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« Reply #90 on: September 15, 2010, 03:35:07 PM » |
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That's good to know. If Cosmic Gold behaves the way it does here when cooler, you will get 8 inch blooms with lots of ruffles and tufts and some darker gold or orange highlights. Sort of like the one below.
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« Reply #91 on: September 15, 2010, 06:04:32 PM » |
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40 degrees already! We won't see that until December, hopefully. What temperature will you try to maintain inside the greenhouse?
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hi charlie, the temp in the greenhouse will not go lower than 70 degrees. i will take what the sun gives me during the day. the plants will get sun from 11am till sunset, which is around 4pm during the winter. so depressing. when the sun is out, i will have in the high 80's during the day with no additional heat. lou |
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« Reply #92 on: September 15, 2010, 07:25:53 PM » |
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Low of 70 is excellent. They will flourish and you should get blooms, too. I can no longer heat our entire 1 acre greenhouse to 70 in the winter, but do so in some curtained off areas while letting others go down into the 50's.
A Canadian commercial grower I've been in touch with once told me he uses a special generator in winter to raise the level of carbon dioxide in his greenhouse to higher than normal limits. He said this combats the lower light levels and lower temperatures and allows him to get active growth during the winter. Different circumstances that far north, but I found it interesting anyway.
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« Reply #93 on: September 15, 2010, 07:29:03 PM » |
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Low of 70 is excellent. They will flourish and you should get blooms, too. I can no longer heat our entire 1 acre greenhouse to 70 in the winter, but do so in some curtained off areas while letting others go down into the 50's.
A Canadian commercial grower I've been in touch with once told me he uses a special generator in winter to raise the level of carbon dioxide in his greenhouse to higher than normal limits. He said this combats the lower light levels and lower temperatures and allows him to get active growth during the winter. Different circumstances that far north, but I found it interesting anyway.
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charlie, a lot of commercial growers here in conn use the carbon dioxide generators during the winters. a great help to them, especially the early tomato growers who grow them in greenhouses and have them on the market by early april, a real treat. lou |
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« Reply #94 on: September 15, 2010, 11:04:29 PM » |
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Here's some blooms from today
Heaven's scent
blue Hawaii
Rocket's red Glare
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« Reply #95 on: September 15, 2010, 11:08:51 PM » |
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And Here's Silver Memories, also I have a picture of one of our seedlings, do you thing there is a chance it may bloom this year before winter. It was planted in Dec 2008
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« Reply #96 on: September 16, 2010, 05:15:20 AM » |
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Louis, are you from CT? Which part?
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« Reply #97 on: September 16, 2010, 05:35:06 AM » |
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Pretty photo of Silver Memories with the red contrast of Dragons Breath in the background.
Patrick, your seedling is at the size mine are when many of them first bloom. If you see any microbuds developing before it gets too cold and can then keep the plant warm for several more weeks you could see a flower this year. The more sun the better right now. The seedling bush looks very nice, well branched and upright.
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« Reply #98 on: September 16, 2010, 05:40:05 AM » |
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charlie,
a lot of commercial growers here in conn use the carbon dioxide generators during the winters.
a great help to them, especially the early tomato growers who grow them in greenhouses and have them on the market by early april, a real treat.
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Louis, that's interesting. I suppose it has something to do with not being able to vent fresh air into the greenhouse when it is freezing outside. CO2 gets used up by the plants in that kind of enclosed environment. I tried a small generator that used propane to produce CO2 in the propagation area of the previous greenhouse I had but didn't see any noticeable difference in that situation so did not set it up again after moving to the current location. Charlie |
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« Reply #99 on: September 16, 2010, 11:14:38 AM » |
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Heavy Metal twins and Moonstruck's opening and second day colors.
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« Reply #100 on: September 16, 2010, 05:54:14 PM » |
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Louis, are you from CT? Which part?
hello, i am in morris, a little south of litchfield, where are you. louis |
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« Reply #101 on: September 16, 2010, 06:50:36 PM » |
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Laura those pics are great! I remember you saying you live in WA, what part? I just moved up here and I am curious to hear how you have been growing your hibs because they are looking great!
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« Reply #102 on: September 16, 2010, 08:16:00 PM » |
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Chris, I actually live in Union, Oregon but I attend Walla Walla University. I will bring them to school with me and hopefully they will continue to bloom during the drab winter weather.
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« Reply #103 on: September 17, 2010, 08:38:45 AM » |
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I recall that Laura posted a flower photo in mid-winter but then said the reason it bloomed was that she took the hibiscus home for Christmas break where it got a lot more sun than in her dorm room in WA.
I agree with Chris - your hibiscus are looking excellent now!
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« Reply #104 on: September 17, 2010, 08:46:23 AM » |
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"An addiction to gardening is not all bad when you consider all the other choices in life."
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