Oh my golly, that is very hot for your climate. And humidity will make the “feel factor” even worse for you. 😓 😓 You and Hans stay hydrated and cool indoors. Thank you so much for the mention, Lyn. You are always a source of inspiration for me in the garden. 😃👍🏼☕️
thanks so much Jillian for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
thanks so much Miche for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
My San Pedro went from 102F to covered in about 3cm of hail stones in less than 15 minutes, then 6cm of rain right after, and they have grown less than any other year. So, you are sooo right, do not water in that extreme heat... Thanks for the video! Many blessings and much love! In this hot weather,.... You and Hans, stay cool! ✌😎👍
WOW with the 102F heat and then the hail stones, the weather has been the hottest I have ever known in Ireland and UK, I think the cacti thought they were in Arizona these past two weeks haha :-D thanks so much Mark for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
Awwwww thank you so much Kristen :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
thanks so much Patti for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Southern California for a super Saturday XXXX
So happy you found the video informative :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Albania for a wonderful weekend XXXX
Thanks so much Simon :-D and I am so happy that we didn't get it as hot as England, we think we are having a heatwave in Ireland if we get 20c haha :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Belfast to Dublin for an awesome Friday XXXX
So happy you found the video informative Chris :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
Hi Lyn, very interesting video! Thanks for the information about watering or not cacti during a heatwave! The weather here is also very hot and alot of plants needs watering frequently! Thanks for the wonderful information! Have a wonderful evening my friends Lyn and Hans! Lots of love and happiness to you both!
So happy you loved the video Sylvia :-D I can imagine how much hotter it must be in Malta :-D I always used to complain about the wet Irish summer haha, but the heat can be too much, I was worried the cacti would cook haha, thanks so much Sylvia for your wonderful friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Malta for a super Saturday afternoon and evening XXXX
Hi Lyn. My succulents are all inside this Summer. Was just on my deck watering my other plants and its 96° which is hot for us in Northern New Jersey. Stay cool and thanks for another informative video!
So happy you enjoyed the video Molly :-D and wow at 96F thats a hot one, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Northern New Jersey for a super Saturday today XXXX
thanks so much Violet for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
Hi Duncan :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
Wow Lyn, thanks for your insight! I didn't know this at all but I thought I'd seen stress discolorations on some of my cacti who are spending the summer outside on a south facing balcony. I will certainly think of your advice, this week is still plenty hot here. Your epi's always look so fabulous, I am in awe! Over the last few years I've grown large epiphyllum cuttings, small epiplyllum cuttings, a few Lidl Schlumbergeras, a few types of Rhipsalis from seeds, but none fare here well being kept indoors year round. Or I just haven't found the right care routine yet and it's my own doing : ). But it is a treat to watch your beautifully leafy, mature, ever blooming specimens on the channel! On the other hand, I think my Adeniums are really loving this heat! They are kept indoors too (not enough balcony space), behind a hot window. 7 different types from seed, all 2-3 years old now and either they are coming into their own at this age, or they are enjoying these months in Ireland. They deflate like a tyre, I know to give them a really good drink then, and 48 hours later they are strong like a tree again: more idiotproof than my epiphytes I find : ) Best to you both from Dublin!
Btw I do get a lot of use from my ceiling fan these days (for the plants). It's nice to know that both myself and the plants enjoy this: best investment ever and, I believe, better for climate change than an airco.
Hi Nathalie :-D so happy to hear from you, the heatwave has been incredible here, although we have got off lucky compared to England where it has been so hot there, thats fantastic your Adeniums are loving the heat, I notice that my Adeniums are doing so much better now they are having this heat, when I had them in the polytunnel in the past during the summer they always looked limp, but having them out in this heat they are loving it, and thats amazing you have seven different types all seed sown, thats fantastic you have a ceiling fan too, it must be so wonderful to use with this heat, my office is so hot and the normal fan doesn't do much haha, I think the weather is going to cool down a bit from tomorrow onwards, thanks so much Nathalie for your wonderful friendship and support and comment and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Costa del Belfast to Costa del Dublin haha for a fantastic Sunday XXXX
OMG am I struggling with this right now. It's summer here, but we are also entering the monsoon season, which means heavy rains, high winds and hot weather. The storms come on so quickly and end so quickly, it's near impossible for me to know when to water my outdoor cacti and succulents. I lost another one this week, because we had two back to back storms, and I'd just watered it a few days beforehand. I think I'm just gonna let mother nature take care of the watering for right now, until the monsoons pass. I've lost too many plants! I know you and my other UK and Ireland friends were getting blasted with heat this week, it's definitely a real doozie if you're not used to that kind of heat all the time!
