Tropicals & Tender Perennials: looking for, 1 by ConnieMounts

ConnieMounts wrote:
I live in South Florida, the temp here yesterday was 95 and it isn't even hot here yet!!
I have found that you have to keep the roots moist, I have soaker hoses that I turn on during the day when it is the hottest and I also let the hose run on them for a half hour to an hour on the bigger ones. I usually try to do this every 3 days if it hasn't rained. I have real good flushes and they continue to grow good.

When it rains real heavy one day and it is extremely hot the next, the blooms seem to steam out there in the heat, I don't think there is really anything to help this except maybe let the sprinkler run on them all day. You maybe could save the blooms, but would take a chance on keeping them too wet and causing root rot.

I would also check to see if the soil is wet before I watered them as I have mentioned above, we have sandy soil here and the water flows right through, but I know those of you north of me might have a clay soil which holds onto the water longer. So you might not need to give them as much as I do.

Another thing that helps is spraying the plants leaves with water in the morning and again in the afternoon after the sun has cooled down, it helps them deal with the heat. They can take alot of water in through their leaves.

Here is a picture of one of my brugs, it is a unknown Suaveolens hybrid.

Connie