It's going to be chilly yay

@Glenn Jones(9b) I'm at the point of not caring what lives or dies. I don't have space inside for all the tender plants, even when it goes down into the 20s. I just have to be picky. Things are going to die those three very cold nights up here. We're expecting high 20s one night and low 30s for two more nights.

My plumeria hasn't even lost its leaves yet. It's going to be very pretty in the house if I can find a place for it. I'm thinking about putting it into the bathtub. I would have more room, but I've been clearing out the storage unit, and I have boxes piled in the LR. I will have to pull out my tiny little 4' tall drop-over greenhouse to save some of the plants. I've never had to use it in the two years since I bought it during COVID. It won't hold much, but maybe it will keep some things alive if I put it right up against the house.

I've given away so many tender plants this year because I'm just tired of taking care of them. This year, if they die, they die.

I lost most of my plants in the greenhouse last year. The bathtub did help the plumerias but couldn't fit much in. Zone 9A

I'm beginning to worry now. Two weather services have it at 19 or 20 on Friday and low to mid 20s for three days. I'm worried about my fig trees now. I can't move them. They're too heavy. I'm all out of covers.

Looks like this year will be coldest many years

Sultry, how did everything turn out? Luckily, being tucked back into this corner with all the buildings around me probably saved a lot of the plants I had to leave outside. It got down to 21 one night, below 25 for two more and 27 the fourth night. I still have 90 plants in my LR, and I'm just too tired right now to mess with them. The end broke off the hose, so I have to fix that before I can water them.

What kinds local wild vegetation and heritage plantings consist of, what their own tolerances are has always been a good indication of what a body can get away with on their own place. At least without having to deal with emergencies and coddling on a recurring basis. In addition anthropogenic climate change is already bringing us all wilder weather episodes. So that not even the known longtime past climate history of any given area can be relied upon going forward - expect record breaking everything in the coming years. Cold, drought, heat, rain, wind...

It got down to 16F one night and the next day only 32F for the high! I ended up bringing mamma goat and her babies in and put them in the spare bathroom 😅 with a tarp covered with puppy pads lol.

I found one of our hens had passed away the next morning. She was young and didnt have anything wrong with her the day before! I have had chickens die from the heat but never from cold, even when I lived in a cooler climate. I found no marks on her so idk what happened.

I put my potted plants in the block outbuilding except roses, which I left out. We lit the propane heater but in the morning found it had went out.

We had 3 more nights that were 18 and 19,& 20F, then one that was 29. All those plants look just fine, even the Longan and Red Australian Fingerlimes etc.

I guess block/brick is pretty insulating.

All the outdoor roses got their leaves burnt badly.

Hopefully we all wont have anymore nights this cold the rest of the winter.

We got down to 20. My blood orange froze but the Satsuma only lost a few leaves. Duranta did fine with a frost cloth and heat lamp. All my wild ferns froze. I think the reason so many had so much damage was because this time temps plummeted to the 20s for most of the night unlike other years where it was only for a couple of hours..

Orchids in the GH are fine because I have a heater there. The chicken house also has a heater so the hens did fine.

Bea, yes, any time it stays below 25 for 5 or more hours, things are going to die. That one night, it was 25 or below for about 6-7 hours here in 9a, and even longer up in the panhandle. Most of my stuff will come back, but I'm about done with all this bringing plants in and out. The climate is changing. It's too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter.