[farmer ron]

It was below zero since 11 last night. So much for any kind of quality wheat now. Gonna be a lot of feed wheat. Canola bin down for a couple weeks. Should be ok. What about everyone eles?

 

[torriem]

Just barely hit zero east of Taber this morning, and that wasn't until sunrise, so it shouldn't do much damage. Sorry to hear about your heavy frost.

 

[nicemustang]

Last three nights here, 2.2, 2.5 and 2.9. So far lucky I guess. Buts its been cloudy every night.

 

[Remoth]

Yah. I was tilling late last night and when I stopped, I noticed the ground was pretty sparkly. Haha. The latest of my canola was down 2 weeks ago. Still see some standing here and there.

 

[Hillbillyreefer]

Hit -0.3C at 6:15 this morning shouldn't have hurt much.

 

[Dan Vanderwell]

-3C an hour west of Edmonton this morning.

 

[clb]

-8 was the low here, East-NE of Edmonton an hour. Canola has been down for 2 weeks, wheat probably was affected though. Oh well.....

 

[Don Boles]

It didn't freeze here until Environment Canada pulled the frost advisory...at 4:16.
Looks like Three Hills International bottomed out at -3.

 

[Fena farms]

-5 in Cleardale AB and still lots of canola standing

 

[timseed]

30 mi west of Red Deer, AB. -7C this morning with the remainder of the 4-5 in. of snow we had yesterday morning. Not alot of harvesting done in the area - most crop was standing - now a flat sloppy mess. Hope the sunny skies and higher temps come through.

 

[Fingers]

How many flights out of the Three Hills International a day? Can I get a direct flight somewhere warm? .
-4 here this am

 

[kirschenman]

Right against the AB/SK border in the south we touched 0 at around 7 this morning. Kept the clouds all night but the sun is finally out now.

 

[Don Boles]

How many flights out of the Three Hills International a day? Can I get a direct flight somewhere warm? .
-4 here this am

Yes...in a fairly small plane.

Actually, there are quite few flights, mainly touch and go as The Prairie Bible Institute has a flight school there.

Proof:
Prairie School of Mission Aviation (PSMA) - Prairie - Christian College Education (Three Hills, Alberta, Canada)

I suppose calling it an International airport might be a little overstated.

 

[briandublanko]

-8.3 and was lower then -4 since 10:00pm last night. Canola was down for 2 weeks here so should be ok wheat was desicated about a week ago so not sure there peas ok but fab a beans are a concern now. They were desiccated last Saturday so not sure how they will true out.

 

[victory]

-3 this morning. One field of standing canola at about 30% color change. Also desiccated faba beans on Saturday. See what happens.

 

[Transaxial]

An hour SE of Edmonton it was just around 0 at midnight. Recording thermometer showed a low of -2 which really means about -4 or -6. Was back above 0 by 7 am. What to do with the latest seeded standing canola now??? There is noticeable color change across the field in the last week and some seeds are changing in the lower pods. Past experience has been to let it stand for another month or 6 weeks and the green will reduce over time. Maybe not to 0 but to get it down to a # 2 would be the goal. What are your experiences out there? TIA.

 

[snapper21]

-8 here at 6 am east of Lloydminster. Kids giant sunflower looks droopy and a 1/4" of ice on the water pail.

 

[whtbaron]

No frost yet in south central Mb., but all the forecasters seem to be in agreement we're getting smoked tonite. Trying to swath the buckwheat between rains today but it's still about 20% bloom. Best I can hope for is to bury some of the green kernals in the swath. Soys are still about 15% green and I've never dealt with them frozen before. I was planning to swath them anyway because of the rocks and I don't have a flex header... just wondering how big of a nightmare that's about to become?

 

[MNfarmer85]

Soys are still about 15% green and I've never dealt with them frozen before. I was planning to swath them anyway because of the rocks and I don't have a flex header... just wondering how big of a nightmare that's about to become?

Green as in green pods, or stems, leaves, and pods? If the pods were all yellow but beans still swollen up inside might make some wrinkled beans, but if they are still green the seeds stay green and don't shrink and look like oblong peas. They will dry out with enough sun and wind but not going to be a pretty sample from those ugly things.

Only frozen beans I have dealt with were in tiny patches in fields that everything else was ripe, so far...

 

[whtbaron]

Most of the pods were turning yellow, but lots of green matter in the stalks and leaves. Got down to 0 this morning so hopefully that doesn't affect the beans too badly in the pod. Guess I'm about to find out. Will they stay standing or wilt and fall down?