Really glad you got the setup going, thanks for the update! New crop sounds great. FWIW, cilantro and dill thrive on cold weather. Mine went thru 13F for hours with no damage. When planted late spring, they and many other veggies like lettuce go to seed quickly.
Been toying with the idea flash system for years, still running these damn swamp coolers. Having said that what pump did you finally get and is it loud? Did you place it outside or inside of the greenhouse? I assume it receives R/O water so you don't have to worry about clogging nozzles. I was thinking about starting with about 12 ruby nozzles with a ring around the dry outputs of the coolers and some hanging in the rafters. What maintenance issues do you foresee other than changing out R/O filters? Appreciate the feedback Brad.
Yeah, I lost everything including exotics like dwarf Plumerias from Thailand, rootstocks, pitaya, maters, mangos, avocados, etc. stuff I've been sourcing and grafting since about 2008. Felt physically sick for days thanks to the loss. The only thing that may come thru undamaged is a Meyer lemon on Flying Dragon. Had 18F, for how long I don't know and what's ironical is I had wrote in our TX Fruit Facebook group I was going to get a wireless alarm system installed. Never did get the alarm and am playing the "kick me" game now. I also had a 50K BTU propane back up system, a big garage pot type heater. Many Texas growers took a big hit indoors in greenhouses and out. Ed Self, a long time collector and once Florida resident lost priceless collections from the 80's when a flying shed busted into his hoop house while he was away. Got down to 13F for him. FWIW he sold most of his stock to Adam before moving to central Texas. Our March 3 scion exchange will be more of a Pity Party.
Holiday still hanging on the dead cocktail tree (Ardith, Holiday, Pinkerton, Sir Prize). Huge, must be 2#. Had a couple of them and this was from a 2016 grafting. Highly recommend this one.
We made a huge batch of orange marmalade yesterday with about 85% Blood oranges, the rest being one large delicious grapefruit, Meyer lemons, key lime. I added 2 vanilla beans. Needless to say we've juicing a lot too and still have tons of fruit hanging, on the ground, kitchen counter, etc. I bet I have 100 Reeds and Oro Negro, the latter just beginning to turn black. ON is not up to the quality of stuff like Reed, Sir Prize, Pinkerton, etc. but the quality is surprising. Seems the older the tree the better (richer) the fruit. Big seed, great texture, not really nutty though, thick peel which I like.
Based on what happens (I need rootstocks) am playing the waiting game to see if anything pushes from the soil or mulch. Then I can go from there. Have had tremendous offers for scions which is greatly appreciated. Lost a shitload of pineapples many the White Sugarloaf and very big White Jade. Will order clones in a month.
Regards,
Mark