Here in Florida, there have been two major cold snaps so far and another one is hitching a ride on an Alberta Clipper (In the mid-1990s, Former Minnesota Vikings head coach Dennis Green erroneously referred to an Alberta Clipper as a "Calcutta Clipper" when talking about weather patterns blah, blah, blah) and should arive full force tonight. Plant death starts occuring at the well advertised temperature of 28 degrees F. (conversion http://www.albireo.ch/temperatureconverter/) The temperature has to stay at or below this level for several hours for plant tissue death to occur. There is also death that occurs from frost (ice crystals ripping the plant cell tissue apart) which can blanket your plants at a warmer temperature. OK, enough background.
I am already bored with this post, it is getting too complicated. Short version. I have tropical and sub-tropical dead plants. Luckily for me, fire will take them away nicely.
My plants did not bare the burden of this freeze...because they were already dead from my black thumb and lack of love.
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