So sorry to hear you lost another cactus Ashley, this time of year can be so challenging for our plants, I always find the middle of Winter and the middle of Summer to be the toughest, but in Arizona I can imagine how hot it must be there, I think my cacti thought they were in Arizona the past two weeks with the heat in the polytunnel haha, thanks so much Ashley for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Arizona for a super Saturday and weekend XXXX
we were lucky not o get what we got in 1911, this time a few days of way above the norm but 1911 United Kingdom heat wave was one of the most severe periods of heat to hit the country with temperatures around 36 °C (97 °F). The heat began in early July and didn't let up until mid September where even in September temperatures were still up to 33 °C (91 °F). It took 79 years for temperature higher to be recorded in the United Kingdom during 1990 United Kingdom heat wave. did water my cacti but was at the coolest time, they drank loads and the ones what really needed it soon drank the water i left them sitting in. its strange and normally by now they lot more fatter but this year it seems i cannot give them enough water but only a few of them, one has been re potted at start of season and only seen a little bit lagy growth but did come from a very overgrown pot what it spent years in so that one might still be adjusting. temps are cooling of now so next few days i give them another really good water :) and go from there as i might need to check roots but i monitor it for now
WOW Steven :-D it has certainly been a hot heatwave, and in Ireland we definitely got it much cooler than many parts of the UK, on Monday the polytunnel reached 48c and I was worried the cacti would end up being cooked haha, I hope your cacti are all ding well and thank goodness it is going to be much cooler from now, thanks so much Steven for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Irish Sea for a wonderful weekend XXXX
Ohh, I just watered today and 30c forcasted for tomorow (proboably close to 40 in the greenhouse). Thanks a lot Lin for bringing this up so I can do right next time. 😀👍
The heatwave has been a hot one and I think the Cacti think they are in Arizona haha, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Sweden for a wonderful weekend XXXX
thanks so much Linda for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
Hello Lyn, another excellent informative video! Thank you for the great advice. If my cacti were outdoors with our heat I would definitely think I needed to water. The problem with our heat is it comes with a high humidity. That makes it a stifling heat. Luckily my cacti are in my kitchen window. Thank you for sharing the truth. When you think about it, it does make a lot of sense! Please stay hydrated during the heatwave. Sending you and Hans peace and love for a cooler Tuesday from your friend in Georgia!
So happy you loved the video and found it informative Jeff :-D our problem is the high humidity in Ireland too, it can be like a sauna outside with the high heat haha, and we have been making sure to drink lots of water, I think the cacti thought that Ireland was Arizona for the past two weeks haha, the good news it has gone much cooler now and we are having Thunderstorms this afternoon, thanks so much Jeff for your wonderful friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Georgia for a super Saturday today XXXX
Wow Lyn, you had my climate instead of yours🙈🥵! This year is horrible, we are two weeks most of the time over 28° at nights... Exhausted me and my cacti😅. Thank you for your videos (I was busy and have a few to see, missed watching you!)💞
Thanks so much Vanesa :-D this year really has been so horrible with the heat, and I never thought I would ever not want a heatwave in normally rainy grey Ireland haha, but its been roasting, and WOW at 28c at night for you in Spain, the hot nights really prevent us from getting a proper sleep and the heat and lack of sleep is exhausting, the polytunnel reached 52c /125F last week and its going to be hotter this weekend too, we have not had any real rain for weeks now, and England has been even hotter, its worrying how all of Europe has been so much hotter than average, thanks so much Vanesa for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Spain for a wonderful weekend XXXX
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
Hi,and thanks Lynn, it should just start to cool down now(in essex) And I believe we may get a shower or two about 4am in the morning. Just like orchids little is better than to much,good advice for me and a lot of Other's who are new to this plant. So a big THANKS TO YOU both and keep up the good vids,Bill.
