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So it turns out i AM a *nut*, arent I?.. and Ain't that great news?!
Sometimes I just love being wrong.
(Now if someone will just prove to me that I actually can build a 2100sf charleston single in a private rural Mt Pleasant setting for $350K I'll be overjoyed.. all builders please reply)
(and thanks SCI? for all the horticulture info.. )
You might want to throw something over those sago's tonight, they can take cold, but 15 degrees is pushing it. Normally we do not get down this low. It's the center cone that you need to protect. Leave the dead fronds on the sago until the spring time when the threat of frost is over then cut them back.
we have for many yrs just covered them in burlap...
and make sure the boat motor doesn't have any water in it, run it without a hose hooked up for bout 45 seconds or so
I covered the sago's.. and the boat motor got covered in a warm quilted tjmaxx Ralph Lauren comforter that the dog once loved. (she has a spot in our bed now) I hope the boat motor rests in peace. and I hope it starts up this spring.
My husband had a stroke last year and lost his memory.. He couldn't tell me if it, or the cars, had anti-freeze in it.. He didn't even know he had a boat. I don't know nothin' about boats except what I googled and saw that I needed to tilt it up. When I did, gallons of water poured out the back end. Not a good sign, I figured. When I tried to crank it, the battery was dead.
I'm quite worried that it will be "junk" next spring.
I went and covered mine too. I've got 2 in pots that I am bringing in the garage. Now my weather alert is saying it is going down to 13 degrees, that's a bit too risky. Good luck with that boat motor, sounds like you are going to need it tonight. burrrrrrrrrr.
we have for many yrs just covered them in burlap...
and make sure the boat motor doesn't have any water in it, run it without a hose hooked up for bout 45 seconds or so
Unless you change water pump impellers every year as scheduled maintainance, do NOT run your outboard engines for 45 seconds w/o water! I tend to think 10-15 seconds is pushing it, but any water should be purged in that amount of time. The engine won't overheat that fast, but running the water pump dry for any appreciable time (seconds) will quickly wear the impeller. If you don't keep up on the maintainance, you "could" see water pump problems in the future. It's a risk that just doesn't need to be taken.
My sago palms (4) are in pots. Two are on a screened porch and two are out in the breezeway of my condo. No frost worry for them. Hopefully they can survive the air temps alright.
Unless you change water pump impellers every year as scheduled maintainance, do NOT run your outboard engines for 45 seconds w/o water! I tend to think 10-15 seconds is pushing it, but any water should be purged in that amount of time. The engine won't overheat that fast, but running the water pump dry for any appreciable time (seconds) will quickly wear the impeller. If you don't keep up on the maintainance, you "could" see water pump problems in the future. It's a risk that just doesn't need to be taken.
dude we've been doing this for decades
for the sake of argument lets say 20 seconds and if you see water running out after cranking it up then keep running it until the water stops coming out... if you see no water coming out then go ahead and shut it down
it shouldn't be much, but if you don't remove it then the chances of a ruined motor by spring is very high... if water freezes in it it will crack the block and it'll be trash
worse case scenario a water pump is much cheaper than a motor, but it won't wear out the impeller that quickly anyway...
but by this time of night this whole conversation is a waste of time, whatever you did to prepare will decide on the outcome... good luck and have a great weekend!
I don't know but it was pretty cold here in Summerville, had to go out this morning and break up a 1/4" ice float on my pond so the birds could get a drink.
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Will do..
