Stebo Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Never did the Morel thing but grandpa was huge in to it up in the Medford WI area where he lived. Remember him saying his hottest spots were where there was the most deep poop - deer trails - banks - dry river bottoms Yeah never got into it either however, now that we have 40 acres Up North the family has been getting into morel hunting the last couple of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 All of this morel talk, or "sponges" as we call them, is making my mouth water. I've been hunting them for 45 years. We could start a thread in OT, but it would get derailed by the regulars over there. I stay clear of that sub forum. From IWX: "Through the 19th, March 2012 has already seen 114 growing degree days which is in 3rd place all time for the month of March. The record number of growing degree days in March is 126 which will likely be beat on Tuesday." EDIT: Could someone provide me with a site that provides current soil temps for Indiana locations? My search has proven fruitless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 All of this morel talk, or "sponges" as we call them, is making my mouth water. I've been hunting them for 45 years. We could start a thread in OT, but it would get derailed by the regulars over there. I stay clear of that sub forum. From IWX: "Through the 19th, March 2012 has already seen 114 growing degree days which is in 3rd place all time for the month of March. The record number of growing degree days in March is 126 which will likely be beat on Tuesday." EDIT: Could someone provide me with a site that provides current soil temps for Indiana locations? My search has proven fruitless morels aren't controversial, we have a few threads that stay on topic, give it a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boogieman Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Yup. Also anywhere the moss grows and morels love Elm trees. I've got a nice spot in my own backyard where the morels grow like my mad. Must be nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Deer ticks are out like crazy. Already know a girl that has Lyme's disease... some apricot flowers from this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Haven't been out morel hunting since either '09 or '10, but may have to head out again this season. Apple trees are very good for morels as well as the Elms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I really thought the green out would have been greener by this point. The native trees still are stubborn around here. It's most likely thousands of years of adaptation that has made these trees not jump the gun. Just goes to show how April can be swinging in either direction. Not downplaying the green up. Just pointing out the obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Wow, stuff started budding big time today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeye Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 The leaf out almost seems like it's happened overnight. /\this today I was driving to an appointment and all the ornamental flowering pears were in full bloom, (almost overnight). It is the most beautiful and profuse show of flowering trees along the highwayand roads around here that I can remember. also add: several wasps hoovering under the porch roof looking for a place to start nests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 I really thought the green out would have been greener by this point. The native trees still are stubborn around here. It's most likely thousands of years of adaptation that has made these trees not jump the gun. Just goes to show how April can be swinging in either direction. Not downplaying the green up. Just pointing out the obvious. Same here, which is good. The invasive and non-native trees/shrubs can go ahead an get effected by a late freeze! Birch tree, baby leaves. Sugar Maple buds And a my woodland ferns are starting to come up. Which is 3 weeks ahead of last year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Still dont have the leaves popping out on the trees like many of you report in IL and WI, but buds are swelling and magnolias are in full blossom, a month early. Took these magnolia shots today. First one taken around 11am, the rest around 715pm as the sun was starting to set, casting a neat light on the flowers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Wow, very nice pics guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 Very interesting posts, guys! The Bradford Pear trees have started to bloom here literally this evening....amazing, as they usually don't bloom here along the lakeshore until very late April/early May!!! Insane. The Bradford Pears didn't even bloom this early where I grew up in Lancaster, PA. Day number 5 for me of wearing shorts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 The 12z EURO had some low temperatures for Monday morning, Monday night in store. Gotta watch the frost potential the next few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishforsnow Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Seen many birch and maple trees budding out on my way to Marquette yesterday. Even had some bug splatter on the windsheild. The black flies are probably going to hatch out. Good. Maybe we can get them done now and by June when they usually come out we won't have to put up with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 worst allergies ever...my eyes look like i've been ripping joints all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 