I know that the old timers here in Central TX have been saying “Don’t plant yet as the unexpected Easter Freeze is imminent”
Once this cold passes everything should be okay. Right?
It is never, ever a good idea to trust the weather here in March and early April to put vulnerable plants in the ground, unless you’re in a city where it is not as cold. It will likely not freeze here, but it will get close-it has been freezing earlier in the Fall and later in the Spring out here for the last 8-9 years...
I’m in NW Houston. If I lose my tomato plants that are already 2’ tall and filled with blooms, along with everything else that’s come up, I won’t be putting in another garden. I’ve had old timers tell me to never plant before Good Friday. I guess they’re right. But, in Texas if you don’t get started pretty early everything burns up the first of July.