jenn
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Post by jenn on Oct 11, 2023 17:22:17 GMT
We'll be away for 2 weeks soon. I want everything on autopilot so I'm not telling bro housesitting "bring in all my potted amaryllis plants, NOW!" and "please alter the automatic watering timer." Looks like our weather.com will forecast for 10 days out but then it's just "average" high low and no bet on rain/sun. I already cleared the indoor space for the tender plants in case I'm moving them in right before we drive away when I last minute see there's a freeze in a week, and I don't think the watering schedule is too likely to drown or dehydrate everything. But how do you guess weather in freeze season two weeks or more out?
Thanks!
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Post by countrymom22 on Oct 11, 2023 23:09:38 GMT
I don't even try to guess anymore. I live by the "Better safe than sorry" adage. I would bring them in before I leave. The outdoor watering, I would leave to mother nature at this time of year. I find that the easier I can make it for the house/farm/pet sitter, the less likely things are to go wrong. And let's face it. The forecast changes hourly, so anything that is forecast before you leave is not likely to be the actual weather anyway. Bringing the plants in now will remove the worry so you'll be better able to enjoy your trip.
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Post by dw on Oct 12, 2023 11:58:44 GMT
Never,,,be prepared!
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Post by jenn on Oct 13, 2023 14:25:37 GMT
Hedge my bets: 6 inside, 4 out. A garden visitor (we get accosted by people asking about it weekly or so) says she leaves her Xmas amaryllis planted outside; I don't believe her. I'll wait and see how my newly planted St Joseph lilies (hardy amaryllis to zone 7 anyway) do over the winter and sort out the warmest spot to try it maybe next winter after all summer in the ground. In zone 8 even I feared for their safety and planted them around the swimming pool whose specific heat should raise the low temps a bit through the winter. (Back there I had the satsuma planted next to the house; how I miss that tree- will try one here also next year- Satsuma Arctic Frost good to +10 F... it will get the warmest spot sorry amarylises. And covering if I'm in town when a frost might come.)
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