At what night low temp do I need to be concerned?
stickstring ( Sonoma County, CA 9B)
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What would the temp be at night or How fast do you loss the heat?
Comments (8)There's been a lot of discussion on several threads on the topic of thermal mass, some of it very technical, some personal experiences. I'm going to leave it to the pros to go into it further here, if they so desire. Some people wish to try to keep a GH above freezing without auxiliary heat, I'm just looking to a) minimize my reliance on auxiliary heat and b) in the event of a power loss, give me a little extra time to get the backup going. It certainly didn't cost anything, though the dog misses having all those plastic bottles and jugs to chew up (I certainly don't mind not having to clean up the pieces from the floor!); the only other tension was when I needed the same type of containers for wintersowing ... but my kids gladly increased milk, juice and soda consumption to keep up with my needs. Besides, since I don't have a water line run out there yet, it's real handy for watering :-) I'm a pretty laid back gardener, hads, I love to experiment and don't mind pushing the boundaries a little sometimes, just for fun ... that's the whole point of this hobby ... if something works, good; if it doesn't, or one doesn't like it, then one doesn't do it. Easy. (But now there's a thought ... get a second, identical greenhouse to run as a control without the water next year.) Di...See MoreWhen/How low the temp should I bring my Cacti and Succulent in?
Comments (20)Im in zone 9 southern california (in a valley of hell named Perris) so alot of things can stay out during winter :D But there is, of coarse, those that need cold protection such as Kalanchoe, pachypodium, and Asclepiads. As of now, we are still having 90�s during the day, and around 60�-70� at night. Last year was really the first year i got into succulents, and i started to bring thing into my green house in mid october, and that is finally when temps start to get 40�-50� at night here. The average winter temps here are around 40� at night, but sometimes it can dip to 26�. We even had snow in 2007, and that is when i almost lost one of my beloved aloes D: Id say, bring them inside the green house is good for you right now, just to be on the safe side, as the temps are reaching 50 and lower. I really wish i could start having a cool down here......See MoreLow temps last night==)accelerated browning
Comments (8)STEVE--you had me ROFL. "Mow and blow boys"--PERFECT! That must be why they've been removing trees and chopping huge limbs off trees all over the place in the past 2 weeks. It will easier for the ignorant little rodents to just push a lawnmower straight, over grass, than G-d forbid have to veer to go around a tree. The other week, one of them was using a leaf blower to blow huge clouds of dust and particulate matter straight up into the air. What a great way to spread hanta virus from mouse droppings and create a respiratory hazard for asthma patients in the complex. Wish they'd all just go back to wherever they came from. The hostas and squirrels have a higher I.Q. than they do. Basic concepts such as "Don't trample my plants/fences/plant markers" seem to elude them. Their absolute ignorance about plants is glaringly obvious. In this, they remind me of The Cretin, AKA the co-op manager. Dang, this is a regular phyto-Peyton Place here! Someone could have a long-running TV series: "The Day the Hosta Died" "A Tree Doesn't Grow in Flushing" "Did You Seed What I Seed?" "Gunfight in the not-OK Laundry Room" "Dangerous Adirondack Fencing Liaisons" "Heuchie-Coochie Coo" (A Baby Heuchie Grows Up) "I Spirea" "With Clean Hands and a Pure Heart" "Stomp the Yard (if yer an igno 'landscape worker')" "Breaking Away (the leaves on my plants)" "For Whom the Coral Bells Toll" "The Good Earth" (schlepped home from Home Depot) "A Hard Day's Night" (I work through the night to add the 18" extension to my garden so the maintenance guys won't rat me out) "I Remember Trauma" "Spray Misty for Me" Have I forgotten any episodes? Help me out here!...See MoreTomatoes doing fine with night temps 46-47
Comments (9)Mine have been in the ground for about ten days in zone 6, Kentucky. I knew I was pushing it, but I wanted to get a head start on a great tasting tomato, so I took the gamble...especially since I have back-up plants waiting on the porch. A few nights have since dipped down into thirties here, but the plants have done just fine so far. I have a couple dozen planted in slightly raised beds, about 4 or 5 inches above the ground line, and I hardened them all off before planting, bringing them in only when it dipped into the thirties. Most all were started from seed. Can't find the ones I wanted to grow locally. No problems at all so far, and most varieties (Brandywine Sudduth's, Tim's Black Ruffles, Ananas Noir, Mariana's Peace, and Japanese Black Trifele) are coming on strong now even with steady night temps in the forties. Kellogg's Breakfast, however, is still pretty whimpy compared to the others. Only once, when they issued a frost advisory, did I cover them with a sheet. That was fun. (Not!) Basically, I'm starting to think tomatoes are a lot tougher than I used to give them credit for. But we'll see come harvest. :)...See Morestickstring ( Sonoma County, CA 9B)
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