50 C? Where are yuo located? I think it is even too hot for Sahara....

"Reka" wrote in message
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Al schrieb:
Hi, this time of year I hear lots of stories from people who moved their
plants outside to early and then had to move everything back in or suffer
some other horrible fate. I just wanted to point out to anybody thinking
of summering their plants outside, that you want night temps that stay
reliably in the upper 50 or *preferably* a bit higher into the mid 60s
before taking most tropical orchid plants outside. For instance, the
average last frost date in my area is May 1st but the night temps don't
stay warm enough until closer to June 1st for most tropical orchids.
Damp and cool is often a prescription for disaster. You may get away
with it, you may not.

I just listened to a customer tell me how he moved all his plants outside
last week when it was warm and then carried them all back in because we
are having a week of low 40 night temps. It's one of those seasonal
stories I am reminded of every year; like when I worked in a nursery and
in late summer people start seeking a cure for their White Pines which
they are convinced are sick because most of their older needles are
turning yellow and dropping off. "but aren't they suppose to be
evergreen?"

Don't be one of those people.
Yikes! I am in that spot now. Mid-May usually means warm, summery days
and moderate nights. It has been relatively cold this year, and with all
my Catt family outside it has been above 55 most of the time, down to 50°C
once. But today it has rained all day and I am seriously considering
bringing them back in or turning the fan on them outside on the balcony.
The neighbors will finally think I am totally crazy.
Oh well, I will side with Darwin and hope for survival of the fittest...

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Reka

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