Did I do right to protect against tonight & tomorrow's22 degree temps?
Esther-B, Zone 7a
8 years ago
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zkathy z7a NC
8 years agoEsther-B, Zone 7a
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Knockout rose blooms 1/1/2010 in 30 degree temps
Comments (8)Not a big deal really. All the visible roses in town here, at the parks, in front of the court house, at the bank are all Knockouts and all blooming profusely. The temps the last several days have been in the teens at night and only in the thirties during the day. To have this sort of wintry blast here in southeast Georgia is very unusual, but evidently Mother Nature hasn't told the Knockouts yet. Any day now, I expect my Oldblush to burst into bloom, as it does every year at about this time....See MoreForecast for tonights low is 36 degrees
Comments (16)36 degrees sounds lovely right now. Our heat index is 97, down from 110 last week. South Florida is a lousy place to live. I'm a native, so I've seen the changes for the worse over the years. It is dirty, crowded, hot, humid, insect-infested, expensive and the storms are enough to make you want to just give up.... People are stressed, tired, crazy and nearly everyone has a cell phone embedded in their head.. Traffic is HORRIBLE! Day to day living is a trial-just trying to get to work safely is a challenge. We are *still* trying to fix/replace what last year's hurricanes destroyed. And we were lucky compared to many. My house is closed up now, dark and cool, since Katrina threatened. The Heck with it, I'm leaving the steel panels up!! We are probably going to get slammed again.. We are losing all our big pine trees. All were injured by the storms, now beetles are killing them faster than we can take them out. I have over 100 mature pines that will need to be dropped, cut, stacked, and carried out - by two exhausted people.. After we get that done, I expect the canker folks will remove all my citrus since the storms have spread it. My citrus trees are fine, but that means nothing if it is found in the neighborhood. Colorado, Utah, Montana sound like heaven to me. With home prices so high now, we just might be able to flee this hellhole soon... Anyone want to buy a nice 3/2 on acreage in "sunny" S. Florida? Over 100 fruit trees on property and a lovely lawn. Quiet dirt road (except for the Harley rider next door and their Rap-loving son who has road rage). Oh, and the squirels eat all the fruit... Sorry, I just had to vent.... Lisa...See Morespring blooming heather protect from temps below 32 degrees????
Comments (9)Audric, most heaths and heathers are quite frost tolerant - Calluna vulgaris, probably the most hardy of the heather/heath species, is typically considered hardy to zone 4, with some cultivars listed to zone 3. Ericas offer a wider range, with E. carnea considered the toughest, but these as a whole tend to be less hardy. Mulching in winter or with a good snow cover will increase viability. Here in the PNW, where we can experience some good hard frosts and occasional winters down to the teens, most of the heaths and heathers, except for the most tender forms, require no winter protection. Temperatures consistantly in the 40's should be sufficient for inducing dormancy, but most of the winter blooming heathers - as evergreen subshrubs - never go fully dormant....See MoreBrick laid today, going to be 26 degrees tonight. cover it?
Comments (18)Don't accuse the mason of incompetence; that forces you to set standards for the work after the fact and the contractors will simply disagree. Instead, ask the General Contractor what cold weather brick construction standard he has asked his masonry sub to use. If none, ask him to find out what standard the mason did use. The standard referenced by the IRC and the IBC is "TMS 602/ACI 530.1/ASCE 6, Article 1.8 C" and is written by the Masonry Standards Joint Committee (The Masonry Society, the American Concrete Institute, and the American Society of Civil Engineers). This standard requires that new brickwork be covered in the conditions you describe. There are reference standards but they usually based on the above standard so the requirements are essentially the same. A typical architect/engineer written specification would establish TMS 602/ACI 530.1/ASCE 6 as the standard for all brickwork and often it will include a requirement that when the air temperature is expected to go below 40 degrees, before laying brick, the contractor must submit for approval a written description of the precautions to be taken. Even though TMS 602/ACI 530.1/ASCE 6 is the industry consensus and building code standard, I doubt your GC owns a copy of it since it costs $100 but for the masonry contractor it should be his bible. Why owners let home builders write contracts that omit virtually all standards and owner protections is a mystery to me....See More
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8 years ago
Jon 6a SE MA
8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago
Citrus groves are sprayed with water and covered in ice to protect against freeze damage. Counter\-intuitively forming ice creates heat. Also a layer of ice will help prevent quick thawing when the sun hits the citrus. A quick change will burst cells (such as scalding on some tree bark).
Droplets on plants is another story and this will cause leaf damage. It does help to cover plants. Doing so will trap some heat from the ground and it will keep dew off that might freeze and cause damage.
Ice crystals generate around any contamination in any surface water drops form crystals. Even bacteria will cause nucleation. Sick plants freeze more readily. Anything you do to keep off droplets / dew and insulate to conserve soil heat will help. Wind machines can help......they would, but I'm kidding.
Tonight's low is predicted to be 17 tonight, but the 8 inches of snow we got yesterday will protect the pips which are just starting to show. But I think the daffodils are goners.....for this year.
JonEsther-B, Zone 7a
8 years agozkathy z7a NC
8 years agoJon 6a SE MA
8 years ago
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