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Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:46 pm

Going to try and keep my camera handy this year............

Outflow from collapsing storm ( Backyard )

Kansas · Post by **Kansas** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:48 pm

Was that from yesterday (Tuesday)??? I saw the radar and emmediatly thought of you. Were getting some good soaking rains now thou. No winds at all, just good ole soaking rain.

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 4:06 pm

That was last night.........We really needed the rain !

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 1:15 pm

Nice shot...nice contrast. Wow.
Good you got the rain you needed.

Barb

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 5:24 pm

Thanks Barb !
Just an old Kodak 1.2 mp, going to buy a new Sony once they get their owner manuals sorted out

Steve

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 5:59 pm

Now that WAS funny...ha ha

I'm just going to learn it the hard way...trial and error.

Steve, that was a 1.2 camera? I wouldn't have guessed for such a great pic!
Barb

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 3:03 pm

Barb - My mistake...........it's a Kodak CX6200 marketed as a 2.0 mp.
Fixed focus and about as basic as it gets, have some old eye glasses to use in front of it for the close-up shots

Your Pictures are looking great with that new camera !

Steve

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:30 pm

Thanks, Steve.
Wow, I think that Kodak is a keeper!
Barb

yuccaman · Post by **yuccaman** » Fri May 04, 2007 3:51 am

Wow those are cool!

I want some good shot of thunderstorms.
April and May mostly have severe thunderstorms but nothing even hit my area.

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Wed May 30, 2007 8:38 pm

Thanks Yuccaman,
After this month I will never ask for rain again......................

Picture of a normal afternoon sky here ( just don't fall asleep in the yard when these guys are out

tropicman · Post by **tropicman** » Thu May 31, 2007 8:33 pm

Well I think your about to get buckets of rain,right about now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Thu May 31, 2007 9:04 pm

Don ~ Between storms now........ Wind, Hail, and rain . The weather radio is getting a workout, but so far so good

Steve

tropicman · Post by **tropicman** » Thu May 31, 2007 9:15 pm

Still as can be outside with lots of lightning going on,expecting the strong winds and rain any mintue now!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 2:26 pm

Boy, you folks get nailed often!

Bet your water meter doesn't run very often with all that rain.
Or are you on a municipal water meter?
Barb

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:17 pm

Municipal water here, Using a lot less water this year but I think it may be offset by the cost of pumping out a flooded basement

Raining right now,yesterday and probably tommorow too.

Most of my stuff outside has been slowly drowning all month. Even My W.robusta has developed a case of crown rot, every time I put on some treatment it seems to rain 15 minutes later.

They are forecasting up to 90*F /32*C and drying out by the end of next week , I am hoping!!

Steve

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:52 pm

Steve, yup you've got a point re rain and not having to water, and having a flooded basement.

It's either the "devil you know" or the "devil you don't know".

Can you put a temporary roof over the robusta to shed the water?
Heck, even a tarp and bungee cords might be better than danger of crown rot.
Is it a copper treatment you use?

Once your 90 F hits, your plants will grow like crazy...

Barb

tropicman · Post by **tropicman** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:52 pm

Well water,but its still light raining here!
Only have to water plants on the front porch.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 4:05 pm

Hey Don, maybe you can answer something.
Do you know the pH of your well water?
re your bananas and white bop and palms...obviously they like it, but some people say palms don't like hard(er) water?!

Always wondered what plant-lovers do if, say, the pH is off a bit (from the look of YOUR stuff, obviously that's not a problem!)
How would it affect palms?
Just curious.

Barb

tropicman · Post by **tropicman** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 7:27 pm

Barb,
I was told by the neighbor across the street,it was 7.0.very akaline is the soil around here,but since I've been composting.my soil has gone from 7.2 to a 6.8.
The well water does leave a calcium deposit on some of the leaves,when it dries a white spot residue will be left behind.
So far the palms don't mind the well water,but over the years the gray cement has turned to a rusty orange looking color.
So it does have a iron deposit as well.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 7:43 pm

It's good that you've learned it so thoroughly.
Some folks say it's really important.
I just don't know what the "numbers" are supposed to be for various plants.

Like you, our soil is 7-point-something.
Just a tad alkaline.
I have to put Epsom salts around the Oak and Fir Trees to keep them healthy.
Otherwise they get yellow--really chlorotic-looking.
It works.

I just wondered what pH palms and cycads prefer, 'coz I have no idea.
Barb

tropicman · Post by **tropicman** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 8:30 pm

I really don't know what most palms like,I just make sure they get some micro nutrients and magnesium on occasions.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 8:50 pm

Don, magnesium IS important, and sure seems to green them up.
Have a good weekend...without storms.
Barb

tropicman · Post by **tropicman** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 9:28 pm

Thanks Barb,
But don't forget manganese,is just important as well!

