Hi Temps and hot days
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Re: Hi Temps and hot days
Wow that is hot and it is not
summer until tomorrow.
Stay cool if you can
Fiona
summer until tomorrow.
Stay cool if you can
Fiona
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Re: Hi Temps and hot days
Cool change supposed to be coming through our way tonight. Reading back through this topic is depressing and a reminder of things to come
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Re: Hi Temps and hot days
Yer, I found some shade cloth and will have to invent something until my Christmas pressy arrives...
I have lost enough trees!
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I have lost enough trees!
Cheers
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Cheers
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Re: Hi Temps and hot days
So I've just read through the thread and now I'm terrified! This is my first summer with bonsai.
I'm guessing the best investments are shadecloth and a timer to water them through the night in hot weather?
I'm guessing the best investments are shadecloth and a timer to water them through the night in hot weather?
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Re: Hi Temps and hot days
Adabel.
Fill some trays with water and a layer of stones.
Then rest smaller more sensitive pots in top of the stones. This will give you some insurance.
Shade cloth and water timers are great ideas!
Fill some trays with water and a layer of stones.
Then rest smaller more sensitive pots in top of the stones. This will give you some insurance.
Shade cloth and water timers are great ideas!
One of the fabulous things about growing bonsai is as you get old and decrepit your trees get old and beautiful
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Re: Hi Temps and hot days
You know it's summer when:
The roadside 'Cat-eyes' are melting!
These are all alongside our roads...
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The roadside 'Cat-eyes' are melting!
These are all alongside our roads...
Cheers
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Re: Hi Temps and hot days
Bugger that man, that is insane!
Thankfully only had one accent taken as a casualty so far... but I'm not going to speak too soon lol
Thankfully only had one accent taken as a casualty so far... but I'm not going to speak too soon lol
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Re: Hi Temps and hot days
Well it seems i have suvived 13 days straight at 35 degress plus for MARCH! i think most of the country was getting some simular heat . Its not unusual to get a few hot days in march in NE vic but not a constant run i got
Havent had a look at my trees yet to see if any burn etc just had the auto sprinklers flooding the area twice a day . I have estimated i have used 90-100,000 litres of water in the past 2 weeks to get them through
Anyone else get these run of hot days and how are your trees coping . looks like from tuesday here onwards it should start to revert back to normal temps . yay 10-12 at night
Havent had a look at my trees yet to see if any burn etc just had the auto sprinklers flooding the area twice a day . I have estimated i have used 90-100,000 litres of water in the past 2 weeks to get them through
Anyone else get these run of hot days and how are your trees coping . looks like from tuesday here onwards it should start to revert back to normal temps . yay 10-12 at night
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Re: Hi Temps and hot days
Hi Mathew , mate it been an unusual season . I only watered twice a day on a few occasions . The heat has been extreme and losses considerable , but that's Bonsai . No need to mow here its basically burnt off and most of my losses this season were JBP's , Chinese Elms and Tridents , all of the other material has thrived in the heat .
I averaged around 2-2 1/2 thousand litres of water per day for a single watering , but there has been a few vegies mixed in the grow beds . A few heavy showers last night was a real blessing however they didn't produce enough of the good drop .
Cheers Alpine
I averaged around 2-2 1/2 thousand litres of water per day for a single watering , but there has been a few vegies mixed in the grow beds . A few heavy showers last night was a real blessing however they didn't produce enough of the good drop .
Cheers Alpine