Overnight low predicted 40 degrees-What should I cover?
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Temps low 80's - Plummeting to 30's overnight
Comments (21)I presume you mean floridagardenER.com Calling a place "north" or "south" doesn't really tell me anything about what will grow there or the climate. Sorry. Especially when I have to reference a website that explains it. I lived in florida for a very long time and never understood it when I lived there either. If you want to know more specifically about the areas I lived in, does this tell you? South Florida Space Coast Treasure Coast First Coast Nature Coast Gold Coast Central Florida Bay Area Southwest Florida all names created by the media. Can you figure out where I was or what I was growing??!! I think the reason this all pisses me off so much is because when I was living in "the treasure coast" and two hurricanes hit 2 weeks apart, the territory was claimed by both the south florida stations and the central florida stations. It was just to the south of Vero Beach (see how that example all comes into the picture now!?) and after the storm there was little mention of the aftermath in my area on the south florida stations nor was there on the central florida stations. It was ground zero for both hurricanes, most local piss ant radio stations were off the air so anyone in the community was basically alone in the dark with no information. So it makes me mad when the media creates bogus community names to make viewers feel like they are all apart of it and to keep potential new stations from getting licensed when in fact they are only servicing a rather small geographic area that cannot be described by ambiguous terms like north/central/south/east/west. Central Florida = Orlando. PERIOD. Tampa Bay = Hillsborough and Pinellas. ONLY. South florida = Miami, Fort Lauderdale and under certain circumstances, palm beach county. North Florida = Jacksonville. THAT's IT. Southwest Florida = Fort Myers. AND ONLY Fort Myers. West Florida = Pensacola. This is really what the media means when they say they "have ___insert bogus market name here___ covered". The people of florida have been brainwashed into used these bogus community names in their business names and other parts of everyday life. People on internet chats and forums use it because it's anonymous. No need to be anonymous here guys....See MoreThese roses came from Texas and are in bloom. Low of 28 overnight
Comments (13)The last frost date is early June. That's when the tomatoes, petunias, and other truly tender plants go out. For something like leafed out roses, the critical temperature is about 28. The usual date for planting out growing, hardy plants, is early May. So if you hold them for a week, hardening them off, and moving them to shelter if it gets too cold, then the long-term forecast should get you there. BTW, these aren't average dates, but 90% dates. If you use average dates, you get whacked half the time:-) Those are useful for farmers who have the potential of getting a premium for early crops. For a home gardener planting for the long term, there is little reward for going early and winning, so the usual thinking is to go conservative....See MoreIs 40 degrees at night too cold to plant?
Comments (3)It's funny that no matter how many years you garden, and even if you've lost crops in the past, it is very hard to resist the urge to plant out early, especially when the weather looks good. I have successfully planted early, due to lucky weather, then put plants in later and by the end of season, they all seemed to yield the same anyway, so why risk it?...See MoreAck, low of 43 degrees on Sunday
Comments (11)Ah, well, joe-il, summer's overrated anyway... all that heat and humidity and mosquitoes LOL It's feeling more like early October here, too. I've still got lots of greenies out there but I think we'll be OK. If you just have a few nights of light frost before it warms up again, just toss some old sheets over your plants at night. Who knows, with this weird wacky weather, we may be having heat stroke in November!!!...See Morefruitnut Z7 4500ft SW TX
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