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

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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 - jklewis [at] nettally.com - Tallahassee, FL - Nature
encourages no looseness, pardons no errors. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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On 10/06/2005 09:30:03, jklewis [at] nettally.com 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.

When I saw that topic header, I thought "Here we go, the spammers found us
again"... <grin>

> 94 degrees will always elicit sympathy. That's
> hot -- hotter, in fact, than anything we have had here, so far.

I'd give my eye-tooth for that kind of weather. We're right smack in winter
here, and "enjoying" temperatures around the freezing point. Ironically,
I've been colder here when it's about 35F than when it's 20F in Chicago!
It's the humidity... And generally poorly insulated houses <shrug>

Plants don't seem to mind much.

Nic

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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 - jklewis [at] nettally.com - Tallahassee, FL - Nature encourages
> no looseness, pardons no errors. Ralph Waldo Emerson
>
>
Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37

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> 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

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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 - jklewis [at] nettally.com - This economy is a wholly
owned subsidiary of the environment. - Gaylord Nelson

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