Protecting New Lawn from Low Temps
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Comments (6)I don't know where to get it but there is a very coarse fabric I've seen used. It's like burlap for giants. Each strand of fibers is loosely twisted and about the thickness of a finger. It keeps the seed in place by breaking the fall of raindrops. Next time you seed, I would not use any topdressing at all. Covering it keeps the sunlight from hitting both the seeds and the seedlings until they get strong enough to push the topdressing out of the way. Some of the seed will not make it through the topdressing. The effect is to reduce the germination percentage. If you used fescue seed, it doesn't spread like something like bermuda, St Augustine, and Kentucky Bluegrass. The seeding method used by the pros is to roll the seed down after it's scattered. That presses the seed into the soil so the soil helps keep the seed surface moist. Rolling the seed down doesn't help you with rainfall, but the same mesh could be used if rain actually comes in. Does your area get hard rain? There are parts of SoCal that only get mist 90% of the time that it actually does rain....See MoreAny temp lows?
Comments (52)Brandon our posts must have been at around the same time, I just read your question of me sorta confusing the issues. The point of bringing the glacier trees was just me wondering that if nobody was polluting the air causing the warming effect all those years ago, that the warming could possibly be something that has nothing to do with human related climate change.Because this has happened before when people weren't enhabiting earth. It was not my original question because you did answer that. I got caught up in all the debating and went from my original question to thinking about the warming being our fault or gonna happen anyway.Toronado brought up that it's possibly human related and that's where my topic switched. Not anything against Toronado, but him stating that got me wondering if we're the cause why has this mummy tree thing happened before we were on earth? There is alot of science put into the human pollution, man caused, warming theory, and I even sorta think it's true but if that's true, why was there climate change before humans?I got fossil and mummyfied mixed up. I hope I've explained my leading off in another direction good enough.And the zone maps (as far as I thought) were very rigidly based on a zones lowest temp being the coldest each plant will survive.In other words I buy a Bur oak which is (guessing) zone 3 -8. I based on that map can be sure that tree is hardy to what zone 3 is on the chart, being -30 or whatever zone 3 is. That is what I,ve always thought. Well, according to that map the Live oak Q.Virginiana should not have died because last year our lowest temp was 12F and if the tree was labeled zone 7 that is 10 - 0 F if I'm not misstaken. (Even though My tree was labeled zone 6, but was from a Florida store).By the way that's something else about the hybrid tree thing.They must have been an extremist.It would be like saying that a mutt is a satanists dog.Sorry this is so long....See MoreHow can I protect my outdoor orchids from near freezing temps???
Comments (11)I don't know, but I hope the best for them. I had my phal orchids out of their pots for like a week letting them air and stretch their roots, misting them daily. Today I trimmed the brown off the roots and put them in pots. The one I got for ten bucks had time to show which roots were keepers and it was left with a few. So I have a leaf or two that is weak, and had some roots that looked plump but were broken and simply must of had the wrong fertilizer applied by the florist. I got a chance to see which roots the orchid seemed to be using. Mine might die. Anyway the black you have on your leaves might be from way too much moisture, but I am not familiar with the type you have growing. Epiphyites, forgive the spelling, seem easy and can live outa their pots for a few days in my area, indoors. Of course now these phals are my little faves and if they die I'll be crushed, but it will be partially my fault. Can you bring yours indoors and just dote on learning about them? Maybe that would help? What are yours growing in? A lot of my phalenopsis roots had to go, several hours ago....See MoreHow low in temps can new rose growths withstand?
Comments (8)Well, I have been covering up my new bands from Heirloom (Benjamin Britten and The Shepherdess) with clay pots for about a week now. Hopefully this will be the last night I'll need to perform that chore. I decided to plant them right in the ground when I got them but maybe I should have potted up instead (though they both seem ok at the moment - BB does actually appear to be growing). I have one more band (CP Margareta) scheduled to arrive tomorrow with a forecast looking better from here. Karen, hope your roses fared well....See MoreRoger505
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