CULT: Rebloom and freeze
- Subject: CULT: Rebloom and freeze
- From: "* G* C* <j*@cox.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 00:40:31 -0500
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Freezing temperatures are forecast for tonight and
in the 20s tomorrow night, so I have regretfully cut this bloomstalk and brought
it inside, where it is beginning to open. I would like to have seen it in
the garden, but couldn't take the chance. Maybe it will make a centerpiece
for Thanksgiving dinner. During the freezes of 9-10 days ago, the
SDBs fared all right, and the IBs also, apparently, but the TBs were damaged
despite their sock covers. I notice beads of moisture within the membrane
of the stalks which were up at the time of the freeze, and the buds are no
longer firm. I think the degree of a plant's surface exposed to freezing
temperatures has something to do with its ability to withstand cold or
not. I also cut and brought in some first-time rebloomers whose buds
aren't yet showing color. When (if) they bloom, the flowers may not be
fully representative of either the size or color had they bloomed in the
garden, The alternative, of course, is to let them be frozen and lost
altogether. Not a happy choice.
The cold weather this year has been unusually
early. My big oak in the front yard doesn't usually fully drop its leaves
until January. Today, I noticed that it is almost bare. The entire
neighborhood looks wintry. Hopefully, rebloom of the SDBs will continue in
the warmup after the freezes, but I think it's curtains for the many TB stalks
that are up. -- Griff
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