Really frustrated lately

[TOMMYMIAMI]

Originally Posted by AnonYMouse

I'd like to help by taking all your rain but alas, nature doesn't work that way.

Can you put couple of patio umbrellas up during a shower?

I do this for frost protection with cheapo umbrellas:

AnonYMouse, that is so cute and awesome idea. But, it would totally not work on my 5th floor balcony. Once the rain comes, it comes from the ocean with the wind. And the wind from east is so bad, so the umbrellas would just make the things worse knocking the plants and damaging them. I did try - garbage bags, foils, anything I could, put the weights on the corners, and than in 5 minutes when the rain came, and the wind, I had just a mess, did not protect from the water at all and plants knocked on the floor. Just imagine, it rains pretty much all the way to the inner balcony doors, through the whole balcony, because the wind pushes the rain inside, so whatever is not hanging and secured is flying:-((( But I live the idea, really great! Thanks much

[Orchids4ever]

Sorry to hear you dont like rain
You should move to BC-Canada-we have so much rain here we all rust LOL
But kidding aside-can't you put up a Sheet of Clear Plastic-attach to the Balcony above and just secure it with heavy Rocks on the Bottom? That should keep the rain and cold wind out.

[GardenTheater]

Hope your dry season arrives soon so your wonderful collection can thrive. Hang in there! Wish you could send the rain here. We need it. It's suppose to be our wet season. Mother Nature seems confused.

Association rules are a pain.

[TOMMYMIAMI]

top floor, and as I said nothing can be hanging or seen at the balcony, this would bring probably red flag and complains, I already had once fight over the bamboo railing, and I do not want to go there again:-(

---------- Post added at 08:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:00 PM ----------

Originally Posted by GardenTheater

Hope your dry season arrives soon so your wonderful collection can thrive. Hang in there! Wish you could send the rain here. We need it. It's suppose to be our wet season. Mother Nature seems confused.

Association rules are a pain.

Gosh I wish I could send it all to you, nature is really playing tricks this year, isn't it!

[NYCorchidman]

Tom, Can you take your cymbidium inside and dry before rotting any further??

I would be so upset if the whole season's effort goes into gutter.

Yeah, doing anything to the balcony would bring attention to the building management and other neighbors and you might even be asked to clear all the hanging.
I lived in a building before where I was not permitted anything hanging for safety reason. I think it is fairly common thing. oh, well..

[TOMMYMIAMI]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

Tom, Can you take your cymbidium inside and dry before rotting any further??

I would be so upset if the whole season's effort goes into gutter.

Yeah, doing anything to the balcony would bring attention to the building management and other neighbors and you might even be asked to clear all the hanging.
I lived in a building before where I was not permitted anything hanging for safety reason. I think it is fairly common thing. oh, well..

You are so right! I am glad that no one complains about what I have now, my balcony is over floating, and even I think everything is secure, there are cars parked down, someone may say one word and I am screwed, so to bring any covering will be just the last thing, I am afraid.
Oncidium is inside, bare root, fan on the roots, and will try to save it:-( It is crazy, during thee summer, lecca pebbles were working magic, but now, when there is no sun, and just humid and rainy, it actually is as bad as sphagnum:-( The Oncidium was in lecca and tree fern only for some week, and watered only once, and it was soaking wet. Even tree fern that I tough is impossible to over water with is actually getting fungus and stays soaking wet, since it rains and rains:-((( I will dry the roots and than try some root booster or garlic, not sure yet.

[NYCorchidman]

Wish you all the best with your plants!

[TOMMYMIAMI]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

Wish you all the best with your plants!

Many thanks, with that Cymbidium, it is kinda bottle and I guess not meant to be, I purchase it from seller on eBay, she sent 2 divisions without any roots, they did not really establish, but she was sweet enough to send the new one, bigger with roots, without even me asking for replacement. I got this one some 10 days ago, and did pot into good size pot, lecca and tree fern. I did choose lecca because grower herself is using it and it still have some on the roots! And here we are again, I nearly did kill it with all this rain, even it was at the inside balcony wall, where there was not at least the constant rain, only when raining that heavy one all the way to inner door! Will see tomorrow, will check the roots and decide what to do;-) My hopes are only for the RAIN TO STOP, finally, and our DRY SEASON to come!

[TOMMYMIAMI]

So I got some hope yesterday watching forecast, that today is suppose to be partly cloudy with only 20% chance of the rain. Woke up at 8am to hurricane rain smashing all the way through the balcony to the living room when balcony door open! Even I did move chids to as much inside balcony as possible and cover some with bags, did not help at all, everything soaking wet, and it did not stop raining heavily for the last 5 hours, doesn't even look like some break is in the clouds. The worse, forecast for tomorrow and Monday, rain and wind. I'm getting to the point of don't care anymore, I was ok first few days of rain, getting little worried third day, frustrated 4th day, but today seeing the mess outside and forecast I am beyond all these! This is very discouraging for me :-(

[Mokeck]

Hang in there. I'm having the same issue in NE Miami, my orchids are unprotected outside. Mid-October I applied a preventive dose of Cleary's that seems to be helping though other growers will disagree with using such a strong fungicide this way and of course all kinds of cautionary measures need to be observed. During a break in the weather today or tomorrow I'll dose with physan at half strength, it doesn't take much. Try not to get discouraged. I learned from trail and error to pot most everything in clay pellets/lava rock anticipating epic sustained rain like we're having now. Let's hope everything pulls through.