Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 11:49:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Steve Clancy <sclancy@sun1.lib.uci.edu> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2606$foo@default> Subject: Re: photosynthesis thoughts
On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Benjamin F. Lasseter wrote:
> P.S. By the way, is there anything one can do to save one's porch plants
> from drought conditions such as the ones currently prevailing in Texas?
> (over 100 F every single day, almost no rain since the beginning of June,
> no relief in sight) I have lost quite a number of my best plants to this,
> in spite of regular watering. I moved my VFTs indoors, but that has
> drastically cut down the amount of light they can get. Only my moss roses
> seem to thrive on the heat. Can anyone offer advice?
>
Benjamin,
I don't know if this will help you, but this is what I have been doing to
keep my Darlingtonia alive during the hot dry days here.
I have been filling small water bottles (like the 16oz Sparkletts bottles)
with distilled or filtered water and freezing them. Then I up-end them on
top of the soil aroung the plant (with the cap off) and let them melt
during the day this provides a cooling, constant drip of water around the
plant.
So far, it's worked for me, but our temperatures have not been as hot as
yours.
--steve
Steve Clancy MLS, Science Library, Univ. of California, Irvine
P.O. Box 19556, Irvine, CA 92623-9556 U.S.A.
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