tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post3751807409663225312..comments2024-03-28T13:18:03.669-07:00Comments on Succulents and More™: The heat is onGerhard Bock (Succulents and More)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17583583634141549759noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-75384520081647325962017-06-22T13:52:24.428-07:002017-06-22T13:52:24.428-07:00Your comment about the Cleistocactus strausii made...Your comment about the Cleistocactus strausii made me laugh. I hadn't thought of that, but now I can definitely see what you mean. <br /><br />Glad to hear you've been spared the worst of this heat. We've had very little marine influence this past week, but we're also a lot farther away from the water than you are.Gerhard Bock (Succulents and More)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17583583634141549759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-55652212934375873152017-06-22T13:50:23.708-07:002017-06-22T13:50:23.708-07:00I feel for you. I've been keeping an eye on th...I feel for you. I've been keeping an eye on the Palm Springs temperatures, and they have been brutal. I bet attendance at the Living Desert is way down this week.<br /><br />One more day, and then it'll be better--at least a little bit.Gerhard Bock (Succulents and More)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17583583634141549759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-1075625607667622632017-06-22T13:49:19.984-07:002017-06-22T13:49:19.984-07:00I've lost a recently planted Chilean jasmine (...I've lost a recently planted Chilean jasmine (Mandevilia laxa) but the succulents are going strong even though some aloes and agaves have started to form a tight ball.<br /><br />Have fun at the Garden Blogger's Fling in Virginia!Gerhard Bock (Succulents and More)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17583583634141549759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-69252981276019688472017-06-21T20:01:18.868-07:002017-06-21T20:01:18.868-07:00The last two days have been more than 120 degrees ...The last two days have been more than 120 degrees in the Coachella Valley. Some of my tender potted succulents (some aloes, some Crassula) have migrated to the air conditioned house. Watered outside at 5:30 am this morning at 90 degrees. <br />Love your pictures. 💚Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10248523483012427778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-78349897942942588602017-06-21T19:53:12.085-07:002017-06-21T19:53:12.085-07:00That heat is brutal! As Hoover Boo said, it's...That heat is brutal! As Hoover Boo said, it's akin to what we experienced with our 2016 start-of-summer heatwave. Two-thirds of the lemons on my tree dropped overnight and the rest rotted in place - it took most of the following year for the tree to recover. Although our inland valleys are baking now, we've been saved the worst of the impact here near the coast, at least thus far. The marine layer is still rolling in overnight and, even though it burns off earlier than it did in the weeks before, it takes the edge off.<br /><br />I hope your break comes as predicted, if not sooner than predicted. Your photographs are absolutely beautiful, although I have to say the one of the Cleistocactus instantly brought to mind a particular scene from the movie, "Alien."Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-38273963488619698692017-06-21T13:55:28.563-07:002017-06-21T13:55:28.563-07:00My daughter is stuck with watering detail while I ...My daughter is stuck with watering detail while I am here on the east coast.I fully expect I will have some crispy critters when I get back home.There is only so much you can do water wise in that kind of weather, especially when it is sustained. Love you lovely water drop shots! I loved that storm !Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10872803964119042592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-25130099291196538332017-06-21T10:10:42.364-07:002017-06-21T10:10:42.364-07:00I really wanted to go the CSSA convention but it c...I really wanted to go the CSSA convention but it conflicts with our family vacation. <br /><br />The July forecast for Phoenix calls for highs between 102 and 107°F. Those must be averages. Fortunately, the convention is all inside, except for the field trips. I wonder why they didn't hold the convention in, say, October?Gerhard Bock (Succulents and More)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17583583634141549759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-4185595762350149822017-06-21T10:07:39.547-07:002017-06-21T10:07:39.547-07:00I was wondering just this morning how many visitor...I was wondering just this morning how many visitors the RBG is getting in this heat wave. Good news about the nursery, though! That more than makes up for a lack of visitors.Gerhard Bock (Succulents and More)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17583583634141549759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-71134353354649755492017-06-21T10:06:38.345-07:002017-06-21T10:06:38.345-07:00I think I'm drying up and turning into a mummy...I think I'm drying up and turning into a mummy!Gerhard Bock (Succulents and More)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17583583634141549759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-45581705594634253552017-06-21T10:05:21.568-07:002017-06-21T10:05:21.568-07:00I think I'll have an enlargement made of the f...I think I'll have an enlargement made of the first photo (Agave cupreata) and hang it above my desk.