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Paul T

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Re: Weather 2008
« Reply #405 on: April 25, 2008, 12:25:29 AM »
Anthony and Mark,

Oh that is SO depressing!  Here in the middle of summer it is a battle to go 3 DAYS without hand watering, so 3 weeks is just a dream!  All the time I waste watering when I could be gardening!  ::)  Maybe I should just give up and sell my collections..... would be a lot easier.  :o
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Re: Weather 2008
« Reply #406 on: April 25, 2008, 09:07:35 AM »
A friend has invested in an electronic timing device attached to his hose that waters all his garden, pots and hanging baskets at 7 p.m. every night. 8) Not too expensive either.
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Re: Weather 2008
« Reply #407 on: April 25, 2008, 12:02:12 PM »
Must be nice to have everything needing exactly the same amount of water.  ;)  The setup costs for attaching systems like that to my 3000 pots would be phenomenal.  Remember, we can't use sprinklers, just drippers or hand held hoses between certain hours on certain days.  ::)
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Anthony Darby

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Re: Weather 2008
« Reply #408 on: April 25, 2008, 12:26:48 PM »
I don't adjust the water, just the medium and the type of pot. They can then get the same amount of water with some staying moist due to retentive compost and less drainage and others draining very quickly.
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Re: Weather 2008
« Reply #409 on: April 25, 2008, 11:02:27 PM »
A skid of that "four-lettered word beginning with s" came down last night but quickly melted away. Mainly on the rooves.  Today is damp and miserably dark and cold at 5c.  I should have known we'd get it after the weather horrors from the UK and Europe this Spring.

Shortest Galanthus bloom I can recall, the warm weather got them.

Imagine, no snowdrops in May.

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Re: Weather 2008
« Reply #410 on: April 27, 2008, 05:23:46 PM »
Yesterday and today were supposed to be rainy days. Yesterday was cloudless for most of the day and reach 16c. Today was partially cloudy and reached 21c.
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Re: Weather 2008
« Reply #411 on: April 29, 2008, 12:07:25 AM »
Dont want to rub salt in the wound but we had another great day today. For a while the thermometer at work reached 22C before settling down to 16c for most of the day.
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Re: Weather 2008
« Reply #412 on: April 29, 2008, 12:13:32 PM »
Was that yesterday or today? Chucking it down here, all day so far, and not very warm at all. Maureen's just put the heating on so it must be cold!


PS. anyone finding the Forum very, very slow again today, pages taking an age to download, or is it just my connection??
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Re: Weather 2008
« Reply #413 on: April 29, 2008, 02:58:42 PM »
David that was referring to Monday. Today is currently 17.5
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Re: Weather 2008
« Reply #414 on: April 29, 2008, 07:28:25 PM »
Most of the day it struggled to make 8C and then at 1630ish the sky cleared, the sun came out, and it reached 12C. Now it's pouring down again and the forecast shows it leaving the South West around 1000 in the morning to be followed by frequent heavy showers. Well I need not water for the rest of this week.
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David Nicholson
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Re: Weather 2008
« Reply #415 on: April 29, 2008, 09:51:46 PM »
We had everything from gorgeous sunshine to torrential thunderstorms. Still not bad at 12oC.
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Re: Weather 2008
« Reply #416 on: April 29, 2008, 10:25:39 PM »
Thunderstorms here this evening with hail as big as marbles, washed some of the coolglass shading from the greenhouse.
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Re: Weather 2008
« Reply #417 on: April 29, 2008, 10:35:48 PM »
Light but steady rain falling here, the first decent lot for weeks if not months! But snow is forecast for this afternoon. Getting really cold too.
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Re: Weather 2008
« Reply #418 on: May 03, 2008, 02:13:43 PM »
The weather forecast is spot on today with rain all day - NOT!
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Re: Weather 2008
« Reply #419 on: May 03, 2008, 08:00:24 PM »
You may get some tomorrow.
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David Nicholson
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