This Old Timer Trick Keeps Your Plants from Getting Frostbite!

Have you ever wondered if there is a way to find out when the frost is over for the year? There is and I am fixing to explain how but first let’s dig into what frost is!

Frost is water vapor or water in a gas form that becomes solid. Frost forms when an outside surface cools down past the dew point. The dew point is the point where the air gets so cold that the water vapor in the atmosphere turns into liquid. The liquid then freezes and if it gets cold enough will produce little pieces of ice. Which then creates frost.

Frost normally occurs during the night on plants especially flowering plants! Areas with a lot of fog often have heavier frosts making the mountains a prime spot for frost!

Frost can occur when the temperature falls below 36 degrees Fahrenheit. It is common throughout the rural areas like the Appalachian Mountains as our temperatures most of the year are fluctuating.

Oldtimers here in the Appalachian Mountains say that the frost is over for the year if the mountain foliage is green to the top. From personal experience, this is true and when the mountain reaches green to the top the frost is over. Our mountains here in North Georgia are getting closer but they just haven’t got there yet as the Dogwood trees are just now beginning to bloom on top of the mountain, but it certainly will not be too long before frost is officially over!