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Wolf-Bopp

She’s out there right now

Maybe when Wolfie’s cooling climate starts kicking in.

They’re really homegrower friendly…maybe moreso than any other fruit. American persimmons may be close. They’re native so they’re pretty much disease free. So there’s no spraying for pests or diseases. You don’t need to prune them. You can plant them really close together. Mine are planted 8ft apart as it helps with pollination. The only thing is they don’t compete well with grass and weeds when they’re young and they are heavy, heavy feeders. They want their fertile compost/soil and regular nitrogen. I experimented with diluted 46-0-0 urea granules in water this year and applied some daily and they responded well. I think it was like 2.5oz granules per 5gal bucket of water. I use the neutral pH condensed water from my dehumidifier so the urea brings the pH down to a number similar to rainwater. But they’re a cool little tree and I recommend people to grow them even if it’s just for their ornamental value. They’re also very deer resistant after the first time they nibble a leaf. Raccoons, possums, and squirrels will potentially go for the fruit though.

Love it. The more we can shorten the season the less I dread it. Get a little snow and cold for the holiday season. Torch it up before Xmas day. Keep it above 0F throughout. Then get a nice little 2 week stretch in Jan or Feb and call it an A+ winter.

Kinda wild. My temp has been dropping since 730am. 32.5° with a heavy frost now.

I will say this is like one of those yore 1947 airmasses we joked about last week.

A bit of an inversion again this morning. MWN 45° HIE 25° And CON 28° in reference with this…

I need to grow some late season ripening pawpaws at your place. You probably have one of the longest growing seasons in the region.

Almost 60° at 4k and near freezing at the surface. Get me in that thermal belt.

We invert. Just your usual 30° at MVY with 47° at MWN.

OWD

My wife is picky and loves them. The key is to get fruit from people growing the selected cultivars. The wild ones can have a chemical/bitter aftertaste. I got these from someone in Marlborough…not too far from you. If you look up Timothy from Ockoo Microfarm he may have some left. $8/lb

We pawpaw

Heh. Just came to post this.

They don’t usually get much over 2-3ft pack even at the peak of winter because of BLSN and sublimation. If you wanna talk Tucks and the other bowls that’s a different story.

Yeah it doesn’t take much WAA to pop MWN above freezing this time of year with rain. Even an approaching cold front usually does it.

Pretty good inversion this morning. Gunstock 43 Gene 38.8 Here 31.6 CON 27

You can almost hear the pack melting at 970ft while it’s refrozen and preserved in 20s at IJD.

Please refer to map above.

Your mins

Although the record is 14° so lol

Looks like CON snuck in a 25°. Not bad.