Predicting frost tonight, in parts of my state.

I have some Solenostemon, Strobolanthes, Heimea, Fuchsia, Passiflora and several varieties of Impatiens (I am sure there are some that I have forgotten) that I am going to grow indoors during the winter. Hopefully I'll be able to get cuttings off of them to save some money next year. Then there is the large variegated jasmine plant that I bought for a client who said they wanted it. Then they said it was too much trouble to take care of because they had to keep it in a pot and bring it inside. So they basically lied to me to get me to spend my money on something I do not want.

Brrr. I don't have any plants - indoor or outdoor ones - since I seem to kill them. I was surprised when I went outside this morning to walk my little doggie that it was cold. It's been so unseasonably warm here in Ohio, that having what, I guess, is normal for this time of year surprised me. I heard from a friend in Montana...and they had their first snow about a week ago. Way too early, even for there. Wonder what the winter will bring this year...

They've been predicting frost in my state too, for the last few nights. Thankfully we haven't gotten any in the southern part of the state, where I live.

The only thing that is left out on the patio now are the hardy plants,the ferns etc,things that will withstand a frost.Here in the Uk we have had touches of ground frost,but nothing too cold as yet,I would imagine that Scotland hes been far colder than the midlands where we are.Our allotment is now all turned over for the winter,and we have a load of manure to spread on the surface to feed the soil.I read an interesting article in the sunday magazine last week,a woman was doing her own compost,and they saved all of the household scraps and peelings etc,then every day they turned it over in the galvanised bucket and that lets the bacteria grow,but now and again they were adding urine to the compost,now much as I like compost lol there is no way that any urine would be added to mine.I know that the farmyard manure has both urine and excretia lol but to add your own urine seems a little close to home to my mind.Well anyway this `compost` was developing a following,flies and insects were gathering in their droves around the bucket,and this lady seemed to think that it was no good thing,but that was because she was keeping it outside of her back door,the magazine article writer recommended that she keep the bucket at the bottom of the garden,well away from the house,which I would have thought was good common sense in the first place.By the way Gerty lol if you ned a `bug hunter`to slay the snails and shoot the slugs then look no further,our grandaughter is an expert bug hunter,she gets a Tupperware container and puts some tissue into the bottom and then gaily goes about her hunting lol she is so happy when the container is brimming with bugs desperate for fresh air !

I know just what you mean, we had Frost last week and really had to hop to it to get everything undercover. Good Luck

We do not gave any houseplants into the home at any time We have a sideyard that I call The Garden of Eden ...a gazebo,running water and a shed that looks like a little cottage Surrounding all these things are flowers and flowers My wife coover and sees they are protected thought the winter I have no idea about flowers but next spring they spring to life Good Luck Have a Great day

My house plants only go outside for the day when it's warm and I feel like hauling them out to the deck. So I have no worries about them and frost. I have just a few that I set outside during the year and just during the daylight hours. The main one that loves the heat and humidity is my fig tree which is about 4 feet tall. So it is heavy and I do not take it out too often. The others are ivies with long branches wrapped around a lot and a hassle to unwrap then wrap them back after bringing them back in. Whew! HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

I have the following to get in soon (we don't have frost tonight and unless I have a heavy or deep frost, I'm going to keep on going, but these aren't houseplants): On my porch are peas (pods are only half full), greens, and carrots (really tiny carrrots). I've been using the above as they mature and I need them. It's kind of neat. Go out on the porch and pick lettuce for a sandwich for lunch or some carrots for supper. No matter what, I can have a few fresh veggies a week. Love it, just love it. What does an airplane plant look like? Never heard of one. Rubber trees, where do you live? We grow little jade plants, but rubber trees? That must be something. Take care.

Hi GardenGerty oh my sort of wish we were its another miserably' hot day in sunny southern California around ninty outside, got fans going full tilt. am so tired of hot dry skin parching days wou ld welcome a bit of cooler air for a change.

I have had all my plants in for a few weeks now. Our frost came in mid september. *sigh* the downfalls of living farther north. What is an airplane plant?

I have a feeling I am reading this much later than when you first wrote this. I only had one plant that needed brought in and it is a little orange tree. I brought that in once the temperatures started hitting 40 degrees. It is now in my house, I live in Illinois so growing an orange tree will be a challenge, but my next door neighbor has one that is bearing fruit, so that has given me some faith that I can grow this little tree.

i don't fool w/houseplants much. my aunt told me years ago i had a brown thumb instead of a green one. lol. i received a rubber tree when my mother passed away in jan. i have managed to keep it alive. it's not cold here yet so don't have to worry about bringing anything in yet.i do have the rubber plant sitting on the carport.

We picked some tomatoes tonight. My husband said that by Friday night the night temps will be about 49. So it won't be long before we will have frost here. He wants to make sure we know exactly when so he can pick all the green ones since these are smaller tomatoes that he loves to take to work with him to eat with his sandwiches.

I don't have house plants, but we got the same warning so I went out and cut my spearmint this morning, and have it hanging in bunches around my kitchen. Side benefit = Smells great!

that is pretty cold, we don't have frost yet here in montreal, it is not really too too cold yet.

I think we will also be having frost tonight. I have just been out in the back yard and there isn't a cloud in the sky and it is freezing out. I only had two house plants out this year as our weather has been very wet and cold all through the year so I took the plants in last month. They are very large cactus plants but they won't flower if the frost gets at them.

I thinned back the cuttings on my ivys. I am watching the weather but it was 75 here today. I wont be bringing them in yet. I have an extra bathtub for them to go in just during the freezes. I hope it will be cooler then this because I am running the air conditioner.

I live in Missouri and we've had some pretty cool nights but I don't think we've had frost yet. [b]~~IN SEARCH OF PEACE WITHIN~~ **AGAINST THE STORMS, I WILL STAND STRONG** [/b]

I very seldom have to bring my plants indoors. If it is going to get cold at night and we are told to protect tender vegetation we usually just have to water them plants and get a sheet and cover them up. It has been a couple or three years since I have had to bring them inside the house.

I have the opposite situation. I have to put the plants OUT, now that is many have cooled down enough so that they can survive out there. It is unlikely that our Arizona winter, at least down here in the flatlands, will get cold enough so that we should have to bring our plants in. I put cucumbers, peppers, and okra out this week, and plant to move some Anasazi and other beans out tomorrow!Here is one of my pepper plants below: