Finally moving the delicate indoor stuff outside

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon May 07, 2012 2:46 pm

It's only been 7 months since they were outside

Trip One:
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Trip Two:
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Then the weatherman said it's cooling off again in a few days.
To hell with it, they're staying outside!

Barb

Cameron_z6a_N.S. · Post by **Cameron_z6a_N.S.** » Mon May 07, 2012 5:39 pm

Barb, I'm sure your plants will appreciate this! I had to make the same trips a couple of weeks ago, but it was a little too early. There was a hard freeze at -4 C, and a few nights of -2 C. I will be bringing everything back out again in a few days. The one benefit of those freezes is that they seemed to kill all of the fungus gnats!!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon May 07, 2012 7:40 pm

benefit of those freezes is that they seemed to kill all of the fungus gnats!!

I`ve been considering Naphalm...

Bloody things fly up your nose while you`re eating dinner.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Tue May 08, 2012 4:09 am

Barb......your too funny......I'm laughing out loud!

PS, you have a great collection of plants.......coconut is not hardy for you?

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Tue May 08, 2012 6:34 am

Cool stuff Barb!

Don't you hate it when the forecast changes after you move the stuff out?

Never fails

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue May 08, 2012 9:23 am

Yeah, murphy's law prevails everywhere

if you want it to rain, wash your car.

Now that I can get a good look at the palms, notice scale AGAIN.

1-800-naphalm.

Okanagan desert-palms · Tue May 08, 2012 2:25 pm

Barb tropicals are looking good. Did you find a shady spot for them? I got sunburn on a couple of mine that I forgot about after hosing them down.

John

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue May 08, 2012 2:48 pm

Yes, they're under a roof with only brief morning sun.

But the 2 or 3 year old Foxtail babies are sunburnt (shady spots are all taken).
Or maybe frozen.

Fortunately you've got that nice covered porch for your tropicals.
Everything must be taking off nicely with your sheltered spot near the lake.

I had to put rocks on top of small planters to keep them from blowing away in the winds

Seems to work with keeping neighbourhood cats away too

Barb