Second day of hailstorms through my area and today was the worst.
Literally everything in the garden beds are toast. Corn is 100% flat, tomatoes & peppers are beat to hell and broken, etc. Even the plants that were under frost covers are trashed – the cloth is literally shredded with holes from hailstones.
I usually start seedlings early in Dec/Jan/Feb so I can target June/July for harvest while my daughter is out on her summer vacation, so re-starting w/ new seeds isn't an option at the end of April.
So yeeeeeaaahh……. This sucks and I'm annoyed. 😐
Edit (update): I truly appreciate all the suggestions from everyone.
The biggest hurdle I've got is my June/July timeframe to have stuff ready to harvest, which is based on my daughter being here those months. I'm going to check my area to see if there are any plants available on short notice that may produce in that timeframe.
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Same!!!! My peonies are done as well. All that work. Sorry friend.
Just play on hard mode
That’s awful. Some things will survive, but yeah, you got hammered.
condolences… i would have loved that precipitation in my garden in Colorado… I think my brassicas / strawberries could’ve handled it and my tomatoes arent out yet.
Don’t give up! I’m rooting for your continued perseverance!
Yeah… I’d throw in the towel too, I’d be too pissed off. Sorry about your garden.
I drove through some crazy hail on the way to work this morning. I’m so anxious to get home and see the damage to the garden.
Last year about a month into our growing season we got hit like this and it shredded everything down to stems. I was surprised by the resiliency of the plants that came back strong from just twigs! It did suck though losing that month in an already short growing season where I live.
Oh no I am so sorry! All that work destroyed 🙁
Can’t you just buy veggie starts this year instead of using your own? Sorry about the weather messing up your garden.
That’s awful and so sorry!
we’ve been in a 3 month drought. I figure 2027 will have to be better. 😂
Nooooooooo 💔 I’m so sorry. This kind of thing would make me stabby as hell. I hope you have a long season and can restart a few things
So sorry that’s rough! In the future, I had great luck with cardboard boxes thrown over them (it wasn’t really windy but I put a rock on top of them). I had very little damage that way a few years ago. Some of the plants will likely recover though so not all hope is gone.
We often get hail this time of year where I live. Things are more resilient than you think they are. Stand the corn up if you can, use bamboo stakes to prop it. Same with the tomatoes. My peppers usually come back after a shredding, although it will cost them some time to harvest.
I know it sucks, and I’m sorry it happened.
Worst care scenario, I’m wrong and you dig them up in two weeks and throw them out anyway. Best case scenario, they come back.
Maybe you could look at what edible native plants are around you, and harvest propagations so you can have some cheap alternatives throughout the season. Hopefully some of those root systems pull through
Oh nooo ☹️
Can I ask where youre located? Im over in Grow zone 7a/6b and our weathers been so unpredictable this year :/
I genuinely thought your dog destroyed a bunch of Styrofoam. Im so sorry
Aw man, Im so sorry! All of that hard work laid to waste 🙁 Do you have the option to buy baby plants from a local garden center?
if it’s just physical damage from the hail and not damage from below freezing temps, don’t give up! after you plant them, plants put a lot of energy into getting established into a spot and getting their roots out into the soil. if the roots and bottom 4 inches of the plants are still alive, they didn’t lose as much as you think. corn is probably toast, but those peppers and tomatoes can surprise you with how much they can shoot back up in such a short amount of time. especially if you’re growing any indeterminate tomatoes
I’ve been through this and it sucks so much. So sorry, my friend.
show the pics?!
Teddy Bear sunflowers to raise your spirits 60 day germinate time
Bury those broken over tomato vines to make more roots
One year a very late frost in June took out my grandmother’s garden. She tilled the garden under and decided to do something that she had never had time for… art classes. She decided to enroll in a painting course and painted that summer instead. Its a devastating loss, some plants may recover like nothing happened. But if it is a total loss, take this opportunity to do something different and plan for next year
Always wait till mothers day where im from
Can get plants that mature faster.
What state are you in?
This has happened to me a couple times and im thankful I dont have to depend on my garden for survival. I cant image how they had to cope back in the day when this happened
Find the survivors. Proliferate them. Bam you’ve just selectively bred hail-proof vegetables.
Climate change says hi. Gardening is getting harder, no doubt.
Im going to pretend that those are genuine pearls and you’ve been blessed beyond measure. 😇
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Insane hail in my area last week. It hailed for a solid 15 minutes. I don’t have much in the ground yet, but my rhubarb is just thrashed. I hope it rebounds.
You’re further ahead than the folks who still haven’t had their last hailstorm.
Cheers from zone 3. We’re still three weeks away from planting tomatoes.
Cross creek nursery has a lot of pepper and tomato varieties and they ship! You have to order in increments of six, but that was not difficult for me! I ordered 24 pepper and tomato plants and only one tomato plant didn’t survive shipping – they sent me out a replacement! I’ve ordered from them twice and had a great experience both times!
[Cross Creek Nursery](https://www.chileplants.com/)
We can’t put stuff out until mid June. 8inches of snow last Saturday. It’s life here in zone 5a