CHASZ51
Z51
Looks like 90% of my plants are dead. Just planted a bunch last fall. Been since 2010 since i was 28 or lower. No temps below 32 since 2011.
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It is the citrus season!
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Looks like 90% of my plants are dead. Just planted a bunch last fall. Been since 2010 since i was 28 or lower. No temps below 32 since 2011.
Sorry to hear that. I know it's disappointing. We aren't going to know the damages until the plants should start sprouting new leaves. We expect a lot of leaf fall from the citrus, but hopefully the plants themselves are still alive. Well, with another round of low 20s temps tonight, that might push some over the edge.
I walked around just a bit ago to check the tarps to make sure they hadn't gotten blown off the plants and thanks to the rain we had early Wednesday morning, had some puddles of water on the edges of the tarps that froze over night. Some of them did not melt through the day today, so that isn't a good sign.
I'll have to run out later on when the temps get around mid 30s to drip the hose bibbs we have scattered around.
Y'all can have 2018. I want 2017 back.
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Global Cooling Rich. Probably be like this for the next 30-40 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_cooling
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_cooling
Yeah, I remember that period of time when "scientists" were predicting a fast approaching ice age. And, of course, the governments of the world were called on to save us from the calamity. By giving them more money and power, of course.
I predict that sooner or later the cataclysm of "global unfairness" will threaten humanity with localized changes that will cause some to suffer while others reap the windfall benefits. Extraordinary efforts must be taken immediately, at great sacrifice from the public, for the governments of earth to unite and overcome this threat by more evenly distributing the negative and positive effects for the benefit of ALL mankind. Every citizen must do his or her (or whatever sex you may call yourself) part by surrendering all money and property via taxes, and turn over complete control over their lives to their governments to allow them to be able to accomplish this difficult task. Verifiable proof of this oncoming calamity will be provided at a later date, but in the meantime, everyone is asked to trust their superiors.
BTW, I already predicted the term "global change" becoming the new buzz term while everyone was still talking about "global warming". So mark my words about this new threat they will come up with. Never let a catastrophe go to waste, and if one isn't handy, just make one up.
And regardless, the national forest service will have their usual prescribed burns take place. Spring time around here is "smoke season". Just when the native wildflowers and trees start blooming, you can't smell the flowers because of all the smoke in the air.
Yeah, I get that "Murphy Influence" too. No matter when we make plans, we will either get rain that day, or else the forecast will call for rain, which evaporates at the very last moment, right after we cancel our plans.
Hopefully the rain will hold off for you. It's supposed to come in sometime late tonight for us up here.
Tuesday night is supposed to drop down to around 31. So we'll cover the "baby" citrus we put in the ground recently.
So how did your cruise go? Did the rain hold off for you?
CHASZ51
Z51
It started to rain 15 mins after i got home. We had over 2". Cruise was fine. This was not the winter they called for. But 80's are coming back for a while.
Glad to hear the cruise was a success.
And yeah man, we were getting tired of covering the citrus trees through January. Some of the fruit trees are putting out flower buds now, so I hope they don't get zapped with a late freeze coming through.
One of the weather forecast sites I monitor is calling for a low of 33 degrees tonight. Aarrghh... Which might mean frost here. Hope it's not like last year around this time when a cold snap killed off a lot of our fruit tree blooms. The peach trees are already developing fruit, so they could be history. Just like what happened to most of them last year.
I've heard that there used to be a lot of farms in this area many years ago. I guess this sort of thing, coupled with the normally dry springs here, eventually killed off that idea for the farmers. I've heard that our land used to be farmland, and the stream we have on the north end used to have crystal clear water in it. But the farming was abandoned and when the forest reclaimed the land, the tannin from the tree roots plus all the consequent plant debris changed all that.
Connie and I have been clearing back sections of our property with the idea of putting in more fruit trees, but heck, I dunno. We're getting to the point in age where covering a bunch of plants during the several cold winter nights we get is really not going to be feasible for much longer.
I've heard that there used to be a lot of farms in this area many years ago. I guess this sort of thing, coupled with the normally dry springs here, eventually killed off that idea for the farmers. I've heard that our land used to be farmland, and the stream we have on the north end used to have crystal clear water in it. But the farming was abandoned and when the forest reclaimed the land, the tannin from the tree roots plus all the consequent plant debris changed all that.
Connie and I have been clearing back sections of our property with the idea of putting in more fruit trees, but heck, I dunno. We're getting to the point in age where covering a bunch of plants during the several cold winter nights we get is really not going to be feasible for much longer.