Hi, all.
I purchased a dozen petunia baskets from Home Depot two days ago and replanted them in my flower boxes. This morning, I woke up to find them covered in 1/2" of snow!!! It was totally unexpected, so I hadn't covered them in plastic or anything. I brushed them off and drizzled luke warm water on them until the snow was completely gone, but the temperature is still just 34 degrees and not expected to get much over 50 degrees today. The sun hasn't come up yet but the sky is clear, so they should receive some good warm sunlight today. [I'm at 6,400 ft. elevation at Lake Tahoe, so we get a lot of intense sunlight here.]
What should I do? Is it too late to bag 'em with clear plastic trash bags? Or, should I let 'em soak up as much sun as possible without bagging? Should I bag 'em this evening? [It's expected to warm up to 60 degrees by tomorrow.] Should I continue to drizzle lukewarm water on them? Other ideas?
Any help is appreciated.
I purchased a dozen petunia baskets from Home Depot two days ago and replanted them in my flower boxes. This morning, I woke up to find them covered in 1/2" of snow!!! It was totally unexpected, so I hadn't covered them in plastic or anything. I brushed them off and drizzled luke warm water on them until the snow was completely gone, but the temperature is still just 34 degrees and not expected to get much over 50 degrees today. The sun hasn't come up yet but the sky is clear, so they should receive some good warm sunlight today. [I'm at 6,400 ft. elevation at Lake Tahoe, so we get a lot of intense sunlight here.]
What should I do? Is it too late to bag 'em with clear plastic trash bags? Or, should I let 'em soak up as much sun as possible without bagging? Should I bag 'em this evening? [It's expected to warm up to 60 degrees by tomorrow.] Should I continue to drizzle lukewarm water on them? Other ideas?
Any help is appreciated.