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How hot is too hot for CPs?
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Posted by jon_in_ca 9b CA (My Page) on Mon, Jan 4, 10 at 21:37
| I have tried to find the answer and really haven't found a definite answer. I live in an area of southern CA where the summers are typically in the 90s and in August there are a few weeks that jump to the low 100s. I would like to start a bog garden but I am unsure if there are any CPs that can tolerate the heat. I would love any suggestions or ideas. Thanks! |
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RE: How hot is too hot for CPs?
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| 100-110 should not be a problem for the majority as long as they don't dry out. They will do better(roots stay cooler) in a bog than potted. |
RE: How hot is too hot for CPs?
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| I suspect that humidity is the deciding factor rather than an exact temperature. Remember most CPs that experience 100+ temps are growing in very wet, very humid bogs - if you put them in the desert they will be much more likely to dry out quickly unless you can boost humidity for them. |
RE: How hot is too hot for CPs?
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| Thanks! I will make sure to keep the soil moist and the humidity high. |
RE: How hot is too hot for CPs?
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| What are good ways of boosting humidity? Would keeping the soil wet do the trick or are their other things that can be done to help CPs? I want to make a mini bog, but it's pretty desert-like here. |
RE: How hot is too hot for CPs?
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| The usual way to raise humidity for outside plants is to try to create a humid "microclimate" around the plants by grouping them together and keeping the soil very wet with standing water in the tray system under the plants. I have heard of elaborate solutions such as misting systems (which can be made pretty easily with a suspended soaker hose) above plants and of course the ultimate solution is the greenhouse. In an outside bog garden, maybe try to make a low part with a standing water "pond" in it to group plants around. |
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