Row By Row Garden Show

It's getting cooler, even where we are in Zone 8b in SW Georgia. We're getting ready for Christmas and still harvesting from the garden. Tonight, we're discussing some of our favorite cold-tolerant plants to grow in the garden. There are those that are cold-tolerant but can't survive a hard frost, there are those that can do both. Let's discuss and grow together! Things To Keep In Mind When Growing Cold-Tolerant Plants Know the Average Frost Date for your zone (USDA site) light frost 34-32, hard frost below 32 (water in those cells turns to ice, which expands and bursts the cell walls of the plant, plants look sad and wilted) Variables that can affect: Wind, Humidity, size of the plant, soil moisture, mulching, row covers Soil Moisture: water has high specific heat and takes more energy to freeze water, dry soil is the enemy. Size of Plant: more mature plants and those that harden off do better. Mulching can protect the plants as well row covers can make them colder tolerant and protect th