Re: uh oh

Plumbago survives here in the ground with numerous frosts and freezing
temperatures.  I don't know how it would do if we had a serious
winter...one with freezing temperatures of several days to weeks.


> [Original Message]
> From: james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 10/14/2006 7:49:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] uh oh
>
> Are you keeping track of these temp dip vis-a-vis species? Could be 
> valuable observations. Especially re plumbago, either blue or white, 
> and fountain grass, either purple or white.
>
> On Oct 14, 2006, at 6:53 PM, Kitty wrote:
>
> > Just a note on my original uh-oh. We've finally passed throught the 
> > freeze dip and  will be having more seasonal temps for awhile.  I had 
> > left one purple fountain grass and one Plumbago out there, fully 
> > exposed, and they are unscathed.  Everything out there in the tenders 
> > bed looks just as it did before.
> >
> > Kitty
> > neIN, Zone 5
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer" 
> > <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 5:33 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] uh oh
> >
> >
> >> Oh boy. I hope you dry some of those poblanos, Cyndi. They dry 
> >> super-raisiny and are just great in any sauce made with dried chiles. 
> >> They are also fairly expensive as dried peppers--like $5 for a pack 
> >> of nine or ten peppers. I envy you and may try to grow some in the 
> >> next pepper cycle.
> >>
> >>> I also picked about five pounds of poblano peppers but I only 
> >>> managed to
> >>> roast, peel and freeze about 3 lbs. I can do a pound every night, I
> >>> think, and maybe I'll manage to get them all inside before it 
> >>> freezes.
> >>> First freeze is usually around the end of October, and if I'm lucky 
> >>> it
> >>> will not damage much because we normally have a couple weeks of good
> >>> weather again after that. But next weekend we are going horse 
> >>> camping so
> >>> I will not be able to do anything then.
> >>>
> >>> Cyndi
> >>>
> >> Island Jim
> >> Southwest Florida
> >> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> >> Hardiness Zone 10
> >> Heat Zone 10
> >> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> >> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
> >>
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> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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