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Planted by: Jennifer Tidwell
Date: Thursday December 17, 2009
Planted in: Growing in the Greenhouse,Other,Perennials,Seasonal Gardening
I don’t think anything was killed. The electricity blinked for a second last night while I was sleeping, causing the safety switch on my heater to trip. The temperature in the greenhouse was 30 degrees F this morning. Not what I wanted to wake up to. All I could do was turn on the heater and head to my “real” job.
My winter annuals look great and probably loved the cold snap, but some of my perennial seedlings look like they might be slightly damaged. I still have seed left for most of them, so it will just be a matter of re-seeding any that die back. Honestly, they didn’t look that bad. Being under cover, they didn’t get any frost, just cold temps. If they were spring annuals, I might be a little more concerned, but winter annuals and perennials are pretty tough.
I’m now on the search for a small electric heater that doesn’t turn itself off if the electricity blinks and a temperature sensor with alarm. I’ve found a temperature sensor (EMR963HG bottom of page), and will probably pick it up after all my Christmas spending is out of the way. If you have a better recommendation that won’t break the bank, I’m open for suggestion.
I also found out that our state NRCS is participating in a hoop house funding program that I’m going to apply for next week. Keep your fingers crossed for me. Here’s a Growing for Market article about it. This would allow me to extend my flower growing season and possibly add some veggies to my offerings. Lettuce would be my primary crop since many flowers are ethylene sensitive (lettuce is too).
It’s not supposed to rain this weekend either, so I may be able to spread the 1.5 yards of mulch I bought two weeks ago. I guess things could be worse!
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2 Comments
So far so good. I think the only things that might be beyond repair are a perilla and an aloe that I was nursing, but it has suckers on the base that still look ok. My ghost cactus (euphorbia trigona) was already in bad shape after the dog decided to upend the pot and drag it around the yard for a bit. It doesn’t look any worse.
I think everything will be ok, as long as my heat keeps running at night.
Comment by Jennifer Tidwell on December 18th, 2009 @
8:56 am
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That was a close call. I bet everything will be OK, as the temp wasn’t cold long enough to really freeze them – I hope!