Re: Over the top, or around the bend
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- Subject: Re: Over the top, or around the bend
- From: J* I* J* <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 18:27:52 -0700 (MST)
SCHAFFCM@SNYBUFAA.CS.SNYBUF.EDU wrote:
>
> If I'm visualizing this "heat box" correctly, it might be a mechanism tht
> could be used on that perfect stalk one would contemplate taking to a show
> come iris-bloom season!!
> ****
>
> Well, I think I am completely infected. I have this lone stalk of
> Winterscape that is trying to bloom. But, we are having a few days of
> subzero nights. So I took a tall box witha 12 X 16 cross section, cut
> the end out of it, covered it with plastic to protect it from dew, and
> put it over the plant. Then put a small light underneath the box to keep
> the blooms from freezing.
> **
>
> Let us know how it works, John.
Well, if you mean it might be something to use like, or in addition to,
putting a stalk in warm water, I would think it would help. What I am
doing is creating a warm(er) environment to keep the buds from freezing.
It would also work to make a whole stalk warmer. If that would make the
bloom open faster on a show stalk then I think it would work for your
purpose. It is like a mini greenhouse.
So far after three nights of sub 32 F weather, the stalk and blooms are
still intact.
John | "There be dragons here"
| Annotation used by ancient cartographers
| to indicate the edge of the known world.
John Jones, jijones@ix.netcom.com
Fremont CA, USDA zone 8/9 (coastal, bay)
Max high 95F/35C, Min Low 28F/-2C average 10 days each
Heavy clay base for my raised beds.