So happy you enjoyed the video Bill :-D it has been such a hot heatwave but it must have been even hotter in Essex, we are having Thunderstorms now and its cooled down a lot thank goodness, thanks so much Bill for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you and Maureen lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
Great video, Lyn. I definitely won’t be watering the ones in the greenhouse, not when temps in there have been over 40c yesterday and today 🥵 Will start cooling down from tomorrow thankfully. Thank you for sharing with us as always. Have a wonderful afternoon and evening from Edith & myself to you and Hans ❤️🌵☀️🌺🌸🌼🏜
So happy you loved the video Daz :-D oh my golly the heat really has been too much, I can still remember the Summer heatwave of 1976 haha, but I was a kid then but I just cant take the heat so much haha, we was so worried our plants would actually cook as it reached 48c almost 120F in the polytunnel on Monday with both big fans on and door wide open, and I haven't been able to sit on the computer to do any work as my office is south facing and is upstairs and it has been really unbearingly hot in there, thankfully it has cooled down a lot today and we are having Thunderstoms this afternoon, I dont think I will ever complain about the normally wet Irish weather again haha, thanks so much Daz for your wonderful friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Edith lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to England and Singapore for a super afternoon and evening XXXX
I wish I'd have seen this vlog a few days ago, gave ours some water the other day, hopefully, it hasn't done any damage 🫣. Sending big hugs to you both ☺️ xxx
@@desertplantsofavalon I can see you with some pet rats, just don't let them anywhere near your plants haha. The weather has been lovely but way too hot this week, I'm standing outside for a shower as soon as it rains 😂. Thanks hun, I'll keep a check on the Cacti, I only watered them once, so hopefully, they enjoyed a drink & weren't having a snooze lol. Aw thank you for your friendship too hun ☺️ sending big hugs over to you both xxx
Oh gosh,it was hot hot hot, wasn't it. I lost half of frithia in this heat I hope I'll rescue it. I didn't water just got burnt😪 great video thanks for sharing.
The heatwave was so hot and I am so relieved that it has cooled down a lot now, and it was even hotter for you in the UK, oh no so sorry to hear about your Frithia and really hope it will recover for you, thanks so much Magda for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a brilliant afternoon XXXX
So happy the video was perfect timing Andy :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
thanks so much Nadia for your wonderful support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Sydney for a wonderful weekend XXXX
I never water them when temperatures are above 35C, which is pretty normal in our Madrid summers (we reached over 40 last week). I did water them this morning because the maximums have gone down to 34, but they wil go up again tomorrow and will be like that for at least two weeks. I hope they will be fine.
WOW with the 40c Temps, and I can imagine how warm and sunny it must be in Madrid :-D thanks so much Alex for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Madrid for a wonderful weekend XXXX
Gosh that's unbelievably hot🥵💔Yes☝️absolutely never water. It just rots the cacti. I recommend lifting the cacti off the ground and putting them on a table at least 4 feet high to get them away from the hot ground and humidity.
Thanks so much for the tip with lifting the cacti off the ground, the floor has been so hot, thankfully its cooling down a lot now and we have Thunderstorms this afternoon, thanks so much Newman for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
Would it depend on the species of cacti? I say this because where I live in Southern Arizona we get monsoon thunderstorms during the peak heat of the afternoon from July-September. I can be 45 celsius at 4:00pm and by 4:30pm it's 35 celsius and pouring down rain and heat right back up to 45 the next day. The cacti in the desert grow and bloom massively during this time of year, and do not seem to be stressed. I know my Prickly Pear loves water throughout the hottest parts of the summer, yet notice my South American cactus (forgot the species) slow down in growth.
Hi there :-D yes some cacti can definitely take the heat and watering much better than others, thats amazing with the temps in Arizona dropping so much, I know the cacti can take the heat and watering much better when they are outside in the desert, I think its when the cacti are in pots and under glass and greenhouse or polytunnels they seem to go semi dormant, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
You would think heat would affect them more being potted rather than in earth. Radiant heat will cook them pots to well done. @5:40 how you keep the greenhouse floor so clean. I don't even see a loose flake of perlite on the ground.
haha I use a floor brush to clean the floor, the floor is usually covered in soil and sand and bits of perlite too haha, but I always give the floor a good brush before filming, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon So you either have an indoor misting irrigation, or you pot water them all. If the latter, must be a long spout to properly reach all the ones in the rear of others. What a pain.
I'm really concerned about climate change. Have seen pictures of the south east of England. The green spaces have turned brown. TV programmes have been talking about planting drout resistant plants as if we're just supposed to accept it and get on with it!!
