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By slicric78
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-  Fri Jun 17, 2022 12:29 pm #414403
When disaster strikes....
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By slicric78
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-  Fri Jun 17, 2022 12:37 pm #414406
Nope. Going out of town for a week, so I put the inside ones in a water tray to get them over saturated. They were sitting fine for ten minutes. Then bam, tipped over.
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By Intheswamp
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-  Fri Jun 17, 2022 1:04 pm #414407
Oh, wow. Sorry about that wreck! But, thanks for posting as it will be a cautionary tale for others to pay attention to. Water trays, wet pots, etc., can get heavy! I hope the damaged to the plants themselves was minimal...looks like some nice plants!

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By Sundews69
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-  Fri Jun 17, 2022 4:20 pm #414419
Oh, man, so sorry that happened! Hopefully all the plants will recover.

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By Dan V
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-  Fri Jun 17, 2022 5:04 pm #414435
Bummer, that sucks!
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By DragonsEye
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-  Fri Jun 17, 2022 5:47 pm #414444
Well, if there were any you had been thinking of repotting, no reason to put it off any longer.
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By slicric78
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-  Fri Jun 17, 2022 6:09 pm #414451
Done. Good grief that stunk. Reached 100 degrees today.
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By Sundews69
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-  Fri Jun 17, 2022 6:34 pm #414456
Ugh, that would suck. You did a great job though!
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By Panman
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-  Fri Jun 17, 2022 6:48 pm #414470
From the carnage you showed, they don't look to bad off. You may consider part shade for a little while if their roots were disturbed. This heat is going to make it harder for them suck up a lot more water.
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By slicric78
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-  Tue Jun 21, 2022 12:58 pm #414809
It was an insane day. We left the next morning for a 10 hr drive with three kids under six. However, The night before, at 1000 pm, a pipe busted in the upstairs bathroom.

Between the plants and the plumber leaving at 2 am, it was an insane 12 hours.

But the plants were ok ppl, the plants were ok....
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By Intheswamp
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<chuckle> I'm glad you had your priorities in the right order...poor helpless plants! :lol:

Seriously, though... 10 hour drive x 3 kids = 'very glad to get to your destination!'
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By MikeB
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-  Wed Jun 22, 2022 2:54 am #414863
slicric78 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 12:58 pm It was an insane day. We left the next morning for a 10 hr drive with three kids under six. However, The night before, at 1000 pm, a pipe busted in the upstairs bathroom.

Between the plants and the plumber leaving at 2 am, it was an insane 12 hours.

But the plants were ok ppl, the plants were ok....
Good god, it just was not your day.
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