38 F here this morning. But I’ve got a good fruit load on my apple, pear and plum, and at least the lettuce, snap peas and kale are happy. Tomatoes and peppers are healthy, just not taking off like they could.
Just can’t depend on the weather anymore!
We had an unusual stretch of weather in May and early June, cloudy and cold. Now it’s switched 180 to the longest stretch of 100F heat in the last 20 years. I prefer the hot and dry. I can do more with that than the clouds with regards to my greenhouse and fruits both in and out.
@marknmt, Brrrrrr…Hope you get some warmth soon. It’s also been very mild this year in VA. I see calls for “El Nino” weather pattern recentl. We were previously under “La Nina” for last 3 years.
The last several years we are colder longer in the spring. It runs us out of growing season sometimes. Diseases like fireblight have been terrible. We can now grow beets and other crops better than ever. Growing tomatos when it dips to 38F is impossible. Once it heats up it does it fast. In the case of Kansas one week of rollercoaster weather this spring i think caused an entire row of graft failures. It hit at the worst time. It rained on me while i was grafting then the temps were wild for weeks. That row had one take out of a dozen.
Some times it seems like if wasn’t for bad luck we’d have no luck at all!
I’m looking at hundreds of successful grafts and over a month of 100% take rates. In my case, im very blessed. i did hope for perfect results, but sometimes it rains on me. Grafted anyway in the rain, and it did not go as well as i wanted. It does not help much when you want a fresh BLT and it is not warm enough for the tomatos. It will turn around for you soon Mark!
This is apparently el nino pattern. I had to cover all my tomatoes; next year they stay in greenhouse til june.
I figure you might remember this Ray Charles piece!
It’s not sunny here, my fruit trees are suffering.
First time in June we actually turned on the heat this morning
We debated it last night and when I woke this morning regretted not making the same decision. Looks like more normal weather returns tomorrow, though, at least here in Seattle:
I had my first year of plentiful blooms, but 24.1F on 5/18 did in most of my fruit.
last night 43F. tonight probably cold too then back to normal by the end of the week it seems. it has been raining which is good
like last year, I actually got peas, spinach and beets. usually the weather gets too hot too fast for them.
summer crops aren’t happy but they’ll catch up I’m sure
