Heatwave
Heatwave
Got the beers on ice we have a heatwave inbound!! In fact get the watering cans and hosepipes at the ready as well because there is absolutely no rain in site for the rest of the month. Could be widespread 25-30C next week.
Most wanted list - Any Young Trachycarpus and/or fern.
Heatwave
Today I noticed some plants in the garden dying or already dead. It looks like after the killing winter we're in for a killing summer. I was going to buy some plants, buy may be better to wait until September to avoid the struggle of keeping them alive.
My flip-flops on the patio have melted again.
My flip-flops on the patio have melted again.
Heatwave
Which plant's have died? You have to water a great deal in this weather. Apart from my grass I'm watering everything almost every day at the moment.otorongo wrote: ↑Mon Jun 25, 2018 6:46 pm Today I noticed some plants in the garden dying or already dead. It looks like after the killing winter we're in for a killing summer. I was going to buy some plants, buy may be better to wait until September to avoid the struggle of keeping them alive.
My flip-flops on the patio have melted again.
As for the flip flops, you need to buy a better brand.
Most wanted list - Any Young Trachycarpus and/or fern.
Heatwave
I thought the flip-flops were rubber, but on closer inspection it seems to be some kind of foam. The patio slabs get very hot, much hotter than the air or grass, and you can't walk on them barefoot, but I guess you could fry eggs
I'm a low maintenance gardener and not one to water the garden every day, if I had to do that I'd replace my plants with drought-resistant ones, and that may well happen, with natural selection doing the first part of the job.
I'm a low maintenance gardener and not one to water the garden every day, if I had to do that I'd replace my plants with drought-resistant ones, and that may well happen, with natural selection doing the first part of the job.
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If it was in the sun then 45C is nothing unusual, even 80C wouldn't be. Temps in the sun are more indicative of the colour, shape, material and aspect of the thermometer than the perceived heat, that's why temperatures are normally measured in the shade.
Heatwave
I get that: my garage was 30c on a sunny day in Feb this year (I have been monitoring temperatures in there).
45c is not the real temperature though: just that the thermometer was left in the sun.