HERE COMES THE COLD SO. FLA!!!!

[Sandy4453]

Originally Posted by Swamper

I am curious anyway as to whaat they can handle, and if I bring them in Ill always wonder what would have happened if I had left them out. LOL that sounds crazy even to me.

Ahhh, curiosity winning out. I've been there myself, many times Swamper. Thanks for the laugh you funny guy!

[Swamper]

Sandy, have you lost any due to cold and curiosity?

[let_it_grow]

Hey at least you guys don't live in Canada. Its -16 C (3 F) here right now. I can only leave the chids outside like 3-4 months of the year so I don't even bother.

[Sandy4453]

Originally Posted by Swamper

Sandy, have you lost any due to cold and curiosity?

Can't say I have, Swamper. I'm a scaredy cat when it comes to my orchids. But yeah, I've lost a lot due to curiosity...

Oh, wait a minute....I just remembered that I have about 10 Catts. hanging from the palm trees in front of my house and I'm not bringing those in. I'll let you know how those do.

[Vanessa]

Thank goodness for my spare bedroom aka grow room. The chids on my lanai are Vandas, Dens and Oncidiums. When it dips below 50 I shut the hurricane shutters to that area. I'm near Sanibel/Captiva Islands and temps are predicted to hit the 30's/40's tonight with 20s inland! I remember back in the late 90's we had a hard freeze that wiped out all the tender landscape vegetation...Hibiscus ect. Farmers in our surrounding areas are picking what veggies are in the fields and covering the rest for tonights cold snap. Every once in awhile we get a few really cold snaps in winter....guess this is one of them! Keep the chids warm and cozy when ya can. I have a bunch of dendros rooted around my palms in my yard and those babies will have to sink or swim.

[cb977]

We got down to about 33 last night and it hasn't been above 45 all day!

Another cold night tonight and then we should be okay

I can't do any work on the chids with all the regular plants sitting in the room!

[Vanessa]

Sue I can't get my feet warm to save my life!
I did go on weatherunderground's site and they have the little sun pictures with mid 70s high and lows in the 50s for Sunday thru Thursday! Hoooooooooooooray!!!

[Swamper]

yup one more nite of this blizzard LOL dropping to 37 here tonite...bbbrrrrrrr...I feel bad I think I will bring some of them in

[nhman]

Geeezz.... we don't put on long sleeve shirts or long pants until the temperature hits 30 degrees here. At 20 we'll put on a light jacket. Gotta be below 10 to break out the down jacket tho.
Must me nice to grow without heat, lights and humidifiers tho !!!1
For us in New Hampshire, that type of "climate" is about 3 weeks during the summer.....then back to nights into the 40's or 50s. Great sleeping weather, unless you happen to be an orchid.

Stay warm

[cb977]

Originally Posted by nhman

Geeezz.... we don't put on long sleeve shirts or long pants until the temperature hits 30 degrees here. At 20 we'll put on a light jacket. Gotta be below 10 to break out the down jacket tho.
Must me nice to grow without heat, lights and humidifiers tho !!!1
For us in New Hampshire, that type of "climate" is about 3 weeks during the summer.....then back to nights into the 40's or 50s. Great sleeping weather, unless you happen to be an orchid.

Stay warm

LOL...I know it sounds like we're whining but we're really not...well, maybe just a little

For the plants (not just orchids), these temps are a big deal because what we grow is not meant to take these low temps and there's a lot of work involved in protecting them