Frozen

I went out slug-hunting by torchlight last night (I have acquired a Pointy Stick which functions well to cut slugs in half without damaging the waterproof roofing membrane) and discovered that I had somehow forgotten to bring in the mesembryanthemums when I took everything else vulnerable in for the night, and that they had collapsed again. I don't know if they will survive; it's very hard to tell with these succulent-type seedlings if they are fatally damaged or not. Last time the one nearest the edge withered away gradually from the base of the stem, leaving its fresh green leaves adhering misleadingly to the side of the pot, and the other two were just about beginning to show signs of perking upright again when this happened.( Read more... )