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Ouch low of -8 C
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Posted by nman 3b MB CAN (My Page) on Sun, May 1, 05 at 18:30
| Where is spring. Low of -8C tonight. I guess I'll be covering my plants. |
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RE: Ouch low of -8 C
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| I'm a bit worried too. Three weeks of warm weather (up to 73 F) and the trees were starting to leaf out, before this week long cold snap. I planted 3 arbs (thuja occidentalis) and am worried that they might not be able to take the cold since they were probably already actively growing and shipped from a warmer zone. Time will tell I guess. The nice thing is that the sun is suppose to return and back to near normal by midweek(16C/61F for a high.) |
RE: Ouch low of -8 C
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| Are you in the city of Winnipeg? Officially, it went down to -8C/18F at the airport, but stayed around -4C/25F at the forks. I know my thermometer more closely resembles temperature readings at the forks. Soon as the sun came up and warmed the inside of my mini greenhouse (actually it's more like a coldframe) I put a few things outside for the day. It gets warm in the little greenhouse and plants were growing a bit 'leggy' being inside with poor light for too long. I was at my parent's house removing sod yesterday, so they can plant some shrubs. I am sure the neighbors must think me crazy considering it was just a bit above freezing and occasionally a bit of snow fell. Glen |
RE: Ouch low of -8 C
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- Posted by nman 3b MB CAN (My Page) on
Mon, May 2, 05 at 20:07
| Yes I'm in Winnipeg. I almost planted some stuff outside. I like to get a jump-start on the garden. I hate to wait until May long weekend to plant. I think I'll cover the plants again tonight. |
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