Oh my golly I know, I also seen the photos of the East of England and it looks a desert landscape now, green parts of England all dried up and burnt looking, its very worrying, I used to joke about wanting Ireland to be more like Arizona but I honestly would hate it in reality, I love the green fields here, and this heatwave we are having is too much, its so hot, its not normal for these temperatures and they say its going to get worse in the future, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon trees can play a massive part. I've noticed a massive difference walking down tree lined streets. So much cooler. There's the shade, but I'm sure there's more they're doing than that. It's worrying that it's happening and worrying that people are readily accepting it. Thanks Lynn xo
Lyn I have a 40+ year old over 7ft. Cactus. 5 years ago during the summer's it’s tallest branch dropped its head at least by 12". I watered it and it raised its head. I now have two branches that have dropped their heads again by 12”. The soil is moist. It is very humid. Suggestions on how to help this old man. would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
WOW at your 7ft 40 year old cactus Gail :-D I think what may be happening is because of the warm hot humid summer, your cactus is having a little bit of a rest, sometimes cacti can droop their branches and pads in hot weather, I have quite a few of my Cacti especially my Opuntia 'Prickly pear' cacti that are drooping their pads due to the heat, they should 'perk' them selves back up again once the weather cools down, as long as there is no signs of any rot then its safe to let your cactus rest a bit and it should pick back up once the cooler weather arrives, if your cactus if you can keep your cactus dry with little to no watering this should help too, here in Ireland we are having a freak heatwave and I have had to keep the majority of my cacti dry until it starts to cool back down, thanks so much Gail for your wonderful comment and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend XXXX
Hi Georgina :-D its a Pilosocereus azureus a wonderful blue coloured beauty, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXX
Oh my golly, that is very hot for your climate. And humidity will make the “feel factor” even worse for you. 😓 😓 You and Hans stay hydrated and cool indoors. Thank you so much for the mention, Lyn. You are always a source of inspiration for me in the garden. 😃👍🏼☕️
Awwwww thank you so much Ana :-D and you are such an inspiration to us
Thank you for sharing beautiful and amazing plants lovely collection
thanks so much Jillian for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
Hi Guys :-D In this video I talk about 'Should you Water Cacti during a Heatwave ? :-D
Interesting information! Thank you for sharing. Stay safe & cool.👍🏼👍🏼
thanks so much Miche for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
My San Pedro went from 102F to covered in about 3cm of hail stones in less than 15 minutes, then 6cm of rain right after, and they have grown less than any other year. So, you are sooo right, do not water in that extreme heat... Thanks for the video! Many blessings and much love! In this hot weather,.... You and Hans, stay cool! ✌😎👍
WOW with the 102F heat and then the hail stones, the weather has been the hottest I have ever known in Ireland and UK, I think the cacti thought they were in Arizona these past two weeks haha :-D thanks so much Mark for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
Please take care of yourself during the heatwave! And your plant babies!
Awwwww thank you so much Kristen :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
Thanks for the info. I’m in Southern California and it’s pretty hot here today. Stay cool.
thanks so much Patti for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Southern California for a super Saturday XXXX
Yes, I do Lyn. Very informative your video! Greetings from Flowers Zone Albania 🇦🇱
So happy you found the video informative :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Albania for a wonderful weekend XXXX
Heatwave , nice one Lyn using another fine video.
Thanks so much Simon :-D and I am so happy that we didn't get it as hot as England, we think we are having a heatwave in Ireland if we get 20c haha :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Belfast to Dublin for an awesome Friday XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon 21c in Dublin
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Very informative video 🙂
Thank you Lin and all the best🧡🌵
So happy you found the video informative Chris :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
Hi Lyn, very interesting video! Thanks for the information about watering or not cacti during a heatwave! The weather here is also very hot and alot of plants needs watering frequently! Thanks for the wonderful information! Have a wonderful evening my friends Lyn and Hans! Lots of love and happiness to you both!
So happy you loved the video Sylvia :-D I can imagine how much hotter it must be in Malta :-D I always used to complain about the wet Irish summer haha, but the heat can be too much, I was worried the cacti would cook haha, thanks so much Sylvia for your wonderful friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Malta for a super Saturday afternoon and evening XXXX
Hi Lyn. My succulents are all inside this Summer. Was just on my deck watering my other plants and its 96° which is hot for us in Northern New Jersey. Stay cool and thanks for another informative video!
