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  • From: list@ginda.us
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] negative... Whether Weather[Wind Chill] Effects Plants
  • Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 18:00:40 -0500

I agree, if you have anything frost-tender, pull it in as soon as the air gets an autumn chill. The only plant I move in and out each year is a Myers Lemon. It is cold hardy (according to the tag) to 20F. So I make sure to bring it in as soon as the tomatoes are killed, if I haven't already. I have a better spot for it now, but it used to be that it's indoor location didn't get any sun until the leaves were off the oak tree, so I didn't want to bring it in too soon, as it dislikes being in the dark as much as being a little chilly. But i suspect that each plant has different preferences, and each person has different resources to offer to the plants.

Ginda

On Nov 5, 2004, at 5:40 PM, tanis cuff wrote:

Just this morning I was pondering the Q of how to get some over-wintering pots ready for a forecast cold snap. Thru the summer the problem is how to give them enough water plus keeping the pots cool; seems suddenly the issue is frozen root masses. I gradually move them from the site where the first is more convenient, to the site where over-wintering will work better. Sorry I can't be more helpful.

If you mean frost-tender tropicals, I say bring them in sooner rather than later/ better safe than sorry. If the afternoon & evening feel chilly, frost is likely-- to heck with the official forecast. As for car batteries, the last thing I heard was wind-chill doesn't matter. It just cools stuff off faster than still air.

Tanis, s.WI, be warrrrrm!


----Original Message Follows----
From: David W Hausmann <wizard2468>
To: nafex@
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] negative... Whether Weather[Wind Chill] Effects Plants
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 22:53:55 -0600

Hello, All!
First, I would like to join in on the detrimental effects of negative...

Another stupid question: when you have plants outside you want to bring
in before a freeze, do you watch the air temperature or wind chill
temperature? I realize that wind chill calculates our bodies' reaction
to wind and humidity, vies a vie our perspiration and the cooling effect
produced by the evaporation of perspiration, but was wondering if wind
chill also has any effect on plants? I have written to local TV
meteorologists and asked and never received a reply. I was also
wondering about things such as car batteries [I know they will not freeze
if fully charged, but if not charged fully] and radiator fluids as well,
which is not garden related per se, except perhaps for garden tractors [a
stretch, I know.]. Just curious if anyone out there knows an answer.
By the way, I have been pleasantly amazed by the level of expertize on
this list. I hope you get it straightened out soon, I enjoy the
appropriate posts and have already learned how little I know on this
topic. [The more a wise person knows, the more the person knows how
little they know.] Have a Good One! Love, Peace and Perception

Wizard
Saint Louis, Missouri

Be Cooool!
Wizard2468

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