WinterWxLuvr Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Coastal is earlier now. Like on the 4th. But the dreaded gl low is now making an appearance. I'm out. Looks like a good BOS hit on the 5th though. dec4.13.JPG That storm will end up as an OV monster driving copious precip amounts into our area while we are sitting under massive CAD. How Thanksgiving looking? Keep an eye on that for me. I'm feeling a white turkey day this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 too bad the snow guys don't track svr weather.. the nam might have ripped every other model apart today. When are you going on your chase? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 When are you going on your chase?One mo from tomorrow .. May 18 planned departure. Hopefully winter ends by then. Lots of moisture out there lately tho.. Drought forever people might be in trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 One mo from tomorrow .. May 18 planned departure. Hopefully winter ends by then. Lots of moisture out there lately tho.. Drought forever people might be in trouble. Any planned destination or just going based on weather at the time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Wherever the warm wind takes us. Until we hit cold air, then we backtrack 50 miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Wherever the warm wind takes us. Until we hit cold air, then we backtrack 50 miles. So you're going too? I hope you guys get your fill of severe weather. I'm hoping for none here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Wherever the warm wind takes us. Until we hit cold air, then we backtrack 50 miles. I have a good feeling about this year.. tho maybe I'm just setting myself up to be disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 I have a good feeling about this year.. tho maybe I'm just setting myself up to be disappointed. LOL, I remember saying I had a good feeling about one of those clippers last winter. Heck, I even started a thread for it. Ended up a disaster. I hope your good feelings work better than mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeoman Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 too bad the snow guys don't track svr weather.. the nam might have ripped every other model apart today. I track it when it's in my backyard, just like snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 I miss the sunshine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 zwyts, I turned off my euro subscriptions till next winter. Is the euro hinting at any frost possibilities just outside the beltway? I just got my hot pepper seedlings delivered and I was planning on planting them this weekend. Frost would be an instant death to them and I would be devastated. Do you harden off your seedlings? I order my tomatoes and peppers from a place in Delaware, and they need to be hardened off for at least a week before I put them in the ground. In fact, they're being delivered today (out for delivery as of 7:00 am), but I won't plant them until next weekend. I'd suggest transplanting them into solo cups filled with potting soil and hardening them off. If nothing else, that'll get you through any potential cool weather in the next week or so. Besides...putting peppers out early usually doesn't really do much good. Things like tomatoes and peppers can go in the ground early and, if you're lucky, you can catch a break by getting relatively little cool weather after that. But that's a real risk that may only get you a couple weeks' earlier harvest, at best. Peppers need consistent warmth to really grow, so you're almost better off waiting an extra week or two before planting them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Do you harden off your seedlings? I order my tomatoes and peppers from a place in Delaware, and they need to be hardened off for at least a week before I put them in the ground. In fact, they're being delivered today (out for delivery as of 7:00 am), but I won't plant them until next weekend. I'd suggest transplanting them into solo cups filled with potting soil and hardening them off. If nothing else, that'll get you through any potential cool weather in the next week or so. Besides...putting peppers out early usually doesn't really do much good. Things like tomatoes and peppers can go in the ground early and, if you're lucky, you can catch a break by getting relatively little cool weather after that. But that's a real risk that may only get you a couple weeks' earlier harvest, at best. Peppers need consistent warmth to really grow, so you're almost better off waiting an extra week or two before planting them. Totally agree on the peppers. Seems like they do almost nothing until the dog days. Then they can't be stopped. Last year, I picked mine the final time by yanking the plants out of the ground and shaking the peppers off. I'm not sure they would have ever stopped producing peppers and I was tired of canning them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Totally agree on the peppers. Seems like they do almost nothing until the dog days. Then they can't be stopped. Last year, I picked mine the final time by yanking the plants out of the ground and shaking the peppers off. I'm not sure they would have ever stopped producing peppers and I was tired of canning them. Yup. They really don't do much until the soil is about 75* or so. Putting them out before lows are consistently around the mid-50s isn't of much use in the grand scheme of things. Of course, I can't help but put them out a lttle earlier and hope for the best. And I completely agree about them producing once they start. I haven't had the greatest luck with bell peppers, but my hot peppers are almost uncontrollable once they get going (usually around the beginning of July). My last tomatoes and peppers come off the plants round about Halloween, and while the tomato plants are usually ravaged by disease and have few fruit by then, the peppers are still loaded with fruit and even putting out flowers. I'm half tempted to pull and pot one up this winter and see if it can survive in a big south-facing window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.J Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Do you harden off your seedlings? I order my tomatoes and peppers from a place in Delaware, and they need to be hardened off for at least a week before I put them in the ground. In fact, they're being delivered today (out for delivery as of 7:00 am), but I won't plant them until next weekend. I'd suggest transplanting them into solo cups filled with potting soil and hardening them off. If nothing else, that'll get you through any potential cool weather in the next week or so. Besides...putting peppers out early usually doesn't really do much good. Things like tomatoes and peppers can go in the ground early