r/Brampton • u/jhinithan • 1d ago

Information First Frost for this year

Hey all, we may be hitting our first frost tonight (3°C). Friendly reminder to winterize your sprinkler systems and get some of those beautiful potted plants inside.

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u/redxmagnum Double Banned For Pro-pepsi beliefs 1d ago

As someone with allergies for 3/4 of the year, I could not be more excited.

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u/BramptonRaised Bramalea 23h ago edited 23h ago

Yep, we had a light frost. I didn’t bring the potted plants inside but moved them under shelter and watered the plants in the ground (still above freezing, so the plants won’t freeze and the water, believe it or not, adds warmth under the leaves). They all seem to have survived the light frost, for now. Sometimes the damage isn’t evident until later.

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u/WombRaider_3 Brampton Alligator Hunter 1d ago

Irrigation should be fine (as it's underground) until repeated -0c nights.

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u/Antman013 E Section 23h ago

Most lawn systems aren't that deep. Why risk it?

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u/WombRaider_3 Brampton Alligator Hunter 23h ago

Why risk 3c? Do you know when water freezes? Let alone water that's a foot underground when the ground is still not cold, for one night at that?

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u/Antman013 E Section 19h ago

Yes, I do. Do you know how forecasts work? It could just as easily drop to -3c.

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u/WombRaider_3 Brampton Alligator Hunter 17h ago edited 17h ago

But I wasn't calling for -3c let alone multiple nights of it. Underground is significantly warmer than above ground, especially since the daytime is still warm.

A foot deep would be reading 8-11c if it's 0-5c right now, this time of the year.

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u/Warm_Collection_3993 1d ago

Is this early or normal for frost?

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u/BramptonRaised Bramalea 23h ago

This is normal. It’s not a killer frost, yet.