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Sun, Dec 12, 10 at 19:31
| How cold will this plant take it? At what degree will it cause damage? |
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| They are quite tropical. I would not expose mine to temps below 35.0 F. |
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| If the conditions are right and the temperature falls fast enough, chill injury, which is different than freeze injury, can occur at temps as high as 45-50*. Many tropical and subtropical plants will tolerate temperatures below 55*, but they won't like it. Generally, plants that grow in areas where the temperatures naturally don't drop below 55-60* grow there for a reason. These plants' metabolisms and their ability to carry on photosynthesis efficiently are often considerably impaired by temperatures below 55-60*. How cold a plant will 'take it' before it incurs damage is sort of a subjective question. Technically, any time a plant is using more energy than it is producing, it is in decline, and will die unless the trend is reversed, so almost all houseplants subjected to temperatures below 55-60* are in decline. Al |
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