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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
Climate disaster here. The weather forcast here had said 4 C for a low. Planned on leaving the plants out (12 Tropical hibiscus, 6 Orange trees, and a plumeria.) Forgot to check the forcast at 9 PM local time. At 8:45 PM it was 23 C. Blue Norther hit, and the temperature pistoned down 20 C in two hours. Hit Freezing at 2:00 AM. My brother got up at 4:00 AM, it was -2 C. He madly hauled in the plants into the garage, and turned in the grow lights. It's -3 C outside right now and dropping. High today expected to be +1 C down from +5 C.
It'll take at least 24 hrs, to get a full feel for the damage. The Oranges are probably OK, as they can take a short burst down to -2 to -3. Might lose the fruit. No bets on the Hibiscii or the plumeria....
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Arghhhh, noooo! Where is that Texas? Somewhere between Sibiria and the Kalahari??
I had a frost damaged hibiscus last year. I wouldīn trim it now, but mulch, mulch, mulch, and trim in spring. Iīm not a real expert though.
Itīs 1:48 pm, high time for lunch. 4 C outside and the sunīs shining
