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Damn hot weather
I rescued a tiny little Grevillea seedling whilst cleaning out my gutters
back in August. Put it in a little pot and nursed it and watched it grow with vigour. Every few days I'd wander outside to check on my little guy - it always brought a smile to my face to see it doing so well. All was good, until New Years day in Sydney. 45+degC and the little guy karked it. As brown as if it had been in the oven. Burnt to a crisp. I've since relocated it into the shade and have been watering it in the vain hope that it might recover. I think I need to let it go. Poor little guy, I had big plans for it in my garden, was just waiting for it to get a little bigger before I relased it into the wild. |
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Damn hot weather
"Bob Saccamano" wrote in message ... I rescued a tiny little Grevillea seedling whilst cleaning out my gutters back in August. Put it in a little pot and nursed it and watched it grow with vigour. Every few days I'd wander outside to check on my little guy - it always brought a smile to my face to see it doing so well. All was good, until New Years day in Sydney. 45+degC and the little guy karked it. As brown as if it had been in the oven. Burnt to a crisp. I've since relocated it into the shade and have been watering it in the vain hope that it might recover. I think I need to let it go. Poor little guy, I had big plans for it in my garden, was just waiting for it to get a little bigger before I relased it into the wild. I have some bonsais that are suffering from the heat, the small pots get so hot and I don't really have anywhere else to put them. It's so sad! Jen |
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Damn hot weather
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"Bob Saccamano" wrote: until New Years day in Sydney. 45+degC and the little guy karked it. As brown as if it had been in the oven. Burnt to a crisp. I've since relocated it into the shade and have been watering it in the vain hope that it might recover. I think I need to let it go. I am waiting to see if my fuchsia survives -- most of its leaves were cooked -- and this is a mature plant! -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "In Melbourne there is plenty of vigour and eagerness, but there is nothing worth being eager or vigorous about." Francis Adams, The Australians, 1893. |
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Damn hot weather
One variety that survived really well in the heat wave was the weeds.
Its amazing how robust weeds are. I never water them or care for them, I repeatedly destroy them and yet they continue to grow. The bugs don't seem to worry about attacking them either. If only we could eat the weeds instead of veges and fruit, and find some varieties of weeds that have appealing flowers. We could let them grow naturally and would only need to pull our the odd flower or vege plant that happened to grow, much easier. Chookie wrote: In article , "Bob Saccamano" wrote: until New Years day in Sydney. 45+degC and the little guy karked it. As brown as if it had been in the oven. Burnt to a crisp. I've since relocated it into the shade and have been watering it in the vain hope that it might recover. I think I need to let it go. I am waiting to see if my fuchsia survives -- most of its leaves were cooked -- and this is a mature plant! -- Kind Regards David Huisman General Manager ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ORBIT COMMUNICATIONS Pty Ltd - Wireless Solutions that Work (Telemetry, Control, Monitoring, Security, HVAC ...) A.C.N. 107 441 869 Website : http://www.orbitcoms.com PO Box 4474 Lakehaven NSW 2263, AUSTRALIA Phone: 61-2-4393-3627 Fax : 61-2-4393-3685 Mobile: 61-413-715-986 |
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*** hot weather
One variety that survived really well in the heat wave was the
weeds. (...) If only we could eat the weeds instead of veges and fruit, and find some varieties of weeds that have appealing flowers. *** Hi, You can actually eat some weeds. The French love Dandelion leaves in salad. Dandelion is used in tea as a herbal remedy. Novice. |
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