shrubz
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It would be great. As long as its a healthy lake not a pee pool.
Oregon Outdoor, 2021
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Tim Fox
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For sure
Humanrob
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not to turn this into the weather channel... but now weather.com has it at Sat 108 - Sun 106 - Mon 106. That's some unusual heat for this part of Oregon.
Things are looking good in my grow at the moment, hopefully they're building up some resilience and fortitude for the oncoming heat, as things stand it will be 5-10 degrees hotter in there than outside.
Plants aside, I know it's going to kick my ass, we don't have much in the way of AC. Actually the only AC I have is a portable I used for growing, but since there's no grow going on in the garage, I'm thinking we'll try and cool down one room in the house.
Here's to hoping the wind changes direction and the forecasts are wrong. (cheers)
Things are looking good in my grow at the moment, hopefully they're building up some resilience and fortitude for the oncoming heat, as things stand it will be 5-10 degrees hotter in there than outside.
Plants aside, I know it's going to kick my ass, we don't have much in the way of AC. Actually the only AC I have is a portable I used for growing, but since there's no grow going on in the garage, I'm thinking we'll try and cool down one room in the house.
Here's to hoping the wind changes direction and the forecasts are wrong. (cheers)
Humanrob
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Keep us posted, I look forward to seeing it when its finished. Are you sealing it up and forcing air through like a traditional greenhouse, or is it more for keeping rain and animals out?
I'm having an interesting time with my little structure. It heats up, and it's nowhere near (air) sealed. I've got a series of things lined up for next week in terms of different grades of shading, I found on the last 97º day that shade cloth definitely helps a lot to keep the temps down.
Humanrob
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I had to look that up -- hydrochromic paint -- I'd never heard of it before. Sounds cool.
xtsho
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We wakeboard in the Willamette.
Houstini
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I feel much better about the willamette river than I did as a child.
xtsho
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It's definitely much cleaner today than it was in the 70's. It still smells when you get in the water though. Especially once it warms up in the summer. But that doesn't really matter anymore as they've banned wakeboarding on most of the river so the paddleboarders aren't disturbed.
Tim Fox
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We like to boat on north fork reservoir on the upper Clackamas very clear water there
xtsho
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I caught my first Steelhead on the upper North Fork of the Clackamas and did very well for years before they closed it to fishing. It's a beautiful area.
xtsho
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Top left: Golden Tiger Malawi pheno
Top right: ACE Ethiopian planted last year that overwintered in the greenhouse and never flowered. Strange plant but it has female preflowers. No idea why it didn't try and flower over the winter with the short days.
Bottom: Reversed Night Nurse used for pollen and revegged
I was going to transplant yesterday but I made a poor decision and bought some PNW organic potting mix. I used up all my soil on other things and I was at Lowes so like an idiot I bought the PNW. I'm sure that it's probably good as a soil amendment and I should have taken my own advice and read the damn label before grabbing a couple bags. It's got a bunch of chicken manure. But in my defense I was in a serious hurry. I had to take a crap bad. I grabbed a couple bags and got home as fast as I could. It was a frightful drive. I barely made it home and had to run inside leaving the garage door open as I ran to the bathroom. But I made it.
Back to the soil. As soon as I opened it I was hit by a pungent smell. I poured some in the wheelbarrow and the smell was even more prominent. I went inside for a few minutes and when I came back out I could smell it even more and there was already a dozen flies swarming around. It was only $9 for a 32 quart bag and I bought 2. I decided to use it for another purpose.
I'm actually glad I didn't transplant because I'd rather wait until after the upcoming heatwave. I'm transplanting into #7 nursery pots. I'm just going to go down to American Agriculture and get a bag of Happy Frog and FFOF and mix the 2. That will be enough for the 3 plants. I have an auto growing as well but I'm not transplanting that thing. I plan on having to bring the Ethiopian and GT inside to finish. But let's see what the weather says later on.
