I have flowers on my first pea! I used the open bottle trick to give the sprouts and roots some protection, it seems to have worked well, it is thriving!
We will probably stop getting these cold snaps after about the 20th of May. I'm getting the same cool downs here that you are. I plant beans when it starts feeling a bit summery outside.
"Summery"? We have had 80-85 for most of the past 2 months!
but the weather this year is crazy I probably should have assumed that and waited, but everything seems fine anyway. Nothing (not even the melons) has died, or even winthered!
I should have said consistantly. Not 80 for a day or two then down in the 40's to 50's for daytime highs. 80's to 70's for highs. 65 for the worst high after a 80 day degree or so. It's the Jet Stream gone crazy.
Our last frost date was a week or so and there's already a frost warning for tonight. That makes three in the last week.
I've only noticed bean transplants at one garden center a few years ago that was on the way to the hospital when my grandma was ill. Looked very sad indeed.I saw some bean plants today at a local garden center, in transplant pots. 4 seedlings in one single, which is both odd and counterfeit really, since they are all in a cluster and are bush beans. Saddest looking plants there, along with the basils. Not dead, but on life support because the nights are very near freezing still. Too bad, first day the center is open and lots already looks wrecked.
Ironically I grew a variety called Early Frost(y) one year and they were the only ones that the frost and cold seemed to negatively affect. Ended up losing half the bed while the variety in the next bed was unscathed. I mulch with shredded leaves and if they're just popping up, I add a few more leaves to insulate them a bit. After they're larger, I usually use a row cover.
