Is it safe at 50 degrees?
Sooz
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Comments (6)Tomatoes should be kept above 50 degrees, but there is a trick that can help if they get colder. Say your tomatoes go down to 35 degrees overnight and sit at that temp for 6 hours. The next day, put them in a greenhouse and let them get up above 90 degrees for 6 hours. Each hour above 90 degrees counters an hour spent below 50 degrees. Why is this so? When a tomato gets cold, Rubisco - a chemical vital to plant growth - is deactivated. Letting the plant get above 90 degrees the next day reverses the effect. I use this trick to very good effect in my greenhouse. It allows me to deliberately cold stress my tomato plants and then reverse the effects the next day. So you don't have a greenhouse? Well, you can make do with a plastic tent or even a partially covered aquarium. Don't EVER put seedlings in a fully closed aquarium, the temperature can easily get above 200 degrees in full sun. A gap an inch wide at one end is usually enough to bring the temp down below 120 degrees which is safe for tomatoes. Be sure to water them well, seedlings will consume incredible amounts of water when in direct sun. DarJones...See MoreOverwintering at 50 degrees?
Comments (8)Bart: Do a quick search within this forum for all the answers to your overwintering questions. There's plenty to read. Short, and sweet, ..... since 2007, I have stored my containerized fig trees in an unheated, garden storage shed. I have read that temp's inside the shed are about 10 degrees warmer than outside temps. I throw a few shovels of snow into the 20-gallon pots for watering throughout winter months. The trees go in around Christmas, and come out by the first weeks in April, or when buds start swelling. Temps. here in the Bronx, NYC rarely go below 10-15 degrees, even at night, and the fig trees have come through the winter with few, if any problems. Try to prevent the root-ball from freezing solid. Read the inverted cardboard-box suggestion again. You'll do just fine. Happy growing. Frank from Da-Bronx...See Morepainting in weather 50 degrees or lower.
Comments (3)It's fine, with some percautions. Be sure you are done painting a few hours before night arrives and the temps dip below 50 degrees. Also, don't start painting until the moisture has left the surfaces that you are going to paint. If the temps are a real issue, then use low temp paint....See MoreCan I cut a 50 degree angle with miter?
Comments (2)Further though on this subject leads me to conclude that the only way to get a 50 degree is to put the clapboard into the miter saw perpendicular to the fence, thus the 40 degree off vertical would result in the wood left behind with a 50 degree angle on it, i.e., I removed a 40 degree slice out of a 90 degree orientation. Not well stated I"m sure, but not a good idea either as the clapbords are only 6" wide, not a stable platform to run a power circular saw into....See MoreSooz
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