{"id":2595,"date":"2019-11-07T00:02:03","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T08:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/pal-question-376\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T14:48:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T21:48:38","slug":"frost-and-bulb-foliage","status":"publish","type":"pal","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/frost-and-bulb-foliage\/","title":{"rendered":"frost and bulb foliage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Do the many bulbs that are rising up to 8&#8243; out of the ground need to be covered since the forecast has temperatures down to 17 degrees F these next few mornings?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The bulb foliage should be fine as it is. Any flowers, on the other hand will probably turn to mush. If you&#8217;re feeling protective or nervous you may want to cover up the foliage with burlap, cloth rags, sheets, etc. Once the clouds come back you can remove the protection.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an article on predicting frost from <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.lib.msu.edu\/tic\/mitgc\/article\/2000151.pdf\">Michigan State University<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do the many bulbs that are rising up to 8&#8243; out of the ground need to be covered since the forecast has temperatures down to 17 degrees F these next few mornings? &nbsp; The bulb foliage should be fine as it is. Any flowers, on the other hand will probably turn to mush. If you&#8217;re feeling protective or nervous you may want to cover up the foliage with burlap, cloth rags, sheets, etc. Once the clouds come back you can&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/frost-and-bulb-foliage\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">frost and bulb foliage<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[47,68,69],"class_list":["post-2595","pal","type-pal","status-publish","hentry","keyword-bulbs","keyword-cold-protection-of-plants","keyword-frost"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal\/2595"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pal"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=2595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}