General Discussion & Chat: She's about to...62... Summer is here and it is HOT!!!!, 1 by happgarden

happgarden wrote:
Debra, my prayers and thoughts are with your sister. Wish we could all be physically with you and your sister, but you know we are all just a few secs away. I heard on the news last night that you hit 110! OMG that is horrible. We were over 100 but the humidity must of dropped or my body has given up because I watered way into the night and I didn't break out into a sweat, usually I am dripping. Speaking of dripping I am very careful about turning off the faucet.....well a neighbor came by, the phone rang, and yes I forgot to turn off the faucet.....ran from about 10pm to 6am! Course we are on a well....once again I am sooooo thankful our well is commercial size or I could be in deep trouble....dang I can't believe that. Usually I can hear water running when the house gets quiet but not last night.

On a brighter note here are the pics of my plumeria that is blooming! It has lots of buds. rvnsbrk my understanding is your plumeria has to have a branch to bloom like a brug, unless it is some special kind of cut I think? Mine is not very tall but has branched. It is probably only 3 or 4 feet tall. I have aquired several of them. I can tell you overwatering is a giant NO NO, cause they will rot. My first ones were just cuttings and you had to let the "heal" then I put them in black normal plastic pots and sit them in the driveway all summer where the heat to beat down on them, and I didn't lose a one. Then during the winter you have to be really careful not to overwater. I put 3 stalks in a metal pot and they are on the west side of my house and they seem happy as little larks. It is brighter than the pic, my camera has a tendency to bleach things out when the flash goes off and it was pretty late when I was taking these pics. I am so excited tho. I bought 5 more in another coop, 3 are graphs which look really strange, one is suppose to be red, and darn if I can remember the deal with the other....

This message was edited Jul 28, 2011 6:35 AM