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:04 pm

Barb, I've tried wrapping to keep dry but that was holding too much moisture in the spear area. Tried a couple shelters , one was knocked down by hail and I still haven't found where the other one ended up.

The other robusta I have in a 20 gallon container is doing fine so it must be a combination of swamped soil and the near constant rain. I've been using hydrogen peroxide, pretty sure it will recover, just don't like to see a setback.
With everything that has gone on in the area this year I'm happy to still have a roof and basement ( even if it now leaks and the basement needs pumping

Thanks for bringing up the subject of well water, Im on a municipal well system basically. Our town has two wells for a pop. of 300. I can get a copy of the EPA report and see exactly what is in it.

Don - The bananas are in the ground and doing great!!
( one thing that doesn't seem to mind the moisture)

Steve

tropicman · Post by **tropicman** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 5:05 am

Steve,
As long as the bananas aren't sitting in water they should do just fine,I just wished these 90*days would hurry up and get here.
I think it rained all night here again,I'm thinking of designing a ark,if all this rain doesn't come to a halt pretty quick!!!!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 10:28 am

Don, you're right about the trace elements. Important stuff.

Steve, I recall you had challenges with shelters that blew away.

I find plants in pots do hold moisture longer than the ground after a heavy rain (though I'd give my eye teeth for rain right now

).
Seems that water disperses through the soil better than it exits a pot, even with really large drainage holes.
Probably because a pot is a "catchment basin", whereas the ground has so much more area in which to dissipate/expel water. At least that's what someone explained a long time ago.
Can you drag your 20 gal robusta pot to be partially under a roof overhang?
That might help it drain faster than the rain's coming in...
I hope your palm makes it.

Well water generally isn't worse than municipal "piped" water (with all the chemicals they now have to add to keep it "safe").
We're on municipal piped, but in our case we're nearer the beginning of the approx. 10 mile long pipe.

In the winter I notice it smells of chlorine (more than summer).
I asked one of the water guys.
He said that in order for "the numbers" to be within tolerances at the end of the pipe where there's a huge subdivision, they have to put "x" amount in at the beginning.
If the residual tests (at the far end way past me) don't meet the safety standards, they beef up the chemicals, and I actually get more, that's why I smell chlorine (or whatever it's called).

And in summer, when more people are using water, I presume it flows faster in the pipe.
Nevertheless, I pour water into a couple of large plastic garbage cans, let it sit overnight, hoping the chlorine dissipates.

A secondary benefit is that water warms up; it's too cold right from the tap.
My plants hate winter, and never do well for that period.

Steve, I sympathize with roof and basement problems...those are big ones!
Some low-lying homes around here actually have built-in sump pumps.
We're on a big hill and have dust 24/7...also in a huge rain-shadow. Cactus growing on the property...ouch in the dog's paws!

I saw test results for our water approx. 20 yrs ago. It wasn't bad then. I don't think I want to see today's tests.

Have a good weekend, folks.
Gosh sorry about a too-long post!

Barb

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 5:08 pm

Barb, I keep about 50 gallons of water set aside for the fish tank, They use chlorine in the water here so it's safe for the fish after it sits for a couple days. Have been meaning to st up some sort of rainwater collection system.

This is the robusta in question.

On a brighter note, I just transplanted this little S.minor before all this rain started and it's as happy as can be

Steve

tropicman · Post by **tropicman** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 9:35 pm

Steve,my t.fort,did the same thing,but when it finally pushed it out,started sending up nice looking ones from that point on!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 9:39 pm

Jeez, that robusta is a nice size.
I hope your treatments work on it, especially after your hard work.

That s.minor is happy to be outdoors after a pampered life in the GH

Stored water is a good idea I believe for all of us to keep our plants healthy.
I hope chlorine dissipates after, say, 12 or 20 hours. I simply don't know.

With all the rain you folks get, storing it for later use would be a great idea.
If I ever build another house (

doubtful), I'd like to incorporate a greywater system for bathroom sinks and tubs...what a waste of water when soapy water goes into the septic (and sewer) systems when it could be used in gardens.

Re water storage, just a note about a years-ago trip to Bermuda.
All the houses had white roofs, (I thought to deflect the heat.)
We were told by a local that residents paint a lime "whitewash" on their roofs because they
are collectors for their drinking water and the lime keeps water sweet! Rainwater
goes goes down the drain into huge tanks in basement (or somewhere).
There's apparently no other fresh water on Bermuda, so it's a necessity.

What a good idea!
Cheers.
Barb.

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