palmtree

It was suppose to be such a beautiful day here, but it ended up being a good 10F cooler than expected. Today got up to about 70F, but with the cloud cover getting thicker, and the wind picking up, it does feel a little chilly.
My plants are all doing well outside though and my bougainvillea is pushing out blooms (and my musa basjoo is actually pushing up its new leaf more and more every day!). Im surprised at how well brugmansias grow in cooler weather because mine is put out about a half an inch of growth in the past week which is pretty good considering its not warm outside yet!

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sunfish

Hot Hot Hot

nannerfunboi

wasnt a bad day here today.. finally.. mid 60s..lots of clouds..but
some sun..
this week were to have mid 70s.. we will have flooding for sure
with those temps and all the snow we have in the mts..
if its not one thing its another..sigh..
but the warmer temps will be welcome
i haul all my tropicals out to enjoy the warmer temps.and full
sun..which my EE's and bananas are showing their appreciation..
i will get my cannas in this week too..
i hauled in a TON of good compost..besides mine.. and the soil
is ready for plants...
thoughts still on all the people in deep south.. i see all the pics
of destroyed homes/towns/neighbourhoods.. wow..
my heart goes to them..

MissStress

90% of the snow has melted. :P

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orinoko

16 C and cloudy,

Lorax, water the garden, here if I do that it usually rains afterwards..



We just got the first windyless day. really bad winds yesterday, so bad I had to fleece bag a tree.

It looked like rain earlier, we have had plenty rain though.

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nannerfunboi

finally a day and sunny !!!!

its only short lived i guess.. rain tonite.. sigh
lol
all the tropicals are outside.. singing i might add..
lol
alot of mowing lawns today..
i did the front in the rain on monday..
the back.. which is bigger.. had to wait for a drier day.. today..
got that done earlier..
then off to mow the elderly neighbours.. i get their grass clippings..
yea.. compost ya know...
hope all in missouri,oklahoma are ok....
sure some severe weather around.. geeshhhh

Patty in Wisc

I can't stands it anymore!!! All week, cloudy & cold...I mean like low 40's. My furnace was on yesterday so I turned it off...May 25th??? I lit the woodburner in basement & it's sending heat up here. I usually have my garden done beginning of May but didn't start yet. The plants are outside & not liking it.
Hey Orinoko, you mentioned Lorax. Lorax was a member here....you referring to her?

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nannerfunboi

im with u patty .. enough of coolish spring..
was an ok day today.. morning was chilly.. rest of the day was
warmish..but sunny.. yea !!!
my furnace came on this morning too.. may 26??? i totally agree..
enough...
put rest of my cannas in this morning.. they'll be ok..
leaving my basjoo's outside overnite now.. they are doing great..
they are potted up still though...
been eyeing over gardens.. LOL ok..ive pampered all these EE,bananas,
gingers,now ive got to put them in soon. LOL
i have a big place.. just they're goingt to need space..to get big..
hope this weekend is last of "cold" weather.. my tomatoes sure need to go
in.. theyre almost all in bloom..some with fruit starting.. but why plant out
only to freeze...
trying to keep the faith..

laserlight

Its been too cold and i want summer. the weather says we could be 90 on monday and i hope there right. i want to go swimming.

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orinoko

Bit breezy and dull as watchiing paint dry.....doh...again.

Apart from march its been a horrid spring, this coming after the coldest winter I ever experienced.

Come on take pity, gimmie sum sun...please.

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Patty in Wisc

It's nice to know I'm not the only one. Today is cold but mostly sunny. Rain next 2 days but MONDAY is s'posed to be in 80's!!!! Wanna see a whole bunch of people get nuts?!!

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laserlight

Its 60 and yuch and i have to work in the garden. I hope its a ton warmer tomorrow.

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sunfish

Unusual May weather

cherokee_greg

Usally we have real warm days this time of the year today only 69 wow whats up with all this strange weather ? Im ready for summer time !

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orinoko

Got an idea of what the sun looks like for about 10 mins this afternoon so I went and took the banana out for some fresh.

Its the wind thats doing a lot to the garden. Its been very wet and I would use Provado for the bugs but not Ideal in the rain.

Feeding a water based feed is useless so a slow release.

Last week It was so windy I tried to dig up the Maple but its roots were well and truely anchored deep. They hate wind and It was bending in half.

Surely summer will come, when it does it will be a scorcher, I know it..

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nannerfunboi

wow sunfish..u are getting the rain.. sigh
ya..yesterday was semi ok..couple hrs of sun. then clouds came in
today.. light rain all moring long..
lawn looks great.. some mushrooms showing up now..
mountains here are obstructed by low clouds..its snowing up at
park city..
it really is everywhere isnt it.. cool/wet weather..

sunfish

Yes its been cool wet spring

nannerfunboi

sunfish? does all this rain affect your passionflowers??
your pics show great plants..obviously u are keeping them happy..
passion plants like good drainage dont they?
with all the rain..etc.. can they take all the rain..with really good
potting soil that drains fast? what do u do?
thanks man..

sunfish

Well. Some are in pots that have good draining soil and some are planted in the ground,solid clay. Just like bananas the more tropical need better drainage than the others.Also some of my Passion Vines are more hardy then the books say. Again like bananas once they get established they can take lower temperatures.

nannerfunboi

thats encouraging sunfish..
i know i'll have to bring in passion vines here..(overwintering)
im thinking a good soil mix would be small bark,perlite and compost..
? what do u think?
i guess the US weather is being affected by this la Nina from pacific
tropics.. sigh
tried to see "forcasts" of what could follow for the summer months...
if there is "typical" follow up weather after a la Nina ..some say..warmer
drier..some say a return to "normal" regional weather..
lol
guess its whatever shows up..
i do hope it is a good..long summer..
id love for my tropicals to have as much warm/sunny weather to
get BIG !!!!