Top right: ACE Ethiopian planted last year that overwintered in the greenhouse and never flowered. Strange plant but it has female preflowers. No idea why it didn't try and flower over the winter with the short days.
Bottom: Reversed Night Nurse used for pollen and revegged
I was going to transplant yesterday but I made a poor decision and bought some PNW organic potting mix. I used up all my soil on other things and I was at Lowes so like an idiot I bought the PNW. I'm sure that it's probably good as a soil amendment and I should have taken my own advice and read the damn label before grabbing a couple bags. It's got a bunch of chicken manure. But in my defense I was in a serious hurry. I had to take a crap bad. I grabbed a couple bags and got home as fast as I could. It was a frightful drive. I barely made it home and had to run inside leaving the garage door open as I ran to the bathroom. But I made it.
Back to the soil. As soon as I opened it I was hit by a pungent smell. I poured some in the wheelbarrow and the smell was even more prominent. I went inside for a few minutes and when I came back out I could smell it even more and there was already a dozen flies swarming around. It was only $9 for a 32 quart bag and I bought 2. I decided to use it for another purpose.
I'm actually glad I didn't transplant because I'd rather wait until after the upcoming heatwave. I'm transplanting into #7 nursery pots. I'm just going to go down to American Agriculture and get a bag of Happy Frog and FFOF and mix the 2. That will be enough for the 3 plants. I have an auto growing as well but I'm not transplanting that thing. I plan on having to bring the Ethiopian and GT inside to finish. But let's see what the weather says later on.
Humanrob
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I'm curious why you'd rather wait until after the heatwave to up-pot? I'm not an expert, but my instinct would be to put them in a bigger cooler pot before the extreme heat arrived.
They're looking good so far.
xtsho
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They're easier to move if it gets crazy hot. Some forecasts have us at 113°F on Sunday. My back isn't what it used to be. If I need to move the plants I want them to weigh as little as possible.I'm curious why you'd rather wait until after the heatwave to up-pot? I'm not an expert, but my instinct would be to put them in a bigger cooler pot before the extreme heat arrived.
They're looking good so far.
But I'll likely just shade them. I'm already in the process of getting things ready to shade my blueberries, tayberries, tomatoes, and other stuff in the garden. I'm glad I have a box of old sheets. Just have to rig them up to cover things for a few days. That heat and sun will literally cook the berries on the plants. Those early 90° days we had a short time back really screwed up the quality of my peas.What the hell is going on? Were set to break heat records in June when the records that stand currently were set in August. I planted some okra a couple days ago directly in the ground. This may be the year I get a decent harvest. I actually hope not though. Rapid climate change is not good. I'm hoping for things to cool down but it's not looking like it's going to.
Humanrob
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That makes sense around moving them. We have a whole "edible garden" thing going on in our yard, we still have some cherries in trees, young figs, lots of blueberries, it's all spread out and there is no way we can cover it. We'll cover the young vegetable garden part, and I'll cover the girls, and from there we'll hope for the best.They're easier to move if it gets crazy hot. Some forecasts have us at 113°F on Sunday. My back isn't what it used to be. If I need to move the plants I want them to weigh as little as possible.
What the hell is going on? Were set to break heat records in June when the records that stand currently were set in August. I planted some okra a couple days ago directly in the ground. This may be the year I get a decent harvest. I actually hope not though. Rapid climate change is not good. I'm hoping for things to cool down but it's not looking like it's going to.
Back in 2009 I took several classes in system science that were designed to explain the fundamental causes and interactions which precipitate climate change, in a way non-scientists could understand. That this is happening is not a mystery, that most people didn't want to believe it, I suppose is understandable. Humans fucked things up, we should own that. Or not, it's happening regardless.
In the mean time, we'll watch what it does to our plants. So far the best thing I've done was to wrap the pots in reflective insulation, when I reach in and touch the outside of the pots they are cool even in full sun.
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