So happy you enjoyed the video Molly :-D and wow at 96F thats a hot one, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Northern New Jersey for a super Saturday today XXXX
Thanks for the knowledge! This information found me just on time! 💚
thanks so much Violet for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
Stay cool! hi Lyn
Hi Duncan :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
I was asking myself this question. Thanks for sharing this info. Tomorrow might be the day for watering again. :)
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
Thank you for the information. 🌞🌵
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
Wow Lyn, thanks for your insight! I didn't know this at all but I thought I'd seen stress discolorations on some of my cacti who are spending the summer outside on a south facing balcony. I will certainly think of your advice, this week is still plenty hot here. Your epi's always look so fabulous, I am in awe! Over the last few years I've grown large epiphyllum cuttings, small epiplyllum cuttings, a few Lidl Schlumbergeras, a few types of Rhipsalis from seeds, but none fare here well being kept indoors year round. Or I just haven't found the right care routine yet and it's my own doing : ). But it is a treat to watch your beautifully leafy, mature, ever blooming specimens on the channel! On the other hand, I think my Adeniums are really loving this heat! They are kept indoors too (not enough balcony space), behind a hot window. 7 different types from seed, all 2-3 years old now and either they are coming into their own at this age, or they are enjoying these months in Ireland. They deflate like a tyre, I know to give them a really good drink then, and 48 hours later they are strong like a tree again: more idiotproof than my epiphytes I find : ) Best to you both from Dublin!
Btw I do get a lot of use from my ceiling fan these days (for the plants). It's nice to know that both myself and the plants enjoy this: best investment ever and, I believe, better for climate change than an airco.
Hi Nathalie :-D so happy to hear from you, the heatwave has been incredible here, although we have got off lucky compared to England where it has been so hot there, thats fantastic your Adeniums are loving the heat, I notice that my Adeniums are doing so much better now they are having this heat, when I had them in the polytunnel in the past during the summer they always looked limp, but having them out in this heat they are loving it, and thats amazing you have seven different types all seed sown, thats fantastic you have a ceiling fan too, it must be so wonderful to use with this heat, my office is so hot and the normal fan doesn't do much haha, I think the weather is going to cool down a bit from tomorrow onwards, thanks so much Nathalie for your wonderful friendship and support and comment and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Costa del Belfast to Costa del Dublin haha for a fantastic Sunday XXXX
OMG am I struggling with this right now. It's summer here, but we are also entering the monsoon season, which means heavy rains, high winds and hot weather. The storms come on so quickly and end so quickly, it's near impossible for me to know when to water my outdoor cacti and succulents. I lost another one this week, because we had two back to back storms, and I'd just watered it a few days beforehand. I think I'm just gonna let mother nature take care of the watering for right now, until the monsoons pass. I've lost too many plants! I know you and my other UK and Ireland friends were getting blasted with heat this week, it's definitely a real doozie if you're not used to that kind of heat all the time!
So sorry to hear you lost another cactus Ashley, this time of year can be so challenging for our plants, I always find the middle of Winter and the middle of Summer to be the toughest, but in Arizona I can imagine how hot it must be there, I think my cacti thought they were in Arizona the past two weeks with the heat in the polytunnel haha, thanks so much Ashley for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Arizona for a super Saturday and weekend XXXX
we were lucky not o get what we got in 1911, this time a few days of way above the norm but 1911 United Kingdom heat wave was one of the most severe periods of heat to hit the country with temperatures around 36 °C (97 °F). The heat began in early July and didn't let up until mid September where even in September temperatures were still up to 33 °C (91 °F). It took 79 years for temperature higher to be recorded in the United Kingdom during 1990 United Kingdom heat wave. did water my cacti but was at the coolest time, they drank loads and the ones what really needed it soon drank the water i left them sitting in. its strange and normally by now they lot more fatter but this year it seems i cannot give them enough water but only a few of them, one has been re potted at start of season and only seen a little bit lagy growth but did come from a very overgrown pot what it spent years in so that one might still be adjusting. temps are cooling of now so next few days i give them another really good water :) and go from there as i might need to check roots but i monitor it for now
WOW Steven :-D it has certainly been a hot heatwave, and in Ireland we definitely got it much cooler than many parts of the UK, on Monday the polytunnel reached 48c and I was worried the cacti would end up being cooked haha, I hope your cacti are all ding well and thank goodness it is going to be much cooler from now, thanks so much Steven for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Irish Sea for a wonderful weekend XXXX
Ohh, I just watered today and 30c forcasted for tomorow (proboably close to 40 in the greenhouse). Thanks a lot Lin for bringing this up so I can do right next time. 😀👍
The heatwave has been a hot one and I think the Cacti think they are in Arizona haha, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Sweden for a wonderful weekend XXXX
Thanks for the info 👍
thanks so much Linda for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
Excellent info. Thanks so much
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
Hello Lyn, another excellent informative video! Thank you for the great advice. If my cacti were outdoors with our heat I would definitely think I needed to water. The problem with our heat is it comes with a high humidity. That makes it a stifling heat. Luckily my cacti are in my kitchen window. Thank you for sharing the truth. When you think about it, it does make a lot of sense! Please stay hydrated during the heatwave. Sending you and Hans peace and love for a cooler Tuesday from your friend in Georgia!
