no change no rain... this kind of heat kills all appetite for food so it's not all bad. The vege garden love it.Charlie MV wrote:92 degrees. hot hot hot
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It's 82ºF and hot. Wasn't expecting that. A little worried about the cool weather crops - cabbage, lettuce, etc. -- but luckily we are getting occasional cloud cover. I did mist around 2PM to keep them cooler and watered the potted plants and veg starts not yet in the ground.... We had rain every day from last Saturday until Yesterday morning. I'd gotten used to not having to water ! ...and I think the plants got used to not seeing the sun -- they are all looking a bit droopy.
I'm hoping what I did is enough to tide them over. I don't really want to have to arrange shade cloths for everybody again because it's supposed to go down in the 40's -- 48~42ºF depending on which forecast to believe Then high of 68~72ºF tomorrow and mid-60's for the rest of the week with lows of solid mid-40's for crying out loud! I may actually have to bring the eggplants and pepper starts back in the garage! Definitely hesitating to plant them out yet.
I'm hoping what I did is enough to tide them over. I don't really want to have to arrange shade cloths for everybody again because it's supposed to go down in the 40's -- 48~42ºF depending on which forecast to believe Then high of 68~72ºF tomorrow and mid-60's for the rest of the week with lows of solid mid-40's for crying out loud! I may actually have to bring the eggplants and pepper starts back in the garage! Definitely hesitating to plant them out yet.
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Hay send some of that sun up here and I will send you some of our lovely rain
Weather couldn't make up its mind today rain, sun, nope rain, sun again, ooh guess what more rain and still in the lower to mid 60's hottest part of the day, still dipping to lower 40's at night.
This is why I do Indoor Bonsai
Weather couldn't make up its mind today rain, sun, nope rain, sun again, ooh guess what more rain and still in the lower to mid 60's hottest part of the day, still dipping to lower 40's at night.
This is why I do Indoor Bonsai
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Woke up feeling king of cold at 5AM and the remote sensor therm. on my NW porch said 38ºF !! Lowest predicted was 40 and I was a bit skeptical of that one.
Last night, when it went down to 48ºF at 10PM, I did bring in my storage totes of peppers and eggplants. They were outside last 2 nights in the mid-40's, and there was no way I was leaving them out in the cold -- they needed a decent night to recover. I covered most of my tomatoes, and the Koshihikari rice is under cover. But I think Carolina Gold rice might be toast, and I'll have to see how everyone else is doing after it gets light enough -- probably in another 15 minutes or so.
As it is, my SE side patio therm is reading 44ºF and the garage Grow Light Area therm said 50ºF -- the cukes, watermelon, and honeydew and chanterais melon seedlings are in there -- I'd unplugged most of the holiday lights because it got so hot recently. I just turned them back on to hopefully warm them up a little.
Last night, when it went down to 48ºF at 10PM, I did bring in my storage totes of peppers and eggplants. They were outside last 2 nights in the mid-40's, and there was no way I was leaving them out in the cold -- they needed a decent night to recover. I covered most of my tomatoes, and the Koshihikari rice is under cover. But I think Carolina Gold rice might be toast, and I'll have to see how everyone else is doing after it gets light enough -- probably in another 15 minutes or so.
As it is, my SE side patio therm is reading 44ºF and the garage Grow Light Area therm said 50ºF -- the cukes, watermelon, and honeydew and chanterais melon seedlings are in there -- I'd unplugged most of the holiday lights because it got so hot recently. I just turned them back on to hopefully warm them up a little.
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western nc - high around 60 and lows near 38 tonight, after weeks on end of lows around 50 and much higher highs...eek! hit the panic button and brought in all the peppers, basil, and tomatoes (the ones that aren't already in the ground, anyway)...2 nights of upper-30's lows, then I can relax a bit (and stop carrying things around)
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Dipped to 33 here last night, a record low for this date since record keeping began here in 1871. I was outside at 10:00 PM covering things and bringing my Tomato, Pepper and Basil seedlings in. Normally I have those things in the ground by now but the weather has been too cool this year. I got off to late start with my transplants this year but perhaps it was just as well.
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