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Post by skarloey on Apr 4, 2007 15:02:25 GMT
..... for my potted on busy Lizzies?
It's not heated but I have simply run out of window sill space!! ;D
It gets very warm in there in the day, up to 30 C but quite chilly at night, down to 1-2 C. Will fleece do or am I going to check them by letting them get cold at night?
Thanks in advance. ;D
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Post by andy on Apr 4, 2007 15:13:50 GMT
Personally, i wouldn't risk it....still forecasting frost at night and i've only just risked putting my sweet peas out !!!
Just my humble opinion
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Post by Rosefriend on Apr 4, 2007 16:29:23 GMT
Hi Skarloey
I reckon that Andy is right although I have done the unforgivable and put my stuff in one of these plastic GH outside - but I have lined the sides with fleece and then covered everything up with fleece twice.
I must admit that I opened the GH as soon as I could this morning to see if everything had survived.
Even so our hall is full of tubs that I don't know what to do with...... this is supposed to be fun........
RF
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Post by andy on Apr 4, 2007 16:37:46 GMT
It really is a 50/50 chance your taking. Imps are one of the less forgiving plants when it comes to low temperatures. You might just check their growth but you coluld kill them completely. Is there any way you could keep an eye on the temperature at night and maybe just bring the imps in at night. I'm not sure where you are in west sussex but here is a pretty reliable forecast which i've set for Bognor....just ammend the post code or town at the top for your area....and it's showing the possibility of a slight frost at night. www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/7days.asp |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2007 17:26:53 GMT
..... for my potted on busy Lizzies? It's not heated but I have simply run out of window sill space!! ;D It gets very warm in there in the day, up to 30 C but quite chilly at night, down to 1-2 C. Will fleece do or am I going to check them by letting them get cold at night? Thanks in advance. ;D Wouldn't risk it myself - too great a change in temperature between day and night. Agree 100% with Andy about them being abit more forgiving - but is it really worth it - you don't want to have to go and buy plants if they don't survive do you? |
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Post by isabella on Apr 4, 2007 18:33:18 GMT
Personally I wouldn't chance it Skarloey  I know that's not much help when you have run out of space - sorry |
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Post by skarloey on Apr 4, 2007 18:42:09 GMT
Thanks chaps, they are on the dinning room table! They will have to go back out there in the morning though and I'll just have to keep bringing them in at night. It's just that I've been reading about people who have started to put there tender plants out into their placcy greenhouses and wondered if BL's were brave enough to do this with. Thanks for the info that they're not. I wouldn't dream of putting my Morning Glories out there though, I know how pathetic they are. A couple of Junes ago, I left fully grown plants out all night and nearly lost the lot, some of the leaves went white and they sulked for a couple of weeks. I had to have the whole tub in the dinning room, obelisk an' all almost till July.  What about Marigolds and geraniums? Are they to tender too? (I'm seriously trying to free up some window sills!! ;D) |
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Post by andy on Apr 4, 2007 18:48:36 GMT
I would probably risk those two over Imps to tell you the truth but i'd still not be 100% sure.
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Post by skarloey on Apr 4, 2007 19:13:03 GMT
I would probably risk those two over Imps to tell you the truth but i'd still not be 100% sure. Looks like they're all going to have to squish up a bit then!!! ;D |
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Post by isabella on Apr 4, 2007 19:43:28 GMT
'Fraid so |
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