeced and they still got frosted I couldn’t believe it. Greenhouse survived tho

[StringfellowParticipant]

Ditto here Stu, my poor Casablancas…..harvest will be a touch delayed now 🙁

[charlesModerator]

Same here! We had -1C so lower at ground level, then -0.5C yesterday morning, we were picking lettuce with ice on! So the spuds will recover but clearly they are knocked back & harvest is later, a bit smaller probably.
Cardboard is better than fleece for keeping frost off, see my next post for May.

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