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[IBC] hot as the dickens!
It's hot here. I suppose I won't get any sympathy from the southerners
on the list. Today hit 94F, the next few days are supposed to be about the same. I watered twice today and plan to do so until the heat breaks. If my cacti could talk they'd tell me they feel right at home. Craig Cowing NY Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37 ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Kevin Bailey++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
Craig Cowing wrote:
It's hot here. I suppose I won't get any sympathy from the southerners on the list. Today hit 94F, the next few days are supposed to be about the same. I watered twice today and plan to do so until the heat breaks. If my cacti could talk they'd tell me they feel right at home. 94 degrees will always elicit sympathy. That's hot -- hotter, in fact, than anything we have had here, so far. If I remember your bonsai area, there's not a lot of shade. I seem to remember a tree in front, but . . . Anyway, I'd water as early as possible in the morning, and then at about 5 p.m. Watering during the hottest part of the day can cause plants to wilt. It's temporary, but they do often droop. I think it's because they don't like hot water on their leaves. ????? We had a thundershower at 2 p.m. Now (a little before 5:30) several of my trees are droopy -- oddly, most are tropicals, though the flowers on my one late-blooming azalea are wilted, too. Those too will perk up. Cheer up. At least you shouldn't have those temperatures every day from July through early September. Also, you have a brewmistress right there in the house, so just pop open one of those home-brewed cool ones. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Nature encourages no looseness, pardons no errors. Ralph Waldo Emerson ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Kevin Bailey++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
On Jun 9, 2005, at 5:30 PM, Jim Lewis wrote:
Craig Cowing wrote: It's hot here. I suppose I won't get any sympathy from the southerners on the list. Today hit 94F, the next few days are supposed to be about the same. I watered twice today and plan to do so until the heat breaks. If my cacti could talk they'd tell me they feel right at home. 94 degrees will always elicit sympathy. That's hot -- hotter, in fact, than anything we have had here, so far. That's not good, if it's hotter than Florida. If I remember your bonsai area, there's not a lot of shade. I seem to remember a tree in front, but . . . A paper mulberry out back shades the kingsvilles and some of the deciduous trees and the hemlocks. Pines and conifers, and the tougher deciduous are in full sun. We have the tropicals under shade right now since they just came out last week because it was too cold at night before then. Fancy that. Anyway, I'd water as early as possible in the morning, and then at about 5 p.m. Watering during the hottest part of the day can cause plants to wilt. It's temporary, but they do often droop. I think it's because they don't like hot water on their leaves. ????? I haven't noticed any wilting. We had a thundershower at 2 p.m. Now (a little before 5:30) several of my trees are droopy -- oddly, most are tropicals, though the flowers on my one late-blooming azalea are wilted, too. Those too will perk up. Cheer up. At least you shouldn't have those temperatures every day from July through early September. Very true. But it's only early June. Also, you have a brewmistress right there in the house, so just pop open one of those home-brewed cool ones. She hasn't started brewing yet!! (Anita, are you reading this?) Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Nature encourages no looseness, pardons no errors. Ralph Waldo Emerson Craig Cowing NY Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37 ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Kevin Bailey++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
Nic - I heard NZ is heaven-on-earth.
Marty, you've heard right, it *is* fantastic and I'm loving it. But I didn't expect to be this cold and the cold really is playing havock on my body... The thing is, while not "technically" really all that cold, it's very humid and hard to deal with. :) I've been moving progressively south from Canada, to Chicago, then to Savannah, GA... I now realise that the next piece of land if I keep going South is the Antartic! Time for me to stop LOL (this one's for you Jim grin [bit of an inside joke]) Cheers Nic ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Kevin Bailey++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
Nicolas Steenhout wrote:
Nic - I heard NZ is heaven-on-earth. Marty, you've heard right, it *is* fantastic and I'm loving it. But I didn't expect to be this cold and the cold really is playing havock on my body... The thing is, while not "technically" really all that cold, it's very humid and hard to deal with. :) I've been moving progressively south from Canada, to Chicago, then to Savannah, GA... I now realise that the next piece of land if I keep going South is the Antartic! Time for me to stop LOL (this one's for you Jim grin [bit of an inside joke]) Cheers I know of this Pacific island . . . it's right on the equator. 72 degrees every day of the year, morning and night. Rains at 3 p.m. every day. Done by 4 p.m. Trade winds. All the coconuts you can eat. Grass hut is a definite fixer-upper. Sea level rise MAY become a problem by 2040. Jim Lewis - - This economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the environment. - Gaylord Nelson ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Kevin Bailey++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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