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