Mike Corazzi
Masterpiece
SHEEZE !!
Multiple waterings today
- Thread starter Mike Corazzi
- Start date
namnhi
Masterpiece
Wow I thought we are bad here... have been 102, 103 for many days. Your lows are about 20 degrees cooler than us though
CrippyFreaky24
Yamadori
Only In the 80s here in PA, with lows in the 60s, but still hotter than usual, still not close to you guys. We had a 90 degree day here, and I wasn’t home to water my trees, and my buds on my BC almost died out. However air quality is in the late 200s in and around Pittsburgh. It’s been code purple for a few days, and smoke is visible in the air and smelled when you go outside. It’s almost like a fog.
Cajunrider
Imperial Masterpiece
Better put your BC into dunk tank.
CrippyFreaky24
Yamadori
That I did do now. The buds now are a few inches out now and are doing well with keeping the soil thoroughly drenched all the time.
Colorado
Masterpiece
That looks brutal! Been nice and mild here 
Mike Corazzi
Masterpiece
Makes me rethink the old "FULL SUN" adage. 
Top, pots, shelves.
Top, pots, shelves.
Baku1875
Shohin
yeh that's why you see Bjorn and other pros talking bout shade cloth and automated misting, etc...summers be brutal
I'm on a watering grind as well, but there's been rain and clouds about every other day, some weeks have been dry scorcher streaks tho. I need to redesign my garden and introduce some irrigation before next year, but it's too hot to put in the elbow grease right now....
I'm on a watering grind as well, but there's been rain and clouds about every other day, some weeks have been dry scorcher streaks tho. I need to redesign my garden and introduce some irrigation before next year, but it's too hot to put in the elbow grease right now....
Wulfskaar
Omono
At what temperature do we need to put bald cypress into water??? I've had my first one for a week and have just kept it watered, but the temps haven't really been over 80. Here, it's going to get into the mid to upper 80s this weekend before dipping back into the 70s.
namnhi
Masterpiece
I started to think nothing can be grown here in a pot without some shadeMakes me rethink the old "FULL SUN" adage.
Top, pots, shelves.
August
Chumono
You're forgetting the part where we get blasted with hail every week or so
PowerTap
Shohin
That's a wild temperature swing day to night.
Colorado
Masterpiece
You're forgetting the part where we get blasted with hail every week or so
I think my subconscious is repressing those damaging memories
I noticed that too, wondering what 6pm temps are.! How many hours is it over 100?
CrippyFreaky24
Yamadori
I’m not the best at this so take my advice lightly as it may not be the best. I’d put it in if the heat is causing problems to foliage or the tree in general. If you’re able to keep the soil watered enough, which is very important for a BC, I would say it doesn’t need to be dunked. However, putting the pot in a low level tray of water in general is good for a BC, regardless of drought conditions. It can help the tree grow way better if you’re trying to get it to grow faster/fatten the trunk.
Wulfskaar
Omono
Thanks I appreciate the advice!
BrianBay9
Masterpiece
Yeah I've got a few tough days too.
milehigh_7
Mister 500,000
Here's my forecast:
Srt8madness
Omono
They don't "have" to be in water at all. It's about 100 here all week and from seedlings to my big ass Spiderman are not water. I do have a tray with a few seedlings in water. If it looks tired (limp foliage) even after regular watering then might be a good time to dunk or reduce sun exposure. In ground BC is used to regular temps in the high 90s without flinching, in a pot you should be a bit more cautious.
Similar threads
