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Post by mabudon on Jul 27, 2006 6:53:25 GMT -5
Wow, it sure is hot down here in southern Ontario
So far nothing has pooched in the heat, but this weekend is supposed to get stupid hot and I'm worried about my recently acquired Heliamphora, I nearly killed the baby one already (tho it bounced right back, it has made a few new leaves to replace the lost ones but it dropped pretty far pretty fast when I first got it)
Anyone having any heat issues with their plants?? Anyone have any advice for someone without air conditioning (IE watering with cold water, shading plants etc) Are there any species that I should maybe move to the basement to ride this heat out??
Just figured that this topic could be timely given the impending nutty weekend temps (and if there's anything we should be wary of, it's a good idea to get it all in one thread)
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Post by Flytrap on Jul 27, 2006 16:23:41 GMT -5
We're experiencing the same over here on the coast... temps of >35C. I rigged up a drip system over my highlanders. I wrote up something on the pitcher plant forum. I'll cut and paste it here...
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Post by Rick Hillier on Jul 27, 2006 21:52:45 GMT -5
I don't know about the heat, but we had an extended torrential downpour this past week that absolutely flattened my bog garden out. Virtually all of the pitchers are now laying on the ground and look like crap. The impact of the hard rain actually destroyed most of my drosera and ping vulgaris. There's very little left of them, but hopefully what is there will bounce back before dormancy time, but things don't look all that good.
>>> Rick <<<
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Post by sdeering on Jul 28, 2006 0:12:06 GMT -5
Yep hot in Alberta too. I moved my plants inside for the rest of summer, I was going to have to do it anyway. I made a swamp cooler for a perviouse house sunroom. It sucked in outside air and blew it through a wet wick. The dryer the air the more cooling and the benifit is moist air. Good luck Stephen
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Post by mabudon on Aug 2, 2006 12:07:50 GMT -5
Darn it, I think the heat might be killing my poor pot of D.indica... the biggest one is looking pretty ratty- I am worried it might be the pot I have it in, something about not enough oxygen on the rots so I'm letting the thing dry out and breathe a little bit, poor little fellows
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Post by Flytrap on Aug 2, 2006 18:01:08 GMT -5
If we can only harvest the heat of our summers and redistribute them in our winters. I popped in a Canadian Tire and bought a patio misting system and hooked up a small computer fan at one end to blow air over all my highlanders. The misting and evaporative effect of the fan blowing over helps cool the plants. the ambient temps in my greenhouse dropped a full 12F and kept the humidity up there.
Yes... this heat! One of my villosa's leaves have all turned brown, except for a small green shoot at the center. Due to my careless oversight, he dang LFS dried up around it in the baking sun. So i've repotted it into a long and deep clay pot, sitting in water, with the mister over top. I hope I can save it... I'm afraid that rot may take over with all that moisture around it.
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Post by lloyd on Aug 4, 2006 21:09:57 GMT -5
The sun is so intense that I have to keep my terrariums fairly open. Most plants seem to tolerate or like the heat. I can't grow anything outside, the various animals are impossible. We had a little oak we were growing from an acorn and something just snapped it off at the root.
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Post by jay on Aug 7, 2006 12:16:53 GMT -5
The heat is Awsome! my sarrs and nepenthes in the greenhouse are loveing it !!! , my self cause i work out side with no shade ...it sucks .....
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