Warm spell; a few get a turn outside

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 10:31 am

The next few days should be warm, with chance for rain:

Saturday, 26

15 | 4 °C
Chance of Rain
Chance of
Precipitation20%
Sunday, 27

20 | 13 °C
Chance of Rain
Chance of
Precipitation20%
Monday, 28

23 | 15 °C
Chance of Rain
Chance of
Precipitation20%
Tuesday, 29

21 | 2 °C
Chance of T-storms
Chance of
Precipitation50%
Wednesday, 30

10 | -3 °C
Partly Cloudy
Chance of
Precipitation

So I set out a few potted plants. Cloud cover so they won't get direct sun (which might stress them).
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lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 12:54 pm

Ah, you can hear the sighs....

Enjoy the week...(envy envy)

What palm is that, Erik, top right where 2 fronds show?

Barb

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 12:56 pm

A Sabal minor "Ft Worth".
I have too many plants to fit in any one photo, this was just to give a sense.
Anything heavy stayed in, as did anything real tender just in case it gets frostier then forecast.

andym · Post by **andym** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 12:59 pm

Crikey 23/15C... that's good going for me in the summertime

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 1:07 pm

Sabal minor "Ft Worth".

Beautiful leaves.
I'm now a Sabal fan...just planted some S.minor "McCurtain".

They'll get a real test in Canada.

Hope your back is improving, Erik.
Glad you're not overdoing the lifting anyway.

good going for me in the summertime

Andy, one summer day years ago it was 42C in my back yard.
Erik's had 2 summers like that, right?

Barb

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 1:08 pm

Trust me, you do NOT want to know what summer is like here.

miketropic · Post by **miketropic** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 7:13 pm

it can get pretty bad here as well.. we had 2 weeks last year of 105F with 80% or above humidity.

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 3:37 am

Andy dont feel too bad. My temps can swing 50 degrees during the year and my record low and high spans 100 degrees ( -40C in the 1940s, and +41C in the 1980s)

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:07 pm

Over an inch of rain fell today!
We've had warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico lately. This is the same sort of late-January event that fed into the record blizzard two years ago. The current "cold" front was not nearly so cold so we got a spring-like rain event instead.
Not sure if it set a record, but a big rain like this is VERY unusual here.
I hauled as many plants outside as I could so they could get real rain soaking. They'll have to come in tonight, but I hope the natural water is good for them, and that they'll be out for good in a couple of months.
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lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:32 pm

Bet those plants loved it...

That "spring" rain would've been so good to see, and to hear.
There are areas in the midwest that have beaten maximum temps by 20 to 25 degrees.

Barb