Cyclanthera pedata

[gurugu]

I planted it last May in the greenhouse, and it took very long to start fruiting. Next time I´ll plant it in March or so. I´ve never tasted its fruits. They are said to be eaten stuffed with meat, or fish.

[UK_Palms]

I have one of these planted outside at my allotment here, with fruits on it. The strong Mediterranean summer and 41C temps made it grow to perfection this year. However it is going to be toast now as I am having my worst freeze in 12 years here right now. At the time of writing this, my inland rural location is down to -5C! I will try to get pics of it this weekend, but it may be pointless. It will be mush now. I hadn’t even had a frost this year up until just 3 days ago. And now I am hit with a polar vortex arctic blast! Last night was my coldest night ever on record for 8th December. Tonight will be my coldest night ever on record for 9th December. Absolute joke. At least your one is protected inside a greenhouse! Northern Spain is also protected from this arctic blast as well. I am moving to the south coast in 2023. I am going to lose half of my exotics & plants this month! London and the south coast will be protected to some degree, but here I will suffer big time! 😭

Edited December 9, 2022 by UK_Palms

[Foxpalms]

23 minutes ago, UK_Palms said:

I have one of these planted outside at my allotment here, with fruits on it. The strong Mediterranean summer and 41C temps made it grow to perfection this year. However it is going to be toast now as I am having my worst freeze in 12 years here right now. At the time of writing this, my inland rural location is down to -5C! I will try to get pics of it this weekend, but it may be pointless. It will be mush now. I hadn’t even had a frost this year up until just 3 days ago. And now I am hit with a polar vortex arctic blast! Last night was my coldest night ever on record for 8th December. Tonight will be my coldest night ever on record for 9th December. Absolute joke. At least your one is protected inside a greenhouse! Northern Spain is also protected from this arctic blast as well. I am moving to the south coast in 2023. I am going to lose half of my exotics & plants this month! London and the south coast will be protected to some degree, but here I will suffer big time! 😭

You could potentially go down to -7c where you are if not lower, I will be happy if the coldest part of my garden stays above -2c here. Even Penzance Cornwall is colder than central London at the moment. Currently central London is the warmest spot in the UK except the channel Islands and the Scilly isles that are under clear skies. If you do move to the south coast my suggestion would be to find somewhere such as a mini peninsula that is surrounded by water on multiple sides, since that seem to be making a big difference tonight. Even places 1 mile away from the sea are 2c colder than those wunderground stations right next to the sea. I think the Norfolk Island pines in London will be safe but I wonder how that bougainvillea will look after the freeze.

[gurugu]

9 hours ago, UK_Palms said:

I have one of these planted outside at my allotment here, with fruits on it. The strong Mediterranean summer and 41C temps made it grow to perfection this year. However it is going to be toast now as I am having my worst freeze in 12 years here right now. At the time of writing this, my inland rural location is down to -5C! I will try to get pics of it this weekend, but it may be pointless. It will be mush now. I hadn’t even had a frost this year up until just 3 days ago. And now I am hit with a polar vortex arctic blast! Last night was my coldest night ever on record for 8th December. Tonight will be my coldest night ever on record for 9th December. Absolute joke. At least your one is protected inside a greenhouse! Northern Spain is also protected from this arctic blast as well. I am moving to the south coast in 2023. I am going to lose half of my exotics & plants this month! London and the south coast will be protected to some degree, but here I will suffer big time! 😭

 

9 hours ago, Foxpalms said:

You could potentially go down to -7c where you are if not lower, I will be happy if the coldest part of my garden stays above -2c here. Even Penzance Cornwall is colder than central London at the moment. Currently central London is the warmest spot in the UK except the channel Islands and the Scilly isles that are under clear skies. If you do move to the south coast my suggestion would be to find somewhere such as a mini peninsula that is surrounded by water on multiple sides, since that seem to be making a big difference tonight. Even places 1 mile away from the sea are 2c colder than those wunderground stations right next to the sea. I think the Norfolk Island pines in London will be safe but I wonder how that bougainvillea will look after the freeze.

Good news you can grow it outdoors ND with fruits on it, because the ones I planted outdoors died about a month ago, due, mainly, to rain, hail and strong southerly winds. Definitely it must be planted in a well sheltered south facing wall, and be well watered too. 

I've read and seen about that cold blast you are suffering. On TV, images of Dublin in the snow and at - 5ºC were seen just yesterday. 

Don't you think it is very unusual such nasty weather for early December in the U. K.?

[Foxpalms]

4 minutes ago, gurugu said:

 

Good news you can grow it outdoors ND with fruits on it, because the ones I planted outdoors died about a month ago, due, mainly, to rain, hail and strong southerly winds. Definitely it must be planted in a well sheltered south facing wall, and be well watered too. 

I've read and seen about that cold blast you are suffering. On TV, images of Dublin in the snow and at - 5ºC were seen just yesterday. 

Don't you think it is very unusual such nasty weather for early December in the U. K.?

It appeared out of nowhere this extreme cold air mass. Last night was -1.3c here due to clear skies all night I think UK palms location went below -7c. This is very usual but once this is over I don't think it will have anything to do with the rest of winter since the polar jet stream pretty much broke down and sent all the arctic air to the UK.  I made a thread about it on the weather part of Palmtalk.

Edited December 10, 2022 by Foxpalms