backedgeapproaching Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 your biggest problem is your climate Yes, much of NNE is going to have to live with an underwhelming tomato crop output for the chance at 100+" of snow....... I would be OK with that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Yeah I considered it, but I'm an organic guy and have tried to stay away from the plastic stuff. I haven't done enough research on it to find anything OMRI approved. We'll see how it goes the next couple weeks. I considered mulching with some coconut coir. I "inherited" the reusable black plastic - it's about 30-mil - that my dad bought in the 1980s, and it's the only reason my frost-pocket location can ripen tomatoes bigger than sweet 100s. My median growing season is 113 days, which is just 10 days longer than when I lived in Ft.Kent, where vine-riped tomatoes rarely were seen outside of pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon Tip Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Yeah I thought about the black plastic but I'm a stickler/paranoid for leaching chemicals ... If I'm not sure and don't care to look it up, I'm apt to just not use it. Even when "corporation" says its inert, invariably you read about 20 years later about testicles falling off - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-CT Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Yes, much of NNE is going to have to live with an underwhelming tomato crop output for the chance at 100+" of snow....... I would be OK with that In other words, you would rather have snow than food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 In other words, you would rather have snow than food. How not? Of course, lots of veggies do just fine in a cool-summer/cold-winter climate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 In other words, you would rather have snow than food.wut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 How not? Of course, lots of veggies do just fine in a cool-summer/cold-winter climate.life goes on without tomatoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-CT Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 It was a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 It was a joke. Lol- I know. But it might still be a toss up between snow and food. I also have a pretty large garden of kale, peas, lettuce, strawberries, onions, carrots, etc. Actually just picked a ton of kale to make some super food kale smoothies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted July 6, 2015 Author Share Posted July 6, 2015 The summer wx we've been waiting for has finally arrived for an extended stay..We knew all the rains of June would lead to dews in July and August. If you generally use 4 rolls of Tp a week..buy 8..and so on and so forth INCREASING THE DEWPOINTS OVERNIGHT. THIS COULD LEAD TO SOME PATCHY FOG ACROSS THE AREA. HIGHESTCONFIDENCE IS ACROSS THE NORMALLY PRONE REGIONS...IE OWD AND TAN.KEPT TEMPS A FEW DEGREES ABOVE GUIDANCE THANKS THE OVERNIGHT CLOUDCOVER. ANTICIPATE LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S WITH METRO REGIONS OFBOS/PVD/BDL IN THE LOW 70S. REST OF THE WEEK: CONTINUING WITH SREF-PROBS BELIEVE THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL STALLSOMEWHERE IN PROXIMITY TO THE S-COAST OF NEW ENGLAND BECOMING THEFOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL WET-WEATHER AS MID-LEVEL IMPULSES TRAVELTHROUGH THE QUASI-ZONAL FLOW ALOFT THAT IS PARALLEL TO THE FRONT.LIKELY TO SEE THE FRONT WOBBLE WITH LATER FORECASTS. THOUGH OVERALLDO THINK INSTABILITY HOLDS MAINLY S WITH ONCE AGAIN THE MAIN THREATBEING HEAVY RAIN. NEVERTHELESS CAN NOT RULE OUT A RUMBLE OF THUNDER.A CONSENSUS OF GUIDANCE HAS THE FLOW BEING OVERALL PROGRESSIVEDESPITE TRAINING OF DISTURBANCES. WAVES LOOK TO BE SPACED OUT ENOUGHTO YIELD A LOW CONFIDENCE CONCERNING ANY FLOODING. JUST LOOKING LIKEA WET PATTERN WITH WARM-MUGGY CONDITIONS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Miser Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 lol Pretty dry period too. All these forecasts we're seeing of downpours/storms Tuesday and Wednesday and this weekend look pretty bad. Maybe a few few scattered showers The summer wx we've been waiting for has finally arrived for an extended stay..We knew all the rains of June would lead to dews in July and August. If you generally use 4 rolls of Tp a week..buy 