Extreme Heat

[jpiper82]

Charlie, David Wood has some great ideas on how to protect the CV's in high heat.  I have been using one of his techniques, that is spraying the foilage several times a day with cool water/supernova.  I have been using it on my rehabs, and they are the best plants ytd.

[jpiper82]

Charlie, About the wife, I don't fight the battle, I  will win the war!  It is kinda like eating an elephant, you can only do it one bite at a time.
John

[Charlie]

I like your attitude, JPiper!
 

Much of the USA is in overheated conditions right now - we have to use all the tricks out there for best success.


Charlie

[davidwood]

One thing I have learned here in Vietnam where heat is a problem is the huge importance of providing shade for the smaller plant pot, and by pot I mean the roots rather than the foliage. This is especially important if the cv is in its first year or two, obviously as they get older they are more likely to be in a larger pot and will cope much better.
It makes such a difference and can cut down the need for watering buy about 50%, far less stress on the cv if the roots are kept cooler and the mix has no need to be permanently waterlogged, which would be the case if the pot wasn't protected, all my smaller cv's, or the ones that have to sit in the sun all day are either in a second container or sunk in the ground,  not once have I had a wilt problem useing this method, some of them are in blazing tropical sun for 8 hours and watered just once a day.

Another advantage of doing  this is that all these small cv's will get bigger and finding room later can be a problem, truth is you are going to have to find the room sometime and if they are allready in the pot that will be its final home its much easier to plan.

Below are 3 photo's where I have sunk a pot into a larger container, I use the same mix that surrounds the pot that is in the pot,  when it needs transplanting its then a fairly simple job { I do put a layer of sand just for cosmetic purposes}.