Randy4ut

Tuesday a.m. low for me was 17.8F, and only got to around 26F for a high, yesterday. Temps this morning dropped to 10.7F, but are supposed to be up to around 40 today and then back down for one more night of lows in the upper teens. Went outside last night to check on things and tapped on one of my Basjoo pstems and it felt and sounded like solid wood... Guess this coming summers basjoos will not be as nice as last summer. As long as they come back I will be happy...

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mskitty38583

just a little cold! glad when spring gets here. now the buds on my weeping cherry tree and jasmine wont open.

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CookieCows

21° in south, central Kentucky right now and not supposed to get much better all day

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mskitty38583

yahoo weather said it reached 39*f in miami last night. they are worried about the citrus crops now. they also said many growers sprayed the citrus with water to ice them and that it would insulate it. i heard of using snow to insulate but ice? learn something new everyday.

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Bananaman88

Hang in there guys, it'll get better eventually. Here in the Houston area we have been down to about 34-35 degrees the past two nights but so far all of my bananas seem OK. They don't look too good, but I don't think they have recieved any major damage. Of course, last year they were good until early Feb. when we breifly dropped below 32 for a bit so the worst could be yet to come for us here. However, it is supposed to be back up around 72 by the weekend! Woo-hoo! Unfortunately, it is just that kind of weather that
makes it so easy for tropicals to get damaged this time of year. With the temps all over the place the plants don't know what to do. They could start growing a bit again and then get nailed by a night or two of near freezing temps and really get hurt badly. Such is life on the Gulf Coast!

Bananaman88

Spraying fruits with water prior to a freeze encases the fruit in a layer of ice (obviously) which keeps the fruit right at freezing, while the surrounding air temp drops even lower. If not for the ice, the fruit would suffer much worse damage due to the lower air temps. Basically, the ice does insulate it, sounds unbelievable but it works!

natedogg1026

Was 11 in SE Kansas last night and supposed to be about 16 tonight, BRRRRRRRR. It'll get colder but after tomorrow it's gonna warm up. I hate winter. Good luck everyone with your chilly temps.

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the flying dutchman

That is true, the same method is used here in early spring when the fruit
trees are flowering and there is a night frost coming up.

Ron

CookieCows

I didn't know you could do that when the trees are in bloom! We had a late freeze last year when the fruit trees were all in bloom and tons of people lost their fruit. We have a small, very young orchard that hasn't born fruit yet. This is good to know.

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D_&_T

need to move south to get into the heat wave LOL!!!

The Weather Channel said we had -4F this morning

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Randy4ut

Come on down, Dan and Tara... There is a house two doors down that has a pool and is for sale... I want so badly to fix up the pool area over there, but the developer said he would pass info on to buyer, but didn't want to do it and then someone come to purchase and not want that look... I guess he made sense, but WHO wouldn't want a tropical look around their pool?!?!?!

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D_&_T

have to check in what would take to keep EMT cert. there, plus could grow more plants there then here

would be interesting to check into

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Taylor

Randy, you can come do that around my pool...er...yard. (Don't have a pool)

Taylor

On a serious note, that would have been really nice Randy, I would've liked it. I think they want more money from the house and are worried it would bring it down... even though that wouldn't be the case probably.

bananimal

We hit 34 degrees in Port St Lucie this AM. Brought my 60 or so pups in the house and then noticed the fire ants roaming around. Caught it quick and isolated them to 2 SDC's. Sprayed the buggers on the tiles and put the 2 pups back outside in the porch shelter. Could have been worse - got lucky. Still patrolling for frogs, snakes, gila monsters and bobcats emerging from the foliage - no sign so far. Pups stay inside one more night then back outside. Looks like a jungle in here. Several pots in the 15 gal size and higher.

The big guys in the ground still look OK with only older leaves turning yellow. Got a full load of fruit on the Goldfinger and Dwf Orinoco still "hanging" in there. Hope they make it. Wore jeans and a jacket for the first time in 11 months --- holy cow!

Dan

mskitty38583

you would have to re- take some classes. i have a friend who is on the rescue squad and his wife was an emt. you have to qualify with the state i dont know how much it would cost but i could find out for you if your serious.

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mskitty38583

PLEASE CHECK FOR SNAKES!!!! i can handle the rest! i dont like them suckers!! lol

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bananimal

Snakes? The're nothing to worry about, really. How do you feel about bobcats Samantha? Wife went out in the early AM Tuesday to get the paper and found herself face to face with the neighborhood BC - 20 feet away, strolling along the front of the undeveloped lot across the street. Sun was up already too. One foot stomp and the cat popped off into the palmettos.

Our area is about 60% undeveloped - lots of critters. Love 'em all - 10 years ago this area had wild hogs, I'm told. Recently, a big mama boar and her pups tore up a bunch of sod right in front of city hall - just a rootin' away. And a wild turkey hen stopped traffic for a while right on PSL Blvd strutting thru the grass next to the roadway. It's very gratifying to still see a bit of old Florida, now and then, in our times.

Dan

harveyc

I think all of these cold temperatures are due to global warming. I read an article a week or two ago about how, according to most news reports and many scientists, warmer temperatures are due to globa warming, colder temperatures are due to global warming, increased hurricane activity is due to global warming, decreased activity is due to global warming, droughts are due to global warming, and heavy rains are due to global warming.


Also, from http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/01/sc...536&ei=5087%0A


Here is another interesting article that might mean that we better get used to protecting our bananas!
http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20080103/94768732.html


We've had a colder year than normal so far in California, it seems. Many years in the past couple of decades we only had 5-10 days of frost in my area but we've easily had more thant that already. Last January was the coldest since 1990 and I hope we don't get that cold again.

Good luck to all of you with your protection efforts. Don't freeze yourself!

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mskitty38583

bobcats? i live in a zoo i aint scart! here kitty kitty, just a little bigger w/ longer teeth. i chased a 160 lb. rottie out my yard..ran straight at it the dog didnt know what to think and it took like a shot. my brother hunts boar somewhere in gainsville. his whole myspace page is about those stupid pigs. if he ever calls me redneck again im gonna laugh in his face. .

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