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Post by lloyd on Jan 7, 2014 16:15:19 GMT -5
It's really cold (for Toronto anyway). The high today was -19C or something. The inside door handle in my garage is covered in ice. The sarr's (overwintering in the garage) look the saddest I've ever seen them, leaves lying down and leathery. I covered them with some snow to maybe give a little bit of insulation. Oh well, I hope they make it. This is the coldest winter in Toronto for over 20 years or so.
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Post by canuk1w1 on Jan 7, 2014 18:59:42 GMT -5
Best of luck Lloyd, I hope they pull through. Back in '94, it stayed below -10C/-15C for two weeks I think? Got home tonight, washed my hands without waiting for the water to warm up. I just went to wash some dishes and make dinner - no hot water. Landlord said to leave the cold dripping and the hot should be okay. Not...
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Post by shoggoths on Jan 7, 2014 19:48:04 GMT -5
Yeah, good luck. It pretty cold here too. Under -20C since December 31. With wind factor we will be at -34C tomorrow ... and I have to walk to work since Monday %?&%?& My beer and water are frozen in the garage
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Post by canuk1w1 on Jan 7, 2014 20:04:02 GMT -5
Mais ton caribou?
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Post by hal on Jan 7, 2014 20:09:42 GMT -5
Due to lack of space in the garage this year my Sarr pots are up against the sheltered side of the house, covered in leaves. The pitchers were still standing and green at Christmas. Now they look like Lloyd's - all bent over and leathery.
There's some purps in there which I'm sure will survive but who knows what's going to happen with the flavas and oreos and hybrids. I'm sure those pots have frozen solid in the garage before but never quite this badly.
Oh well, at least my beer is not frozen! (or my caribou) ((or my moose))
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Post by shoggoths on Jan 8, 2014 9:14:33 GMT -5
Hey hey hey, caribou is alrigth! I would be in deep trouble otherwise. In fact, I'm not a big strong liquor drinker so I found they all taste better cold as ice like they are now at least that make one good point Let us know how the sarr look like in Spring Hal, I was planning to let some outside next year in a spot that always get a lot of snow but with this Winter temperature, I'm not sure anymore.
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Post by LucST on Jan 9, 2014 13:44:40 GMT -5
Sounds rough. I feel I probably shouldn't mention I went camping this week... please don't hurt me If it make you feel any better none of the sky hills on the Island have opened yet this year.
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Post by lloyd on Jan 11, 2014 22:20:06 GMT -5
In Toronto it went up to 6C and rained the whole day. I put the sarrs out in the rain and they actually seemed to perk up. The pots still seemed at least partly frozen though. Back to the garage and sweet dreams of bugs until the next thaw.
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Post by lloyd on Jan 20, 2014 21:45:43 GMT -5
Another week of -22C. I know it seems like whining to the rest of Canada but I feel sorry (sarry?) for my plants.
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Post by hal on Jan 20, 2014 21:55:14 GMT -5
The cold is just a minor thing, adds alata flava to life!
(I'm so sarry....)
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Post by canuk1w1 on Jan 21, 2014 9:28:46 GMT -5
The cold is just a minor thing, adds alata flava to life! (I'm so sarry....) Oh Dude.... Taxi for Ian! Here's your coat mate... Okay; pull my finger!
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Post by Dennis A(cook1973) on Jan 26, 2014 10:28:46 GMT -5
Another week of -22C. I know it seems like whining to the rest of Canada but I feel sorry (sarry?) for my plants. We got the same kind of weather in NL I don't wish it on anyone for their CP's to perish and die I lost a Drosera Capensis earlier this year because something got into the soil and killed it,then I put 2 typical and my Big Jaws in our shed for dormancy and it did not seem cold in there but the soil froze solid freezing solid then froze the roots solid and they perished on me. I plant to make another order this spring for more CP's since I learned alot my first time with CPs I plan to have 2 venus flytraps,a Ping Numerous Sub Tropical Sundew for my small Terrarium,maybe more varities of CP's later,who knows? lol !!
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Post by Rick Hillier on Feb 11, 2014 15:29:30 GMT -5
I have had an outdoor bog going for around 15 years now... every year, I mulch it in about 12" of pine straw and it comes back every spring. Back when we did have that extended period of cold back around 10 years ago, I helped out in an experiment whereby a temperature logger in a baby food jar was buried in the bog so that the top of the jar was at "ground level." I had it about 12" in from the edge, but it was covered by the pine straw. The data showed that the temps went down to a fraction of a degree above freezing and stayed there. The bog was not near a building either. Pretty amazing.
Two years ago, I moved it all to the front yard where it comes up about 6" out of the ground (still 24" deep though). I mulched it like usual, but went out about 3 feet in front as well (the direction from which the wind normally blows). It came back beautifully last year. Here's hoping for the same results this year.
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Post by Dennis A(cook1973) on Feb 11, 2014 18:21:34 GMT -5
It's really cold (for Toronto anyway). The high today was -19C or something. The inside door handle in my garage is covered in ice. The sarr's (overwintering in the garage) look the saddest I've ever seen them, leaves lying down and leathery. I covered them with some snow to maybe give a little bit of insulation. Oh well, I hope they make it. This is the coldest winter in Toronto for over 20 years or so. what if you did a leaf cutting or something incase the worst happens and your plants do not make it?
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Post by Dennis A(cook1973) on Feb 11, 2014 18:34:39 GMT -5
I have had an outdoor bog going for around 15 years now... every year, I mulch it in about 12" of pine straw and it comes back every spring. Back when we did have that extended period of cold back around 10 years ago, I helped out in an experiment whereby a temperature logger in a baby food jar was buried in the bog so that the top of the jar was at "ground level." I had it about 12" in from the edge, but it was covered by the pine straw. The data showed that the temps went down to a fraction of a degree above freezing and stayed there. The bog was not near a building either. Pretty amazing. Two years ago, I moved it all to the front yard where it comes up about 6" out of the ground (still 24" deep though). I mulched it like usual, but went out about 3 feet in front as well (the direction from which the wind normally blows). It came back beautifully last year. Here's hoping for the same results this year. when I rake leaves the front yard alone fills 4 or 5 black garbage bags if I fill the bag up to half then insert my VFT's still in its pot until next spring then fill the bag and tie it and put the bag in the shed would my VFTs survive the winter?
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