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Old 04-11-2006, 09:17 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Kate Morgan Kate Morgan is offline
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Default Cactus caught in sub temps


introduce myself. I'm lilly from Dublin. I've been gardening for 30yrs and
this seems like a lovely place to share.

My query this time is about my cactus. They had been happily living in the
greenhouse all summer (unheated) Normally I take them indoors for the
winter, but this year I got them all as far as the garden table and had to
rush off. Completely forgot about them and last night a hard frost hit,
temps went down to -2deg. I've taken them in but does anyone know if there
will be lasting damage?

Thanks
Lilly


I know very little about cactus but I do think that there is a fair bit
of luck involved in gardening, my sort anyway :-)
A few months ago I was potting up some bay seedling`s, I decided to
discard one as it was tiny withered and looked like it was an ex-bay, I
dropped into the bucket where I put floor sweeping and yesterday I
noticed that it was not only growing but bigger than the ones that I had
taken more care with.
So Lilly with the luck of the Irish you and your cactus will be fine

kate