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Former Liquids in the Garden Shed
Though I've been checking the greenhouse regularly, I haven't thought
about going into the garden shed until today when I found every drop of anything liquid frozen solid (glyphosate, compost wetting agent, the lot). Some 5-litre containers of plant and lawn food that I bought in a late season sale ready for next year were also solid and both of those containers had split. they're now inside other containers so I can hopefully recover the contents when they thaw out. Moral - might be worth checking any containers of liquids you have to make sure they're not frozen/broken and, maybe, put them onto trays or something so there's no chance of them leaking where you don't want them to. I'm taking the approach of leaving mine in the cold to thaw gradually when things warm up rather than bringing them suddenly into a warmer climate and risking further container cracks. Jake |
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Former Liquids in the Garden Shed
On Nov 29, 4:24*pm, Jake wrote:
Though I've been checking the greenhouse regularly, I haven't thought about going into the garden shed until today when I found every drop of anything liquid frozen solid (glyphosate, compost wetting agent, the lot). Some 5-litre containers of plant and lawn food that I bought in a late season sale ready for next year were also solid and both of those containers had split. they're now inside other containers so I can hopefully recover the contents when they thaw out. Moral - might be worth checking any containers of liquids you have to make sure they're not frozen/broken and, maybe, put them onto trays or something so there's no chance of them leaking where you don't want them to. I'm taking the approach of leaving mine in the cold to thaw gradually when things warm up rather than bringing them suddenly into a warmer climate and risking further container cracks. Jake Won't hurt them. Except PVA. That doesn't like being frozen up. |
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Former Liquids in the Garden Shed
In message , Jake
writes Though I've been checking the greenhouse regularly, I haven't thought about going into the garden shed until today when I found every drop of anything liquid frozen solid (glyphosate, compost wetting agent, the lot). Some 5-litre containers of plant and lawn food that I bought in a late season sale ready for next year were also solid and both of those containers had split. they're now inside other containers so I can hopefully recover the contents when they thaw out. Moral - might be worth checking any containers of liquids you have to make sure they're not frozen/broken and, maybe, put them onto trays or something so there's no chance of them leaking where you don't want them to. I'm taking the approach of leaving mine in the cold to thaw gradually when things warm up rather than bringing them suddenly into a warmer climate and risking further container cracks. Jake My daughter's partner came here on Saturday with 14 strawberry plants and planted them in a bed I had prepared and loosened to about 4/5" depth. They rang yesterday and said I'd better water them, at which I laughed, but they weren't too badly frosted, so I grabbed the half-full watering can out of the garage and tilted it cautiously "fairly adjacent" to the plants. Nothing came out of the spout, the water was frozen solid of course! I poured some hot water in and watered in between the plants, as the sun was on them. -- Gordon H Remove "invalid" to reply |
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