R we going to get another frost this year. Avg, last date is March 30 over the last 5 years. for frost. here in Atlanta. I believe I will wait till TAX day this year. before planting outside. Any other dates you Fellow Gardeners have.

I've already planted out all my stuff. I don't think we'll get another frost, though I could be wrong. Besides, if we do it'll be a light one, so I can just pull a plastic sheet over the plants to protect them if necessary.

Brennewoman, you are a brave woman. I won't put out my tomatoes for another 6 weeks. and then I'll still pay attention to frost warnings. I used to work in a garden center in SC PA and we told customers May 15 was the average last frost date. spinach, peas and lettuce are planted out so far.

I grow all my stuff in tires (no they don't leach...these are airplane and semi-truck tires which are made from natural rubber, not petroleum, and they are whole and undamaged.) which makes it easy to get stuff out early. I have woken up to unexpected frosts before to find my peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, and melons doing just fine, since the heat of the tires kept them warm over the night, even without a cover. With a cover and some jugs of water, they've survived weather in the teens.

GB, I'm waiting. We often get a heavy snow in March. I don't think we'll get one this year but probably frosts. It's real tempting but I'll only put the cold hardy stuff out. I'm waiting until the 10th of May to put my tomatoes out.

Frost? (heh heh)

Aw, Jenn, shame on you for making fun of people who still have to worry about jackets & cold seedlings! Have pity!!
I'm using March 31st (similar to GB's) as my last frost date; I took the middle of three I found listed in different area almanacs. I do, however, already have some of the cold-hardy plants out - peas, lettuce, radishes... and, despite about 4 frosts, they seem to be thriving.
Brennewoman - you have a really neat system - plus, good insight for heading off potential objections to your creative tire-use! Might I inquire, where do you get all of these pure rubber, plant friendly devices?

I'm quite anxious to get all the seeds & plants in the ground... holding out, though. Don't want to kill them!

Hey Georgia Boy

An old timer up the road told me there would be a frost here on the 4th of April. I always try to respect my elders!

My Dad was an east Texas farm boy and He always believed in waiting until the pecan trees budded before setting out tomatoe plants.

And a nice older lady told me this past Sunday, that she always waited until after Good Friday before setting out tomatoes.

Our avg last frost date here is March 10th and lots of folks still wait.

I like to plant a few tomatoes and peppers plants into individual pots, hoping to get the new growing season off to a good start.

It's soooooooo tempting to plant right now, last week and this week we've been getting temps in the upper 70's and mid 80's!

I'm making daily checks on my pecan trees!

Robin

I'm three hours north of you in Asheville but at a higher elavation. The 50% last frost date here is May 15. I have out, or wintered over, all the hardy cole and lettuces crops. Peas are in. I won't plant out tomatoes, peppers, eggplant until teh middle of May eariest. The soil just is not warn enough for them to thrive. I won't even start my tomatoe seeds until this weekend. Beans and squarsh will direct seed in mid May through mid june. On teh tomatoes, etc.,I will plant out a few each weekend starting in mid-may so that some of each variety is safe from late frosts. We were at 18 Mon. night, a record low here.

GB, being new to atlanta, i will follow your advice! i have read that april 15 was the "historical" last frost date, so i'm counting my days until then just to be safe.

It sounds like the tires absorbing heat and then releasing it creates a little micro-climate. neat.

I would'nt put warm loving crops out until April 15. These past mornings were really cold. It really annoyed me,because I don't use my heat!!! There was a light frost on our car on Tuesday.Brrrrrrrrr

Well, truck tires and airplane tires are made from natural rubber...since it holds up better. So I go to tire recapping centers and get their worn but not damaged tires for free, since they have to pay to have them shredded and/or burned, and they are so happy to get rid of them for free, they even deliver and stack them for me... Better for the environment not to have them burned and shredded, too... Car tires I don't bother with...since most of them can be shredded into playground equipment and are too small for me to use effectively. I can get three tomato plants or two tomatoes and a pepper or eggplant in each semi tire. The airplane tires I got from the same tire place when he won a contract to redo the tires on a peice of large equipment.

Do you really live in the City and have all your plants on the balcony? I live in PowderSPrings 20 miles west/n/w of Atlanta near Hiram Paulding county. I love reading the signature lines and Balcony tell me more. or you just joshing me.

We're over in Athens, east of you. We set our tomatoes into the garden the Fri or Sat before Easter every year. Have them growing in 6" pots before then, to speed things up a bit. Cool weather crops already going and growing. Wait a bit to set out eggplant and peppers, watermelons & cantaloupes; all beans, cukes can go into ground day before Easter or after. Okra likes to wait until ground is warm.
Last frost date is supposed to be March 30 here, as you said.