Vent: my eggplant seedlings all died after that freak cold night last Tuesday

I had 12 starter pots going on my back porch in Austin, and the temperature dropped to 38 degrees overnight. Didn't think to bring them inside because the forecast said 45. Now I'm back to square one and the growing season is already short enough. Anyone else lose plants to a random cold snap this spring?

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kai_knight15h ago

My neighbor had her tomato plants out that same night. She covered them with old bedsheets, but the wind blew them off around midnight. Woke up to 20 little frozen plants, all slumped over like they gave up. She's been gardening for 30 years and said that was the first time she lost that many at once. Sometimes you just can't trust a Texas spring forecast, no matter how sure they sound.

troy_adams4h ago

Sometimes you just can't trust a Texas spring forecast" is kind of a given though, right? I mean, it's Texas in March, covering seedlings with bedsheets is usually enough unless a freak gust hits.