Spring in review The 2014 spring has been a whoosie, technical term for really harsh and strange. Butterfly bush - frozen to the ground, not root regrowth. Fig - frozen except for one foot that is still green, so there is hope, kind of. Rosemary - took heavy damage this December/ February - one plant had 25% recovery. Bay laurel - heavy damage to some limb damage. Kiwi - 60% of plant died. Any plants in pots - had 50% of the plants die from the freeze. Many ornamental shrubs - badly burned and still many shrubs burned bad from the leaf burn. Strawberries - looks like a good crop. did see some photos of strawberry effaciation - where the strawberry grows long, or it was poor pollination. Cool season crops - doing OK. Warm season crops - most tomato, eggplant cucumbers - have stalled and to grown much.\ My pomegranate in the greenhouse has the best fruit set EVER this yer. Apple and plum crop - mediocre so far. Pear crop - actually looking OK. Grass - growing wild. Weeds - super wild growth.
Posted on: Thu, 29 May 2014 23:31:19 +0000