How to prepare outdoor plants for freeze warning in East Alabama

AUBURN, Ala. (WTVM) - Temperatures are expected to drop into the 30s this weekend across East Alabama, and people are preparing trees, bushes and plants for the cold.A freeze warning is in effect for the first time this fall as a cold front moves through East Alabama this weekend.Residents bring plants insideDani said watering and mulching are ways to prepare plants.

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“I would water well tonight, water well tomorrow, mulch them very well. If you’ve got container plants, maybe container plants bring them on in; I did that last night,” Dani said.Granthan said his mother’s plants are brought into the garage and covered to keep them from freezing.“My mom has a ton of plants that all have to come in in the garage and get covered so they don’t freeze.

Then we’ve got to cover bushes if it freezes,” Granthan said.Debi and Kim said plants usually do well in a garage if frost does not settle on them.“As long as the frost doesn’t settle on them they usually do okay in the garage or whatever,” Debi