So happy you loved the video and found it informative Jeff :-D our problem is the high humidity in Ireland too, it can be like a sauna outside with the high heat haha, and we have been making sure to drink lots of water, I think the cacti thought that Ireland was Arizona for the past two weeks haha, the good news it has gone much cooler now and we are having Thunderstorms this afternoon, thanks so much Jeff for your wonderful friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Georgia for a super Saturday today XXXX
Wow Lyn, you had my climate instead of yours🙈🥵! This year is horrible, we are two weeks most of the time over 28° at nights... Exhausted me and my cacti😅. Thank you for your videos (I was busy and have a few to see, missed watching you!)💞
Thanks so much Vanesa :-D this year really has been so horrible with the heat, and I never thought I would ever not want a heatwave in normally rainy grey Ireland haha, but its been roasting, and WOW at 28c at night for you in Spain, the hot nights really prevent us from getting a proper sleep and the heat and lack of sleep is exhausting, the polytunnel reached 52c /125F last week and its going to be hotter this weekend too, we have not had any real rain for weeks now, and England has been even hotter, its worrying how all of Europe has been so much hotter than average, thanks so much Vanesa for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Spain for a wonderful weekend XXXX
Thanks for the great video :D
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
Hi,and thanks Lynn, it should just start to cool down now(in essex)
And I believe we may get a shower or two about 4am in the morning.
Just like orchids little is better than to much,good advice for me and a lot of
Other's who are new to this plant.
So a big THANKS TO YOU both and keep up the good vids,Bill.
So happy you enjoyed the video Bill :-D it has been such a hot heatwave but it must have been even hotter in Essex, we are having Thunderstorms now and its cooled down a lot thank goodness, thanks so much Bill for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you and Maureen lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
Great video, Lyn. I definitely won’t be watering the ones in the greenhouse, not when temps in there have been over 40c yesterday and today 🥵 Will start cooling down from tomorrow thankfully. Thank you for sharing with us as always. Have a wonderful afternoon and evening from Edith & myself to you and Hans ❤️🌵☀️🌺🌸🌼🏜
So happy you loved the video Daz :-D oh my golly the heat really has been too much, I can still remember the Summer heatwave of 1976 haha, but I was a kid then but I just cant take the heat so much haha, we was so worried our plants would actually cook as it reached 48c almost 120F in the polytunnel on Monday with both big fans on and door wide open, and I haven't been able to sit on the computer to do any work as my office is south facing and is upstairs and it has been really unbearingly hot in there, thankfully it has cooled down a lot today and we are having Thunderstoms this afternoon, I dont think I will ever complain about the normally wet Irish weather again haha, thanks so much Daz for your wonderful friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Edith lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to England and Singapore for a super afternoon and evening XXXX
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thanks so much for your wonderful support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
I wish I'd have seen this vlog a few days ago, gave ours some water the other day, hopefully, it hasn't done any damage 🫣.
Sending big hugs to you both ☺️ xxx
WOW I have just been watching your pet video now haha
@@desertplantsofavalon I can see you with some pet rats, just don't let them anywhere near your plants haha.
The weather has been lovely but way too hot this week, I'm standing outside for a shower as soon as it rains 😂.
Thanks hun, I'll keep a check on the Cacti, I only watered them once, so hopefully, they enjoyed a drink & weren't having a snooze lol.
Aw thank you for your friendship too hun ☺️ sending big hugs over to you both xxx
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Oh gosh,it was hot hot hot, wasn't it. I lost half of frithia in this heat I hope I'll rescue it. I didn't water just got burnt😪 great video thanks for sharing.
