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Today’s highs

Awesome Gene. Just an amateur iphone photo here.

In order for BDL to break today’s record low by 4F the low would have to be 15F.

Yeah they’re not technically native for us, but our forests are pretty similar to PA/MI and they behave nicely there. I have a pawpaw variety that I’m growing from someone in Mass that he says is “wild” to him. So there’s wild populations slowly spreading in SNE. Supposedly this one tastes like pineapple so that will be pretty cool.

They’re not native to New England. Long Island and far SW CT is debatable, but i don’t think they are there either. The generally accepted northern range is pretty much what that map depicts…spotty native areas near water in IA/WI near the MS River and then hugging the southern Great Lakes into S MI, S ON, and far W NY. There’s people successfully growing them in MN, VT, NH, and QB now. They’re pretty cold hardy…well down into the -20s. What limits their range is the length of growing season not being conducive for propagation.

Leaves are great here. Like Gene said the oaks rapidly caught up to the maples over the past few days and the non valleys look amazing right now. There was definitely some stronger leaf drop in the areas that I know are rad pits.

The 86° at BDL is their warmest temp on record for so late in the season.

BDL 86R (prev 82) BOS 83R (prev 82) MHT 82R (prev 77) PVD 81R (tied) CON 80 (record 81) ORH 79 (record 80) PWM 78R (prev 75) AUG 75R (tied)

We summah

You did your GREs?

-21 in am to 38 pm.

FIT and ORH 61 while ORE is 39.

43.3° but the hill tops are in the mid 50s.

Going to Aroostook to find snow now. Going to VT in the future to find water.

I’m rooting for an asteroid.

Use your phone with a 3s exposure or so to pinpoint it. It's hard to see with the naked eye...it's like a faint star. The pic was obviously with a longer exposure.

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.