and, if you're lucky, you can catch a break by getting relatively little cool weather after that. But that's a real risk that may only get you a couple weeks' earlier harvest, at best. Peppers need consistent warmth to really grow, so you're almost better off waiting an extra week or two before planting them. Tomatoes are fine though right? I just got some last weekend, still in the containers they came in. I usually do not get them this early but the place I get them from sells out fast on the Heirloom varieties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 hey, its the sun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Yup. They really don't do much until the soil is about 75* or so. Putting them out before lows are consistently around the mid-50s isn't of much use in the grand scheme of things. Of course, I can't help but put them out a lttle earlier and hope for the best. And I completely agree about them producing once they start. I haven't had the greatest luck with bell peppers, but my hot peppers are almost uncontrollable once they get going (usually around the beginning of July). My last tomatoes and peppers come off the plants round about Halloween, and while the tomato plants are usually ravaged by disease and have few fruit by then, the peppers are still loaded with fruit and even putting out flowers. I'm half tempted to pull and pot one up this winter and see if it can survive in a big south-facing window. I'd bet that a pepper plant in the right place might just survive the winter. Be an interesting experiment to see just what the life span of a pepper plant is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 The warm front moved through MoCo shortly after the lunch hour, and was heralded by a noteworthy change in the wind direction. It went from cool and cloudy to warm and that awful haze fast. Now it's back to warm, humid and sunny...awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtropics Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Currently cloudy as heck. Humidity is a welcome change. I can finally breath without my throat getting dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Tomatoes are fine though right? I just got some last weekend, still in the containers they came in. I usually do not get them this early but the place I get them from sells out fast on the Heirloom varieties. They can survive a light frost with only some leaf damage, but it would be pushing it to expose them to more than that. I've planted tomatoes and had temps push 35-36 a coue days later, and they turned out fine, though extended cool temps can stunt their growth. If you're concerned about upcoming temps, I'd leave them in their pots and bring them in at night until the long-range looks better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 I'd bet that a pepper plant in the right place might just survive the winter. Be an interesting experiment to see just what the life span of a pepper plant is. I know of folks who overwinter peppers indoors, but they need good light (natural and/or artificial) and to be kept warm. It's definitely doable - you just need the means and wherewithal to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Not sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Mike Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Pre-frontal stuff in the mid-afternoon, main squall line approaching western burbs around 5 PM, into the city and east closer to sunset....sound right? Getting on the road after work and heading east so hoping to be ahead of the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Frost in the northern burbs Sat night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 I'd bet that a pepper plant in the right place might just survive the winter. Be an interesting experiment to see just what the life span of a pepper plant is. I tried it twice. First time the plant went yellow and useless. The second time I tried a combo of a sunny bay window and grow lamp. The biggest obstacle is light. You have to have artificial or the plant goes mostly fruit dormant. Winter daylight is simply too short and not direct enough to keep the plant producing. When I used artificial + sun it produced but the peppers grew at a snails pace a hard a very hard time ripening. I did put the plant back outside the next season and it produced but it was "tired" compared to the others. Wasn't worth the effort. Fresh seedlings is the way to go. The nursery I ordered from delivered 2 weeks early this year. I kept thinking that it was too early so I check last year's delivery. I'm leaving them in the pots and moving out and inside daily until it's clear there is no chance at a cold snap. They look happy and healthy. I can feel the burn already. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 What kind of peppers do you have, Bob? My hots are a couple early jalapenos, a habanero, and a Ring of Fire (hot cayenne). They showed up last night looking really good - habanero is a little small, but that's to be expected at this point. Ob: Cloudy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 This must be a whopper of a cold front. Cincinnati showing a 7 hour temp drop of 31 degrees. They are sitting at brisk 42 and overcast right now. Doubt it keeps that much punch over the mountains, but tomorrow certainly looks different from today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Wow, hadn't looked at a weather model in a few days. Both GFS and NAM have northern Va. below freezing Sunday morning, and GFS looks chilly next week. I'll take a pass on those freezing temps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Wow, hadn't looked at a weather model in a few days. Both GFS and NAM have northern Va. below freezing Sunday morning, and GFS looks chilly next week. I'll take a pass on those freezing temps. I can't see those of us farther east getting below freezing, but I could see pushing 37 or so. And I'd rather not have chilly, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 What kind of peppers do you have, Bob? My hots are a couple early jalapenos, a habanero, and a Ring of Fire (hot cayenne). They showed up last night looking really good - habanero is a little small, but that's to be expected at this point. Ob: Cloudy I used to order all kinds of different exotics but I've narrowed it down to 2 types that I really like so I've been keeping it simple. These are the 2 I have going this year. Malaqueta tabascos and thai reds. I order from Cross Country Nurseries. www.chiliplants.com I grow a couple basic serrano plants for fresh salsa. Jalapenos are too variable with their heat from pod to pod but the earlies that you have are probably the hottest and most consistent of the jalap variety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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