West Coasters Protect your sensitive trees

[Beng]

Temps in los angeles will be near freezing at night off and on between weds and monday morning. I you have tropicals it's better to bring them in, or put them somewhere shielding protected from the cold. My bougainvillea, and barbados cherry are coming in for a few days.

I heard those of you up in Northern California, Portland, and Seattle are having some bitter cold temps!

Ben

 

[bonsaibp]

Yeah it's after Thanksgiving so it happens here once in awhile - you should be fine with everything but the most sensitive tropicals though- buttonwoods I would for sure move inside everything should be fine under a bench or patio cover etc.. I doubt you'll see much if anything below 40 though. We may get to high 30's overnight and then into low 70s during the day here and you'll be probably 10* warmer for the lows and 5-10 cooler for the highs.
We'll cover our ficus and stuff with frost cloth at the end of the day and remove in the morning just in case.

 

[Beng]

Yeah it's after Thanksgiving so it happens here once in awhile - you should be fine with everything but the most sensitive tropicals though- buttonwoods I would for sure move inside everything should be fine under a bench or patio cover etc.. I doubt you'll see much if anything below 40 though. We may get to high 30's overnight and then into low 70s during the day here and you'll be probably 10* warmer for the lows and 5-10 cooler for the highs.
We'll cover our ficus and stuff with frost cloth at the end of the day and remove in the morning just in case.

What temp do you bring bougainvilleas in? The coldest i've left them out is 39 in the past. They dropped all their leaves but budded back out quickly.

 

[Brian Underwood]

The next few days are supposed to have lows in the low 20's for us. I've never worried about this and there has really never been a problem... I MIGHT however wrap the shohin trees in towels or just bring them into the shed for a few days...

 

[bonsaibp]

What temp do you bring bougainvilleas in? The coldest i've left them out is 39 in the past. They dropped all their leaves but budded back out quickly.

I don't. We cover them with frost cloth every night from Thanksgiving until sometime in Feb. On rare occasions they'll drop some leves but come right back. Nothing comes in- we piut stuff under benches and drape with plastic if we think it's really going to get cold or cover with frost cloth. When I had buttonwoods they came inside as soon as it hit 50 at night until it was consistenly above 55. You should have even less to worry about- but it never hurts to be cautious.

 

[bonsaibp]

The next few days are supposed to have lows in the low 20's for us. I've never worried about this and there has really never been a problem... I MIGHT however wrap the shohin trees in towels or just bring them into the shed for a few days...

And I was thinking of a fishing trip to Clear Lake this week-think that'll have to wait.

 

[dkraft81]

We are looking at a high temp of 4 on thursday

 

[edprocoat]

Temps in the upper 30's, man you guys are in a heat wave compared to us.

This is from the Bougain site,the fertilizer guys.
"For best results, night temperatures should stay above 60°F (15°C) while daytime temperatures can exceed 100°F (38°C) without ill effect."

I have had them die back to the ground at 40 degrees but the roots will put out new growth, not ideal as the trunks take a while to develop. I would move them inside or protect them somehow as they are a zone 9 plant. (Bougies, that is ..)


ed

 

[Beng]

Anyone know how low a temp the following species can take? Been awhile since I was in this warmer west coast climate without my controlled cold house/cold frame with temp monitors...

Punica Granatum nana

Barbados cherry

Australian brush cherry

 

[Beng]

Temps in the upper 30's, man you guys are in a heat wave compared to us.

This is from the Bougain site,the fertilizer guys.
"For best results, night temperatures should stay above 60°F (15°C) while daytime temperatures can exceed 100°F (38°C) without ill effect."

I have had them die back to the ground at 40 degrees but the roots will put out new growth, not ideal as the trunks take a while to develop. I would move them inside or protect them somehow as they are a zone 9 plant. (Bougies, that is ..)


ed

They can definitely take 40 degrees... I'm out of town in portland this weekend so they either need to be inside for the long weekend or outside in a shed. I'm thinking outside beneath my benches. 35 is the lowest it will get in my area so they should be fine.

 

[bonsaibp]

Anyone know how low a temp the following species can take? Been awhile since I was in this warmer west coast climate without my controlled cold house/cold frame with temp monitors...

Punica Granatum nana

Barbados cherry

Australian brush cherry

The pomegranite will be fine, the brush cherry doesn't like a frost at all, the Barbados cherry I'm not too sure of. I've never done anything with the pomegranites but leave them on their shelves.