New Low temp!

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 7:11 am

Ahh ya.... i seen that one trying to find the harniness.....

I said zone 4 or 5, becasue im finding ratings for zone 4 5 and 6 ( depending of variety and internet source). But the lowest ive found is zone 4, which is why i said its a good indicator for my zone here ( shes literaly down the street).

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 7:31 am

When it starts blooming there? Ours usually bloom from the end of the March until the middle of the April.

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 9:34 am

Hmmmmmm, i hacnt really payed attention..... If i had to guess id say april or may........ I think it was april last year, becasue it was flowering when the bleeding hearts were growin well.........

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 9:41 am

Oh, yeah, the last year spring was awesome in Ontario!

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 9:47 am

Ive never had a spring and summer like last year (that i can remember). Super dry, and warm. The lake was down almsot 20 feet before we got some good rain.

We had a day of 20C in march....... LOL

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 8:44 pm

Hi Paul,

my low has been +4F so far......may drop lower in a few days (as measured at local elementary school).

Nantucket is the island off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. That's the most remote island off Mass. I'm sure they don't drop below 0F too much. I'll try too see what there lows are annually.

Paul Ont · Post by **Paul Ont** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 4:26 am

Tim,

I am familiar with nantucket! I would think they'd have a good shot at some palms out there!!!

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 5:23 am

" there once was a man from nantucket....................." ( sry had too lol)

FYI paul..... I think you have finally won..... new low for the year is -30C

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 6:39 am

You take care, Jesse! What is your bet for the passiflora we had a chance seeing in the November?

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 6:46 am

Im not sure..... its on the warmest spot in the yard: Full southern exposure, against a wall, witha stone path behind it. Even the dead of winter it gets a good 6 hours of sun. The part that is exposed is done fore, was done when we hit -25C in december. The Bottom halm, is under 3 feet tall pile of leaves, and about 2 feet across, and is covered 3 sides with plastic....

If it actualy passiflora cerulea, id give it a 70-80% chance. They are said to be root hady to zone 6, possibly 5 ( which that microclimate is definetly). But it was labeld blue and white passiflora (passiflora sp.), so im assuming it was a hybrid of some sort ( even though it had all the traits of the P. Cerulea)..

If it doesnt work, I have 7 Passiflora incarnata seeds that are soaking in lemon juice, waiting to be sown and statified....... Hardy to zone 6 full on ( is native all the way up to Ohio) , so if i can get then to sprout, ill have a replacement.... If it survives, well, Ill be more then elated, and hopefuly have 2 species of passiflora

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 6:52 am

Someday I should seeing you in Thunder Bay... Have a dream driving along the highway from Toronto to Thunder Bay...

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 6:53 am

I hope you like fishing and hiking, thats all there is to do here ( and garden

)

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 6:58 am

Oh yeah! Love the both either the hiking or fishing! Those four years I had been living in Toronto I were hiking or fishing or canoeing each weekend. No chance doing that here in Kazakhstan

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 9:38 am

Well thats a BIT better.. .the temps went up 20F since this morning ( not lower then -30C according to my thromometer though)

Up here is PRIME country for fishing. My city is the only major one up here between sault ste marie and winnipeg... so theres almsot nothing but little towns... trees and water ( too bad its frickin freezing up here usualy in the winter)

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 9:43 am

a dream driving along the highway from Toronto to Thunder Bay

That's not what people who live there call it

theres almsot nothing but little towns... trees and water

plus the foot-long mosquitos...

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 9:49 am

Ya the highway between the sault, all the way to manitoba, is brutal. I dont fly, i take the greyhound, or get driven. Its bad on a good day... the worse i seen was drving here, all the way to winnipeg in a colorado low snowstorm. I couldnt see anything except white out every window.. IT was fine after winnipeg... but once the terrain changed from rockcuts and small mountains, to prarie, plowing through 5 foot snow drifts on the highway gets you a little on edge.. LOL

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:16 am

Got down to 7 F here last night, pretty cold for us....hate it! :verycold:

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:36 am

-4F (-20C) here is am.....no surprises.

BILL MA · Post by **BILL MA** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:17 pm

-7f here this morning, I'm going back to Florida this SUCKS!!!

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:56 pm

-5F here last Friday morning-welcome back (to winter

)Bill!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 1:34 pm

Welcome home Bill...bring anything back?
(Other than a tan).

How's everything looking?

Just started raining here...yuk, with a foot of snow on the ground.

Barb

BILL MA · Post by **BILL MA** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 1:58 pm

Thanks Barb

I didn't bring anything back this time, but I will be getting a load right around spring. I found musa ae ae I'm so excited!!!!

Greenhouse is doing well, this week when it warms up I need to do some watering in there, unfortunately lots of stuff needs to come out so it can be done

Hope everything is good with you

Bill

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:14 pm

BILL MA wrote:-7f here this morning, I'm going back to Florida this SUCKS!!!

I was just in Miami, where were you??

BILL MA · Post by **BILL MA** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:17 pm

Hobe Sound. Did you get to Fair Child in Coral Gables?

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 3:03 pm

getting a load right around spring

A load?

Another one?

Quick! I'll phone your dad that you need another GH built pronto

Bet everything looks wonderful in the GH.
Take your camera with you when you're watering.

Everything's good here, except.....it's still winter

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:39 pm

BILL MA wrote:-7f here this morning, I'm going back to Florida this SUCKS!!!

I am with you on that!

I want to go south.

BILL MA · Post by **BILL MA** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 5:05 pm

I can see you beating me there Aaron, your already much father south then me

The closer you get the more you want it.

Tropical greenhouses will be my sanctuary far before we can actually move South permanently

.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 5:13 pm

BILL MA wrote: Tropical greenhouses will be my sanctuary far before we can actually move South permanently .

I must say Bill, your place in the summer looks more south than the state of Florida. Very well done.

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 8:36 pm

Bill,
I've been worried about your new GH after seeing all the snow Tim has. Can you share a snapshot to reassure us it is still standing?
--Erik

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 4:40 am

BILL MA wrote:Hobe Sound. Did you get to Fair Child in Coral Gables?

Nope, never been, will check it out in spring when i go back down.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 5:43 pm

Hi Erik,

todays 1/2" of forecasted snow turned into 2.5" and tomorrow nights storm is forecasted to be this:

<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... wFcst2.png>

Bill and I are in the 10" zone.

But snow is good in winter except for the southwest cactus/yuccas....which I have.....go figure. This year may be a good test for one of my unprotected Yucca rostratas......we'll how it fairs.

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 6:12 pm

enjoy

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 8:30 pm

Surprising to see so much snow so close to the coast Tim!

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 5:59 am

Tim,
that is what I feared--that you two were getting the worst of it.
Your structures have held up to it, though.
I don't know much about the Yucca but I think of them as tough so I predict yours will be fine.

--Erik

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 6:16 am

Is it just me, or is the east coast getting worse and worse winters?????

As far back as i remember, lots of the big storms would miss most of the eastern seaboard, and hit canada. Sure, the east coast is right on the path that storms follow in the winter, and i knwo the east coast is usualy hammered a few times in the winter, but ive never seen maritime canada get hit by northeaster, after noreaster, with a few weatherbombs in there for good measure:P Theyve been getting hit my a noreaster or a big storm pretty much every week since november

Hopefully some of the older members can elighten me, because i seem to have grown up in a gerneraly warm time...

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 7:58 am

We're getting 6 to 12 now, just got dismissed early for the school day too...YAY!