frost damage
Ice crystal harm
Frost damage is injury to plants caused by freezing temperatures.
Ice crystals form in plant tissues, rupturing cell walls and leaving leaves blackened, wilted, or mushy: The tomatoes suffered frost damage overnight.
The term also applies to concrete, masonry, or pipes cracked by freezing water expansion.
- winterkillDeath from cold exposure
- blightPlant disease causing decay
- spallingSurface material fragmenting off
- crackingBreaking without separating completely
- thermal expansionVolume increase from warming
freeze-thaw cycles · ice crystals · cold snap · spring freeze · drought · harsh winters · wind machines · crop failure · blackened · hardiness zones · nipped · thermal barriers · shriveled · tender plants · fungal infections · frostbite · nutrient deficiency · protection
- weather effectsflooding, puddles, mud, wet grass, dew
- plant problemsroot rot, iron deficiency, calcium deficiency, wilting, yellow leaves
- plant hardinesshardiness zones, cold hardiness, cold-hardy, hardy plants, growing zone
- plant stressheat stress, wilting, leaf scorch, chlorosis, leaf burn
- Deteriorationdecay, rot, degradation, deterioration, corrosion
- farm hazardsdrought, flood, hail, crop disease, insects