On 11/16/2013 6:04 PM, David Hare-Scott wrote:
Hench wrote:
On 11/15/2013 4:19 PM, Gus Overton wrote:
It was 25 degrees couple days ago, but plants are still green and 5
flowers on a couple. Tomato plants have given up the ghost, but
snap dragons are still hanging tough. Is that normal? btw, my
sister showed me why they have that name. Asked 3 or 4
other relatives, and none of them knew either till she showed them.


25 is pretty hot. I would have thought they would thrive on that
temp. They usually do well over 15 degrees in our garden. I find
they wilt once you reach 30 degrees or the middle of July heat.

I wonder if you two are talking about degrees C, degrees F or one of
each.......


D

I use the Cecilius system. Maybe the OP is using the F system. I don't
know anything about that system. Is 25 in the F system hot?

I thought 25 Cecilius was good for snap dragons.

On Saturday, November 16, 2013 4:05:03 PM UTC-8, Hench wrote:
On 11/16/2013 6:04 PM, David Hare-Scott wrote:

Hench wrote:

On 11/15/2013 4:19 PM, Gus Overton wrote:

It was 25 degrees couple days ago, but plants are still green and 5

flowers on a couple. Tomato plants have given up the ghost, but

snap dragons are still hanging tough. Is that normal? btw, my

sister showed me why they have that name. Asked 3 or 4

other relatives, and none of them knew either till she showed them.





25 is pretty hot. I would have thought they would thrive on that

temp. They usually do well over 15 degrees in our garden. I find

they wilt once you reach 30 degrees or the middle of July heat.



I wonder if you two are talking about degrees C, degrees F or one of

each.......





D



I use the Cecilius system. Maybe the OP is using the F system. I don't

know anything about that system. Is 25 in the F system hot?



I thought 25 Cecilius was good for snap dragons.

That's how they lost Mars Climate Orbiter. One side was using English and the other was using metric. Unforgivable! Who the hell was watching the store!

http://www.space.com/news/mco_report-b_991110.html

HB

Hench wrote:
On 11/16/2013 6:04 PM, David Hare-Scott wrote:
Hench wrote:
On 11/15/2013 4:19 PM, Gus Overton wrote:
It was 25 degrees couple days ago, but plants are still green and 5
flowers on a couple. Tomato plants have given up the ghost, but
snap dragons are still hanging tough. Is that normal? btw, my
sister showed me why they have that name. Asked 3 or 4
other relatives, and none of them knew either till she showed them.


25 is pretty hot. I would have thought they would thrive on that
temp. They usually do well over 15 degrees in our garden. I find
they wilt once you reach 30 degrees or the middle of July heat.

I wonder if you two are talking about degrees C, degrees F or one of
each.......


D

I use the Cecilius system. Maybe the OP is using the F system. I
don't know anything about that system. Is 25 in the F system hot?


It's below freezing which is 32 degrees F. You need to allow for those
primitives who don't know about Celcius or you are in fact typing past each
other.

I thought 25 Cecilius was good for snap dragons.

probably

D

"David Hare-Scott" writes:

Hench wrote:
On 11/16/2013 6:04 PM, David Hare-Scott wrote:
Hench wrote:
On 11/15/2013 4:19 PM, Gus Overton wrote:
It was 25 degrees couple days ago, but plants are still green and 5
flowers on a couple. Tomato plants have given up the ghost, but
snap dragons are still hanging tough. Is that normal? btw, my
sister showed me why they have that name. Asked 3 or 4
other relatives, and none of them knew either till she showed them.


25 is pretty hot. I would have thought they would thrive on that
temp. They usually do well over 15 degrees in our garden. I find
they wilt once you reach 30 degrees or the middle of July heat.

I wonder if you two are talking about degrees C, degrees F or one of
each.......


D

I use the Cecilius system. Maybe the OP is using the F system. I
don't know anything about that system. Is 25 in the F system hot?


It's below freezing which is 32 degrees F. You need to allow for
those primitives who don't know about Celcius or you are in fact
typing past each other.

I thought 25 Cecilius was good for snap dragons.

probably

If you type into Google:

25c in f

Google returns 77F.

Seemed pretty obvious to me that 25F would be no good for any plant.

Pretty sure I learned about squeezing a snap dragon to make it open
and close before age 10.

That's 10 years.

--
Dan Espen

On Sunday, November 17, 2013 11:41:59 AM UTC-5, mlcwa wrote:

Pretty sure I learned about squeezing a snap dragon to make it open
and close before age 10.

That's 10 years.

Fahrenheit or Celsius? And is that Earth years? Usenet gets to other planets, doesn't it?

Gus Overton writes:

On Sunday, November 17, 2013 11:41:59 AM UTC-5, mlcwa wrote:

Pretty sure I learned about squeezing a snap dragon to make it open
and close before age 10.

That's 10 years.

... And is that Earth years? Usenet gets to other
planets, doesn't it?

Usenet may get there, but it doesn't come back.
Even if it seems like it does at times.

--
Dan Espen

On Sunday, November 17, 2013 3:30:50 PM UTC-5, mlcwa wrote:
Gus Overton writes:

... And is that Earth years? Usenet gets to other
planets, doesn't it?


Usenet may get there, but it doesn't come back.
Even if it seems like it does at times.
--

Lurkers...

Hench said:

I use the Cecilius system. Maybe the OP is using the F system. I don't
know anything about that system. Is 25 in the F system hot?


25 F is below the freezing point of water (=32 deg F).

For the USA-ans:
0 C = freezing point of water
10 C = chilly
20 C = pleasant room temperature
30 C = on the warm side
40 C = too damn hot ("normal" body temperature is ~37 C)
50 C = hellishly hot (I've only experienced it in an environmental chamber)
100 C = boiling point of water

I remember reading a story once where the a boy visiting the US from
France (?) was sure he was going to die soon when the family he was
staying with measured his temperature as 99 degrees. (They were
speaking F and he was thinking C.)

I thought 25 Cecilius was good for snap dragons.

Yes, pretty good.

As half-hardy perennials, they will struggle on through some pretty cold
weather before giving up the ghost. In my area some *might* survive a
much warmer than average winter. (Same goes for one of my favorite
bedding plants, Salvia farinacea 'Victoria')

--
Pat in Plymouth MI

"Yes, swooping is bad."

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