mormodes
Well-Known Member
I was going to call this thread 'Disasters' except that this isn't a disaster, its just a sequence of unfortunate events conspiring to make me pull my hair out.
Of course the swamp cooler motor flamed out yesterday (Sunday) at 5PM. I'm double booked at work (my partner is out with health issues) so there's no way I can deal with getting a new cooler until Friday. And of course the weather is going to be hot hot hot.
So how to deal with this?
I took the siding off the greenhouse such that the prevailing breeze can blow through the greenhouse. The shade cloth will act as an insect barrier (Oh the lies I tell myself!! I should be ashamed) And the misters come on periodically. Hopefully the temperatures won't get too high. And luckily I grow mostly cattleyas, so they won't mind the 20% ambient humidity. Yeah right, that's what I tell myself.
So its only Monday. We'll see what happens by Friday. Luckily the swamp cooler is still under warranty, hopefully they'll give me a new one.
OK, enough bellyaching. Gotta go get the masdevallias indoors and move the over head plants to someplace lower... Yeah, like that place exists...
Of course the swamp cooler motor flamed out yesterday (Sunday) at 5PM. I'm double booked at work (my partner is out with health issues) so there's no way I can deal with getting a new cooler until Friday. And of course the weather is going to be hot hot hot.
So how to deal with this?
I took the siding off the greenhouse such that the prevailing breeze can blow through the greenhouse. The shade cloth will act as an insect barrier (Oh the lies I tell myself!! I should be ashamed) And the misters come on periodically. Hopefully the temperatures won't get too high. And luckily I grow mostly cattleyas, so they won't mind the 20% ambient humidity. Yeah right, that's what I tell myself.
So its only Monday. We'll see what happens by Friday. Luckily the swamp cooler is still under warranty, hopefully they'll give me a new one.
OK, enough bellyaching. Gotta go get the masdevallias indoors and move the over head plants to someplace lower... Yeah, like that place exists...