Cold Weather Preparedness

St Lucie County is not immune to occasional cold weather.  Please remember to use common sense and bring your pets indoors. 

St. Lucie County Extension Service offers programs and information on:

• Florida Automated Weather Network (FAWN)
• National Weather Forecast Service, Melbourne
• Cold Protection and Chilling Damage

  Topics

  • Cold Protection and Chilling Damage for Nursery Production
  • Cold Protection and Chilling Damage of Landscape Plants
  • Cold Protection and Chilling Damage for Turfgrass
  • Cold Protection and Chilling Damage in Citrus Production
  • Irrigation for Cold Protection

  Publications

  • Cold Protection of Foliage Plants in Shadehouses and Greenhouses
  • Protecting Blueberries from Freezes in Florida
  • Row Covers for Commercial Vegetable Culture in Florida
  • Cold Damage on Palms
  • Protecting Ornamental Plants from the Cold
  • Treating cold damaged plants  (pdf)
  • Treating Cold damaged palms (pdf)