Apples and lemon balm and basil, oh my! Garden musings

[GA Home Cook]

Must be a bad year for apples, mine were almost non existent. I am having plenty of pears. I have a pot of pear preserves cooking as I type.

 

[StuartCooks]

I wonder if the equipment I use for my snakes would work in this application. I have a matting called "Flexwatt" that goes under my caging and ceramic heating element to go on top of the caging. Both are controlled by a Helix DBS1000 proportional temperature controller. This controller has an optional night drop cord that, used in conjunction with a household light timer, will automatically allow for a temperature drop at night. Sunlight is ambient or you could use "sunlight bulbs" in place of the heating elements. Humidity would be controlled by watering. Plants should be a breeze compared to temperature and humidity sensitive, arboreal, rainforest snakes.

Sounds like it should work!

 

[GotGarlic]

I wonder if the equipment I use for my snakes would work in this application... Plants should be a breeze compared to temperature and humidity sensitive, arboreal, rainforest snakes.

I would think basil would winter over outside in your climate.

 

[CraigC]

I would think basil would winter over outside in your climate.

Yes, but I was thinking of those folks in the bitter winter belt!

 

[blissful]

Yes, but I was thinking of those folks in the bitter winter belt!

It's not really a belt, it doesn't get warmer north of us, it's more of a hat.
'the bitter winter hat area'

 

[GotGarlic]

Yes, but I was thinking of those folks in the bitter winter belt!

Gotcha. It probably would work.

 

[GotGarlic]

It's not really a belt, it doesn't get warmer north of us, it's more of a hat.
'the bitter winter hat area'

Love that.