SW Florida Too Hot?? (Naples, Everglades: vs, things to do, land)

[chiluvr1228]

Well I don't use any fertilizers are on my grass. The few trees I have get fertilized once or twice a year and that's it. The less I mess with the grass in the winter, the less I have to cut it.

[beach43ofus]

Again for the 100th time, Red Tide is naturally occurring, and it has been since before civilized humans lived in Florida. Spanish explorers wrote about it in the mid 1600's...before cars, lawn fertizers, storm runoff, septic tanks, phosphate mines, Sugar fields, or livestock ranches.

We could move every human out of Florida, and the Red Tide would still come back.

Scientists do say that human activity adds nutrients to the seas, and that worsens the natural Red Tide outbreaks, but by how much? I have yet to see any study's about that. Draining Lake O into the seas seems insane to me, and I wish that would stop. I'd like to see the Sugar, and Phosphate industry move away from Florida, but that's not going to happen. I'd like to see new septic tanks outlawed, but that is not likely either.

I'm writing this post so people will not think Red Tide is man-made. Humans can make it worse, but we dont know precisely how, or how much each possible cause ranks.

Let's keep this in perspective while taking all reasonable steps possible, w/in our reach, to mitigate it...if we even can.

[Brucifer]

Originally Posted by JPrzybylski07

No one has had a rebuttal to sourbottom’s latest comment.

Sweetrebuttal? Almost beginning to think 'she' is a troll or at least someone that has a very empty life and always looking for the next greener pasture.


As for fertilizing, doesn't the purple pipe water come with it's own 'nutrients'? One thing you can do is get soil sample kits from either online or your local County Extension office. Rather than blasting 13-13-13 everywhere, you might only need a little of something.

[NW Cape Coral]

It is very hot here for a few months. Last summer I was down for a while and for a few days it was hotter up in NJ than it was in Cape Coral. The winters here IMO makeup for the few months of high heat.

[Beak Boater]

Sometimes the best response is no response. Folks that follow this forum do not take those posts serious. Troll, unhappy person what ever.

[FireStation46]

Originally Posted by Beak Boater

Sometimes the best response is no response. Folks that follow this forum do not take those posts serious. Troll, unhappy person what ever.

Agreed!

[tmozer]

Originally Posted by tmozer

Sorry if my point or purpose were misunderstood. I look forward to the heat. My feeling is that three months of heat and humidity in Florida is not much worse than two months of heat and humidity in NJ. Hot and humid is hot and humid no matter where you are.

I plan to be very happy in Florida no matter when we are there.

As far as the NJ house, I am hoping my son and his new bride decide to buy it from us.

An update 2018: Out son and DIL did purchase our house in Brick but recently sold it. My wife decided she does not like our Florida condo due to a heavy footed neighbor right above us (I should have purchased an third/top floor unit). Therefore our oldest daughter is now living in the Naples condo and paying all the expenses.

I miss Naples!

[WRnative]

Originally Posted by beach43ofus

Again for the 100th time, Red Tide is naturally occurring, and it has been since before civilized humans lived in Florida. Spanish explorers wrote about it in the mid 1600's...before cars, lawn fertizers, storm runoff, septic tanks, phosphate mines, Sugar fields, or livestock ranches.

We could move every human out of Florida, and the Red Tide would still come back.

Scientists do say that human activity adds nutrients to the seas, and that worsens the natural Red Tide outbreaks, but by how much? I have yet to see any study's about that. Draining Lake O into the seas seems insane to me, and I wish that would stop. I'd like to see the Sugar, and Phosphate industry move away from Florida, but that's not going to happen. I'd like to see new septic tanks outlawed, but that is not likely either.

I'm writing this post so people will not think Red Tide is man-made. Humans can make it worse, but we dont know precisely how, or how much each possible cause ranks.

Let's keep this in perspective while taking all reasonable steps possible, w/in our reach, to mitigate it...if we even can.

Scientists do believe that ocean warming and nutrient pollution contribute to red tide perseverance and increased severity. Read through this thread.

Red Tide that bad???

[chiluvr1228]

Originally Posted by NW Cape Coral

It is very hot here for a few months. Last summer I was down for a while and for a few days it was hotter up in NJ than it was in Cape Coral. The winters here IMO makeup for the few months of high heat.

A few months? It's more like 6. Yes, sometimes NJ or NY have higher temps that we do however it is not for months and months. However our weather from November-April make it worth it to live here IMO.

[AgingHippie68]

I've lived year round in FLA since 1978, on both the east coast (Broward County) and west coast (Lee County). Recently started spending summers in Ohio, where I'm from originally. There are summer days in Ohio (or even a couple of weeks) that rival the heat of a south Florida summer. The main difference is that the heat in Florida is relentless once it starts in the spring. Our A/C ran 24/7 for at least 6 months of the year, and honestly, more like 7 or 8 months. In Ohio a 90+ degree day will cool off some at nightfall, and won't last all summer. Not in south FLA. Expect that sticky, sluggish, breathtaking heat to be your constant companion when outdoors in Florida from May to October. P.S. Watch that sun. After all those years in the FLA sun/heat, I've been diagnosed with all 3 types of skin cancer, including melanoma. I'm gonna be okay though...