The weather guessers are calling for 3 nights of low temps this week....42..42..43. Will my plumies be OK left out in the cold? or do I need to move them into the GH already? If I move them in the heaters most likely will not be on yet, but there will be heat from the day built up...enough to last?? Too big for the house house and the boys would likely have a leg lifting contest no thank you very much This is such a tough time of year and I'm really not wanting to fire up the GH yet...lite bill is finally down some. I will go by your advice. Thanks

Do your temperatures generally go with the weather forecast ? Or are you usually a few degrees above? I would call it as I see it. 42 will not harm them, but be sure to start withholding water now because they will go dormant quickly with those temperatures.

Good luck!
If it's not too much hassle, place them in a protected area (under the eaves of the house or in the unheated greenhouse), the few degrees difference will help.

Same when it dips a bit below 40º? They say maybe 38 here in a few nights, but only for one night.

Thanks, Hetty looks like the unheated GH it is. If anything our temps can be a few degrees cooler...unless it's a local channel giving the temps for Panama City...then you can count on 10 degrees difference. I was planning to put "the kids" down the center anyway so should not be a problem. Again, thank you

Sorry to chime in, gin, but when I saw this thread pop up on the Recent Threads list, it triggered my question too. Can't believe you are going quite that low just yet. Boo.

Hey Tee...chime in whenever you want yeah I hate that we're getting that cold already...crud the day temps are still 80s and actually calling for 90 tomorrow. Really makes it very hard to know what to do...now where did I leave the conveyer belt that goes through the GH??

Gracious ... it always makes me shudder when I hear that FL is having those cold temps. Too much valuable citrus and wonderful plants there, and it makes me uneasy. Here I expect it ... there, I don't.

Where is Fountain?

Actually I'm in north Florida. Panhandle about 30 miles north of Panama City...45 or so from Dothan, Al.

You are fairly far north, then. Will be it be cold farther south of you too?

We are supposed to be going down to an unheard of 52 on Thursday night. So from having the windows closed because the a/c is on, we're going to having the windows closed because it's too cold! I must find that blanket I put away in spring!

Went shopping this morning...got home and Bill said we are now looking at 39 one night Did some work in the GH....HOT<HOT<HOT. Grands broke my thermometor, but it had to be about 100. CRUD...one extreme to another this time of year for me.

The picture was taken a few years ago....yes we DO get cold here. Lost stuff in the GH that year

Our temp. was 42 this mornin, way too cold this early, bet it will be a rough winter.

HUSH, Doris....the low temps might hear you Actually set up the heaters today...once everything is in will have to re-set them Hopefully my begonias and aloe will be OK left out...ran out of steam. Moving stuff into the GH and getting ready for a plant swap on Sat. BahHumBug

Doris.Ginger
my temps in FLORIDA CENTRAL are going to be 47 here that is way to cold for 10/20. i wounder what old man winter has for us this winter i bet that its going to be cold now that I have so many plants im growing for sale this spring well i think my plan of the spare bedroom it going to be a green house!!!
mike

Wow that is cold BRRRRR, a balmy 58 here tonight!

Delaying the inevitable

In Clermont where im at we are in the hills and we get ALMOST AS cold as ocala going to warm up tomorrow if it was getting much colder id be bringing about 200 pots now at least in the screen porch when they call for 30's they HAVE to come in the house.

Almost hit freezing here last night. Mine are inside ... including my new plumeria, Hetty.

200 pots in the house ... that's worse than I. I've only got about 100 (or thereabouts). But you gotta do what you gotta do.

Good job, Vic.

SongofJoy said:Almost hit freezing here last night. Mine are inside ... including my new plumeria, Hetty.

200 pots in the house ... that's worse than I. I've only got about 100 (or thereabouts). But you gotta do what you gotta do.

Good job, Vic.

I know how that is, two years ago I had approx.200 potterd plants in the house, then I gave most of them away because of health, and last year I had 15 Adeniums, now I am back to too many again, I just can't stay away from them, Adeniums, brugs, and plumarias.

It's a disease, this plant collecting.... but I don't want to be cured!!