What is too cold for bedding plants
By Phil1956
North Humberside,
United Kingdom 
I bought some bedding plants 2 weeks ago and put them in wall baskets, I take them in on a night,and hang then on the fence during the day, but have noticed the weather forecast is for 6 degrees min overnight for the next few nights, is it only frost I need to avoid,is 6 degrees too cold,? they are growing realy well and have more than doubled in size in 2 weeks.Is there a min temp that will be safe?
24 Apr, 2009
Answers
a good basic rule of thumb is to keep them from freezing
25 Apr, 2009
Bedding plants should not be planted out untill May, and even then we could get a frost, if they are hardy such as sweet peas they will be ok to plant now, busy lizzies are tender and will suffer.
25 Apr, 2009
well i was just using a basic rule of thumb perdit but your ofcourse right
26 Apr, 2009
Hi, well of course it all depends on the plants,
but if you are in any doubt bring them in for a sort while longer, until they are prperly hardened up.
\we still keep our bedding in poly tunnels over night at the garden centre i work in
:-)
24 Apr, 2009