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Posted by ladygreensleeves 10(Fla) (My Page) on Mon, Nov 9, 09 at 2:23
| Natures way of pruning back the Hoya's when you don't have the heart or can't make up your mind where to make the cut because it's getting too late in the season! |
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| Well, that's one way to do it! You don't bring in your Hoyas when there's a hurricane coming? Of course, down there, even if you end up with some getting "pruned" by nature, you probably won't have any problem at all rooting them as you still have some warm weather, right? Denise in Omaha |
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| Hi Ladygreensleeves...I think we will be okay here in Central Fl and I think so will you guys south and east of us. Its pretty far enough west that a couple of weather forecasters gives us only have a 50% chance of rain and I don't think I will see much wind. I sure wish we can at least get some rain out of it...we've been SO dry for the last several weeks...been a very dry summer actually for us. Way below our average **sigh** Keeping fingers crossed NO nature trimming with Ida,lol.. Denise, I bring my plants in during storms...but I think we are very lucky yet again with Ida. Should dodge this bullet, hopefully! |
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| Hello puglvr....we got a lot of wind the last few days with it being rather brisk last night. Which is why I was kinda concerned about breakage of some of the vines. Today we are getting wave bands of rain. Denise....most of my Hoya's are housed in a screened in patio,one or two are outside hanging from trees or under the eves of the house. About the only time I have to protect them from the elements is during freezes. Last winter my collection was small so they stayed on the patio. Now I have about 100 hoya's so the more sensitive ones I may have to put in my small greenhouse with the rhips and desert roses. We have been very lucky with the seasonal tropical storms this year....topping off the rain barrels and keeping the pond full and happy as most have fizzeled out or stayed ocean bound and just been rain makers. Got to love it when that happens. |
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| Hi Ladygreensleeves, You're so right about the wind...I've seen on the news some places have it pretty bad...I've been pretty lucky it hasn't been anywhere as bad here. I hope tomorrow we get some rain, my trees and lawn sure can use it. My hoyas hanging on the oak trees have been swaying back and forth like a pendulum...so far so good. If it gets worse tomorrow I might take them down. You are so right...we have been very lucky this season...only 3 more weeks of hurricane season, we are almost on the finish line! |
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| I did have one... a Retusa that I had hanging out front. It's in a hanging pot fashioned from the nut of a coconut. Well I know coconuts are used to swinging in the wind, as well as nasty projectiles during hurricanes. So that one did get moved. |
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I used to just set mine on the ground when a hurricane or tropical storm was headed our way. After Ike I'm not sure what to do. We had 4' of water in the yard so a lot of stuff drowned but the things we put inside died because the city wouldn't let us come back for 2 weeks, a disadvantage of living on an island-they can keep you out easily. I may just leave them all hanging. This year we got lucky and no tropical activity.
Tally HO! |
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