Hi -

I go through this every spring in New England, and I always vacillate on which way to go, so I am looking for some expert opinions...

After several weeks of warmth (70s - 80 day..even 90!, 50s at night) we are in one of those stalled front patterns that seem to plague us up here in New England. Literally, it has been 50 during the day and upper 40s at night for several days...with rain showers to boot!

All my cacti and succulents are potted in a high drainage mix - mostly pumice and turface with some coarse sand, perlite and coir.

Cacti - golden barrel, opuntia, Cleistocactus, amd saguaro

succulents:

summer growers: commiphora, portulacaria, bursera, adenium, pachypodium, boswellia, dorstenia, adansonia, operculicarya...all pushing active growth.

winter growers: pelargonium triste, tylecodon reticulatus and paniculatus, dioscorea elephantipes...dormant

in between?: jade, pelargonium cotelydonis, pachycormus discolor...actively growing

Not sure if there is a general answer here but do I need to protect these guys during these spells or just let them deal with the brief discomfort? I have moved some of them in under lights, some under a table umbrella...others I am letting just deal with it.

Anyone else going through this?

Thanks.

Tom