Good luck. In Albany, 44 degrees :p

Get off the computer and go save those plants!

We went down to 3.5c last night, brrrr.

Gill UK

Well, I didn't haul them all in. The next 5 nights are supposed to be over 10 degrees Celsius, o they'd just be in for the night., So I wrapped a big tarp around my greenhouse and put a space heater in it for the night. Hopefully that will do it... Hope this works. And the battery in my remote temperature logger chose tonight to die.....drat. I'm not opening it up again to change batteries..

In short, my greenhouse is now a bluehouse...

Bluehouse for a bluenoser, I'd say that's a fair assessment. You should be OK, especially if you've kept them dry - it's just been wet here, and I'm a little worried, but too tired to care right now.

It was over 90 degrees F. here today. I'd gladly take some of the cold from you guys.

It's been in the 90s here also (flowering has resumed for a few of my babies), but the Jades and Aloes are coming in soon nevertheless. Everybody else will stay out for about 3 more weeks. The Echinopsis hybrids can take some cold (I think it's good for them).

I better get on ordering those plant stands or the plants will be sitting on the floor :-(

Which state do you live in, noto?

zone 5 and 90 degrees?! (This time of year*)

I hope Breton managed to bring all of the plants in!

Good one, Jeff. I see you been traveling to more exotic locales, nice!

All the plants are quite dry now. my Aloes are flowering quite a bit, seems late. I also have a flowering Lithops, and another that looks to be preparing to do so.

Neil, I took only one tray of new plants in... The rest did fine in my makeshift insulated greenhouse. The temperature only went down to 5, so they would have been fine. I actually forgot my large jades outside unprotected and they seem fine...

Alas. there is no denying it is time to start finding winter accommodations for everyone...

breton

With the GH you should have enough protection for a while, even without the heater? Especially with a tarp. All my succulents are still outside, unprotected and still alive - temps were down to 6*C couple of nights, but that is only for hour or two anyway.They are all by the side of garage that has white siding on it, so I am hoping that offers just a little protection. Ficus benjamina, brugmansias, hot peppers and many other plants (all I have) are still outside too.

Do you know what temps were in your GH (min?) I was thinking about some kind of high tunnel to add few more weeks - but I don't have any experience with it.

Rina

To laticauda:

I live in N. Nevada--we have very unusual weather here always (just like everyone else). It could be snowing by next week. We are at about 4700 feet elevation so we can get snow/frost any month of the year, but that is not the norm. Our summer highs are 100+f, but we can get below zero f in December/January. We are at the western edge of the Great Basin desert.

And if it hits 90 here in September, it's just for an hour or two

But I just looked because now you can get your zone by putting in a zip code instead of looking at that complicated map and it looks like I'm actually zone 6b (global warming).

I will have to edit my profile if I can figure out how to do that--thank you for bringing this to my attention.

Almost everything is inside the greenhouse now. So let the first frost come - on the news already once reported. I keep the plants there till end november/beginning december. On nights with frost I cover everything with a thick layer of old newspapers. They isolate perfectly.

Harry

Rina,

My greenhouse is a tiny 2x 3 foot structure, more of a rain shelter than anything. The bottom foot of each wall is open ( I used a larger frame with a smaller cover to maximize shelf space and also increase airflow during hot weather) and so there is a lot of airflow through it. I do have it right against my house for shelter, but don't expect to get more than a few more weeks out of it before everything has to come in.

Also the heater I used is not an actual greenhouse heater, and I don't like using it outside. But I think it was at least 8 or 9 degrees in there last night, compared to 5 outside. My remote thermometer chose last night to conk out, unfortunately....

I just built a hoop house its 15 feet long roughly 11 wide and 9 and a half feet tall, enough plastic to cover it twice it cost me roughly 175 dollars in parts at home depot. the plastic for covering was probably the most expensive part. I am going to be using it as a green house in the winter and I plan on adding more pvc pipe in spring to create a lath house in summer. definitely worth the money to save the plants I adore so much! Plus I have a lot more space than my friend who bought a greenhouse kit at harbor freight for 650 dollars not including shelving.

breton

Thank you for the details. I wouldn't want to use heater for a while. Eventually, plants have to go indoors anyway.

Bob

Where are you located?

Sacramento ca, So I don't have to worry about temps getting to cold, but I do grow tropical plants and try to keep my temps at 55*F or above. Zone 9