I went to sleep last nite around 7:00,Chuck came home and woke me up at 1:20 am to tell me the power was out and my alarm would not be going off(I didn't have to get up till 2am)
Since I didn't have an alarm I decieded to just stay up,as I'm laying there feeling sorry for myself for missing 40 minutes of sleep....it comes to me
NO POWER means NO FURNACE which means no heat in the greenhouse!!!!!!!
I go tearing down there and checked the temerature
37 degrees
Outside it was 6 degrees
I dragged the kerosene heater out there and got it going
The lowest it went was 33 degrees
It went to -1 outside
plus lake effect snow on it( maybe that insulated it,but it could have collapsed it)
I'm thinking I'm gunna take a cutting of EVERY Brug I have and keep them in the house......
Just incase
Almost a disater!
oh hon, take care. mine are in the house and not doing wonderfully :(
I don't have THAT much fun with a GH, so all of mine are growing, or going dormant in the basement. Sure nice to be able to sleep in and not have to keep a GH warm on cold nights!
-1--!!!!! What does that feel like? I can't imagine how you ran around to get everything done. Hope you had your Long Johns on--- in double layers! My husband was wearing shorts yesterday...lol
Just my pjs...actually one of my sons old t shirts and slippers,and YES ,it was cold,suppose to get colder tonite
CC, I bought a small gas heater last year that runs on a small gas grill tank and doesn't need electric for emergencies. Only problem is it throws off so much heat out the top that I have to have something over it or it will melt the plastic on the GH roof.I also bought an alarm system that warns if the temps get too hot or too cold but I haven't been able to get it to work right since I bought it.
Good save CC - the GH would have been the first thing I thougth of - then praying there wasn't a power surge when it came back on.
CC, i would have loved to see you flying around. i still have a few brugs i had put under my oaks right out back that have no leaf damage yet. i did move brugs with seed pods inside for a false alarm last weekend. waiting to see how they do. crossing fingers, i swear creamsickle pods are growing still, and a couple of blooms opening up.
CC, what a horrible thing to happen. I'm so glad Chuck woke you. Imagine what would have happened if you had not thought of the greenhouse and went to work. Hope everything is okay.
Brrrrrrr colder then 1 tonight. I think some of it sled down here. Chin up everything will go fine if you dont catch cold ♫
Hope cold dont do much damange on them! Bring it all over here and I would be happy to baby sitter for you until winter is over? LOL.. Mine still under green house.. I am wearing short and barefoot! Been raining all day. It have been raining over 6 inches today. Flooding everywhere!
Thanks you guys,I'm taking cuttings this weekend
OF EVERTHING!
I'd like to find some kind of alarm so I know when the temperature drops,but if I'm not home ,then the alarm is useless
Wonder if there is some kind of small emergency heater that uses NO electricity
C.C. to the rescue! Hope your Brugs will be okay!!! Please be very careful with heaters, especially kerosene......may cause fires.
We are suppose to be hit with a snowstorm tomorrow. Hope it doesn't head up your way! Stay WARM! It's gonna be a looong winter!!!
cuttings are a great idea! better to be safe than sorry.
CC, How is it out there now? Has the storm passed?
Its cold and has snowed EVERY day!
Tomorrow is suppose to go to 41 ,then its suppose to get cold again,28 as a high on Sunday
CC,
Use high grade (low sulfur) kerosene to avoid sulfur dioxide damage.
We use K1 clear...is that low sulfer?
cc
Only a high quality, 1-K kerosene with less than 0.4 percent sulfur by weight should be used. This is according to David S. Ross
Extension Agricultural Engineer
Department of Agricultural Engineering
University of Maryland
http://www.agnr.umd.edu/users/Bioreng/fact182b.htm