<br /><br />Tomorrow is supposed to be the hottest day. I might try to fry and egg on the sidewalk right on the front of the house!Gerhard Bock (Succulents and More)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17583583634141549759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-46213398243235800912017-06-21T10:04:11.008-07:002017-06-21T10:04:11.008-07:00When we had that glorious rainstorm 10 days ago (a...When we had that glorious rainstorm 10 days ago (and it *was* glorious!), that's exactly what I thought to myself: We'll have to pay for this sooner or later!<br /><br />We all know the weather has been going a bit nuts in recent years. We've got to learn to accept it.Gerhard Bock (Succulents and More)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17583583634141549759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-23305992302252445772017-06-21T10:00:41.212-07:002017-06-21T10:00:41.212-07:00The worst is getting into a car that has been sitt...The worst is getting into a car that has been sitting in the heat. We try not to go outside in the afternoon :-).Gerhard Bock (Succulents and More)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17583583634141549759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-56894681562324811662017-06-21T09:48:16.724-07:002017-06-21T09:48:16.724-07:00That kind of heat is crazy. There's probably ...That kind of heat is crazy. There's probably a run on shade cloth at the big box stores. I was so tempted to go to the big CSSA convention this July in Phoenix but opted out because....well, because July in Phoenix. And that was before this big heat wave descended on Phoenix! Hang in there!Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13048985060349929026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-9003275430722933422017-06-21T08:59:18.694-07:002017-06-21T08:59:18.694-07:00I've been hand watering every other day here, ...I've been hand watering every other day here, mainly the plants that have been in the ground less than a month. So far so good. It's a problem when we get more than 2 days in a row of 100+ F. I worked the afternoon shift at RBG yesterday, and we had zero visitors, but a surprising number of nursery shoppers. One older couple bought 2 large agaves and a $200 opuntia! It was about a meter tall, and they had to lay it on its side to fit in their car. They were headed home over in Oakland, where it was 30 degrees cooler! It was 99 in Walnut Creek. 🌵Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18241604602356561368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-28597138104410928982017-06-21T08:28:24.252-07:002017-06-21T08:28:24.252-07:00I'm melting! MELTING! LOLI'm melting! MELTING! LOLCandice Suter.....Sweetstuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03439964856042558664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-57018384344831669792017-06-21T07:27:37.803-07:002017-06-21T07:27:37.803-07:00Your images of moist plants are beautiful! Sorry ...Your images of moist plants are beautiful! Sorry about your awful heat wave but am glad it will slowly cool. Like the narrator says in the video to which you linked, "Stay safe out there and drink lots of water!"outlawgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273973572989510382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-10195547089556612332017-06-21T06:59:10.813-07:002017-06-21T06:59:10.813-07:00This is what we were suffering from one year ago--...This is what we were suffering from one year ago--furnace-like heat and no cool-off at night from Catalina Eddy, our version of Delta Breeze. The koi got sick, plants toasted. You have my heartfelt sympathies. It is horrible. <br /><br />For whatever reason, for this heat wave we've lucked out--not nearly as hot as inland, and it has cooled off every night to the low 60's. Not that we won't get our share of roasting next week, or the week after, sometime this summer. <br /><br />Rain! In June! Amazing. It must have been wonderful. Now you must pay for it with terrible heat. :( <br /><br />'Blue Glow' is so very, very photogenic. Hoover Boohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03083294821646284424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-57741148590816785022017-06-21T05:10:54.122-07:002017-06-21T05:10:54.122-07:00Oh my, and to think we're here struggling at j...Oh my, and to think we're here struggling at just a mere 34C! Keep cool and safe :)Mark and Gazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09427245730390252976noreply@blogger.com