The heatwave was so hot and I am so relieved that it has cooled down a lot now, and it was even hotter for you in the UK, oh no so sorry to hear about your Frithia and really hope it will recover for you, thanks so much Magda for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a brilliant afternoon XXXX
Great timely vid! I am watering my lophos though
So happy the video was perfect timing Andy :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
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thanks so much Nadia for your wonderful support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Sydney for a wonderful weekend XXXX
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thanks so much Lyra for your wonderful support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
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I never water them when temperatures are above 35C, which is pretty normal in our Madrid summers (we reached over 40 last week). I did water them this morning because the maximums have gone down to 34, but they wil go up again tomorrow and will be like that for at least two weeks. I hope they will be fine.
WOW with the 40c Temps, and I can imagine how warm and sunny it must be in Madrid :-D thanks so much Alex for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Madrid for a wonderful weekend XXXX
Gosh that's unbelievably hot🥵💔Yes☝️absolutely never water. It just rots the cacti. I recommend lifting the cacti off the ground and putting them on a table at least 4 feet high to get them away from the hot ground and humidity.
Thanks so much for the tip with lifting the cacti off the ground, the floor has been so hot, thankfully its cooling down a lot now and we have Thunderstorms this afternoon, thanks so much Newman for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
Would it depend on the species of cacti? I say this because where I live in Southern Arizona we get monsoon thunderstorms during the peak heat of the afternoon from July-September. I can be 45 celsius at 4:00pm and by 4:30pm it's 35 celsius and pouring down rain and heat right back up to 45 the next day. The cacti in the desert grow and bloom massively during this time of year, and do not seem to be stressed. I know my Prickly Pear loves water throughout the hottest parts of the summer, yet notice my South American cactus (forgot the species) slow down in growth.
Hi there :-D yes some cacti can definitely take the heat and watering much better than others, thats amazing with the temps in Arizona dropping so much, I know the cacti can take the heat and watering much better when they are outside in the desert, I think its when the cacti are in pots and under glass and greenhouse or polytunnels they seem to go semi dormant, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
You would think heat would affect them more being potted rather than in earth. Radiant heat will cook them pots to well done.
@5:40 how you keep the greenhouse floor so clean. I don't even see a loose flake of perlite on the ground.
haha I use a floor brush to clean the floor, the floor is usually covered in soil and sand and bits of perlite too haha, but I always give the floor a good brush before filming, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX
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So you either have an indoor misting irrigation, or you pot water them all. If the latter, must be a long spout to properly reach all the ones in the rear of others. What a pain.
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I'm really concerned about climate change. Have seen pictures of the south east of England. The green spaces have turned brown. TV programmes have been talking about planting drout resistant plants as if we're just supposed to accept it and get on with it!!
Oh my golly I know, I also seen the photos of the East of England and it looks a desert landscape now, green parts of England all dried up and burnt looking, its very worrying, I used to joke about wanting Ireland to be more like Arizona but I honestly would hate it in reality, I love the green fields here, and this heatwave we are having is too much, its so hot, its not normal for these temperatures and they say its going to get worse in the future, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon trees can play a massive part. I've noticed a massive difference walking down tree lined streets. So much cooler. There's the shade, but I'm sure there's more they're doing than that.
It's worrying that it's happening and worrying that people are readily accepting it. Thanks Lynn xo
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Lyn I have a 40+ year old over 7ft. Cactus. 5 years ago during the summer's it’s tallest branch dropped its head at least by 12". I watered it and it raised its head. I now have two branches that have dropped their heads again by 12”. The soil is moist. It is very humid. Suggestions on how to help this old man. would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
WOW at your 7ft 40 year old cactus Gail :-D I think what may be happening is because of the warm hot humid summer, your cactus is having a little bit of a rest, sometimes cacti can droop their branches and pads in hot weather, I have quite a few of my Cacti especially my Opuntia 'Prickly pear' cacti that are drooping their pads due to the heat, they should 'perk' them selves back up again once the weather cools down, as long as there is no signs of any rot then its safe to let your cactus rest a bit and it should pick back up once the cooler weather arrives, if your cactus if you can keep your cactus dry with little to no watering this should help too, here in Ireland we are having a freak heatwave and I have had to keep the majority of my cacti dry until it starts to cool back down, thanks so much Gail for your wonderful comment and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend XXXX
What’s the cactus at 5.47 mins the bluish one slightly furry. Pilocereus of some sort? Thanks.
Hi Georgina :-D its a Pilosocereus azureus a wonderful blue coloured beauty, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXX