Is It warm enough To Put The Tenders Outside??

[FrancSevin]

I surely hope so.
My plans are to move many of them out this weekend.
I have Tropicals filling up the Greenhouse and the Sunporch. They need to go outside. But, it has been too cold on so many nights.
Tropical Hibiscus will not tolerate much below 40% F. One or two nights will stunt them for months.
I actually lost one in the greenhouse during the deep freeze of -19 F last winter. It didn't die but wilted and after 45 days, never came back.
It's compost today.
One of my Hibiscus is a tropical double flower from Barbados. It lives a life of luxury in the sunporch year round. Over eight feet high and about 6 feet in diameter, it stays inside. But the common hibiscus bushes go out on the patio.
Along with the Banana Trees and Plantation palms.
I will have five tomato plants potted, along with 3 green pepper ones and hope the squirrels stay away.
If the budget is willing, I plant to put in bunches and bunches of bedding plants as we have a lot of planter gardens for them surrounding the patio.

I have spent fifty years here building the landscape for such a show. Now at retirement, I hope to indulge myself, and enjoy the dream.

 

[Melensdad]

We had light snow today while I was out running errands. So no. Not warm enough. Yet.

 

[FrancSevin]

I used to live up near there. Bolingbrook IL. And as I recall....;
We had two seasons living just under greater Chicago,
Winter and road construction

 

[FrancSevin]

I'm going to try and start two Hibiscus plants from the one that lives in the house year round. It has magnificent red double blooms. However, it hasn't done so for more than a year. Perhaps because it is more than 50 years old. So, I am hoping some new ones will have more vigor.