Frozen and Frost Damaged Plants

How To Handle Frozen or Frost Damaged Plants

During the cold winter months our plants can take a beating!

Plants that are evergreen, or semi-evergreen can really get damaged, but the good news is that most of the time, the plants are able to be saved.

When you're dealing with frost-damaged plants here what's best to do:

1. Initially nothing

2. Leave the dead material there because it will help protect the plant if another freeze comes along and also from sunburn

3. Wait until the warm weather is here to stay and then see where any new growth is starting to emerge

4. When you can see new growth, and all chance of frost is gone, then you can prune off the dead material

5. Water only enough to keep the damaged plants alive, since they have lost so much foliage, their water requirements will be reduced

6. Wait to fertilize until the plant has put on nice, new growth and is well recovered

If you follow the above, your plants will come back just fine. Next year, if you get those really low temperatues again, you may want to try covering them, or if they are in containers, move them indoors during really cold nights.


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