worst allergies ever...my eyes look like i've been ripping joints all day. This Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndTenn Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Every redbud in Indianapolis that I see daily started blooming yesterday, perhaps 10 days early. Native plants seem less affected by unusually warm or cold springs than introduced species. But what is amazing to me is that nearly all the large trees are beginning to leaf out, way ahead of schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Ride through Riverside Park in La Crosse (last night) (its HD) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeenerWx Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 worst allergies ever...my eyes look like i've been ripping joints all day. I got chosen for random drug tests in high school during allergy season because I looked like I was in an oven for days. At any rate, I'm not enjoying this early allergy assault at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 worst allergies ever...my eyes look like i've been ripping joints all day. Same here! Especialy in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 wife suffers terrible from allergies.. she's not complaining yet. I never get bugged by alergies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 wife suffers terrible from allergies.. she's not complaining yet. I never get bugged by alergies. I just get a week or two of itchy eyes right at the begining of the green out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Ragweed bad... every year like clockwork...at this rate they'll start in July. Anyone who does any fruit growing, I 'budded' a plum onto a peach tree...I took a bud from a plum last summer and cut a notch in another tree and taped it in place (using special tape)...then it stayed dormant all summer/winter and now its growing ...you can see the bud throwing out flowers and leaves... Grafting is awesome. You can put plums, pluots, apricots, peaches, nectarines all on the same tree... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 very cool, dll. Riverside park looks awesome. Worth casting a line along there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 The La Crosse River, when it dumps into the Mississippi River at Riverside, gets fished by a lot of hmongs I see them catching mainly catfish and rough fish, although I'm pretty sure there are also walleyes, panfish, etc in there too... Along the Mississippi, i've seen kids catch walleyes from shore... probably bass/panfish along the rocks too. Lot of current along the Miss there with the 2 rivers coming in (La Crosse/Black). There was a hearse in that video. I have no idea why people (i've seen others) like to drive hearses...must be a college thing. There is another one with the plates "UNDEAD".. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 This talk about greenup has me thinking. There are no official records on such things, but I estimate that this years greenup is right on par with 1945, and the two are the earliest occurrances of greenup in the last 100 years (1946 and 2010 also saw very early greenups, but not this early). And the two winters (44-45 and 11-12) were nearly 10 degrees apart (1944-45 was cold, tho ironically snowfall in the two winters was idential, 25.8 and 26.0...the difference of course being suppression and torching). I was born May 8, 1983, after one of our areas most pathetic winters (certainly worse then this past one) yet after a cold spring, a pic of my mom holding me on May 10th shows trees to be at the same stage they are today (ie, a very late greenup despite a mild winter). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 This talk about greenup has me thinking. There are no official records on such things, but I estimate that this years greenup is right on par with 1945, and the two are the earliest occurrances of greenup in the last 100 years (1946 and 2010 also saw very early greenups, but not this early). And the two winters (44-45 and 11-12) were nearly 10 degrees apart (1944-45 was cold, tho ironically snowfall in the two winters was idential, 25.8 and 26.0...the difference of course being suppression and torching). I was born May 8, 1983, after one of our areas most pathetic winters (certainly worse then this past one) yet after a cold spring, a pic of my mom holding me on May 10th shows trees to be at the same stage they are today (ie, a very late greenup despite a mild winter). I was born in 1979, I think that was a good winter too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 worst allergies ever...my eyes look like i've been ripping joints all day. Same problem... Then I go in the tedious "allergy-contact" circle. Eyes itch due to allergies -> rub them -> rubbing moves contacts around which further irritiates eyes -> irritated eyes are more susceptible to allergy irritation -> so I rub them. Rinse and repeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Just carried the trash cans to the curb in shorts and flip flops. As I walked back towards the house I looked around and noticed how all the trees around the neighborhood are leafing out and already green looking. The grass was already several inches tall as I trudged through it. Just an amazing experience for mid-late March. We're probably at least a month or month and a half ahead of last year. In fact, according to my records the warmest temp last March here was 71, and 84 in May. Hit 84 here yesterday lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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