8..and so on and so forth INCREASING THE DEWPOINTS OVERNIGHT. THIS COULD LEAD TO SOME PATCHY FOG ACROSS THE AREA. HIGHESTCONFIDENCE IS ACROSS THE NORMALLY PRONE REGIONS...IE OWD AND TAN.KEPT TEMPS A FEW DEGREES ABOVE GUIDANCE THANKS THE OVERNIGHT CLOUDCOVER. ANTICIPATE LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S WITH METRO REGIONS OFBOS/PVD/BDL IN THE LOW 70S. REST OF THE WEEK: CONTINUING WITH SREF-PROBS BELIEVE THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL STALLSOMEWHERE IN PROXIMITY TO THE S-COAST OF NEW ENGLAND BECOMING THEFOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL WET-WEATHER AS MID-LEVEL IMPULSES TRAVELTHROUGH THE QUASI-ZONAL FLOW ALOFT THAT IS PARALLEL TO THE FRONT.LIKELY TO SEE THE FRONT WOBBLE WITH LATER FORECASTS. THOUGH OVERALLDO THINK INSTABILITY HOLDS MAINLY S WITH ONCE AGAIN THE MAIN THREATBEING HEAVY RAIN. NEVERTHELESS CAN NOT RULE OUT A RUMBLE OF THUNDER.A CONSENSUS OF GUIDANCE HAS THE FLOW BEING OVERALL PROGRESSIVEDESPITE TRAINING OF DISTURBANCES. WAVES LOOK TO BE SPACED OUT ENOUGHTO YIELD A LOW CONFIDENCE CONCERNING ANY FLOODING. JUST LOOKING LIKEA WET PATTERN WITH WARM-MUGGY CONDITIONS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 lolyea that is funny, dry wet week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahk_webstah Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Yeah I considered it, but I'm an organic guy and have tried to stay away from the plastic stuff. I haven't done enough research on it to find anything OMRI approved. We'll see how it goes the next couple weeks. I considered mulching with some coconut coir. Damn I am organic in every other way....didn't even think of the plastic chemical risk! Ooops... I'm sure there are dark organic mulches though, perhaps fabric? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whineminster Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 In Hawaii they used plastic shreds in the soil when planting pineapple...for aeration I think they said? Always thought my pineapple tasted plasticky..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Is the Euro on crack or seeing a recurve, high amp phase 7 MJO?. I seriously can't recall such an expansive coverage of near 0 850s so far south in Eastern Canada in mid July as depicted LR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon Tip Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Fwiw, GFSX MOS has 89 for KFIT, Sat and Sun, and that's D 5 and 6 where climo dimming at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Yeah, this is summer. Almost considering using the AC this evening, but I think I can tough it out until that cold front gets here from NY State. 81/70 at 7pm...the mountain valley decoupling air conditioning hasn't turned on yet. Not too often its over 80F still at 7pm. Long daylight, southerly flow ahead of the front, and warm temps aloft. Temperature not dropping quickly this evening, that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Fwiw, GFSX MOS has 89 for KFIT, Sat and Sun, and that's D 5 and 6 where climo dimming at that.Didn't it have 91 or so for KFIT for yesterday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon Tip Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Mid 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted July 8, 2015 Author Share Posted July 8, 2015 Seems like one cocky day Thurs and then we heat up again for weekend to near 90 and increase dews each day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Didn't it have 91 or so for KFIT for yesterday?It had 89F for Monday on Sun night's run. Actual was 86F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted July 8, 2015 Author Share Posted July 8, 2015 Big,big changes on the 00z Euro for next week. Gone is the trough..in is the warmth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Big,big changes on the 00z Euro for next week. Gone is the trough..in is the warmth It's there. Enough for a lot of SE winds and moisture on and off it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted July 8, 2015 Author Share Posted July 8, 2015 It's there. Enough for a lot of SE winds and moisture on and off it seems. Nothing like like that cold NW flow it had..It's replaced with warm, muggy, moist air..Wild swings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Nothing like like that cold NW flow it had..It's replaced with warm, muggy, moist air..Wild swings Meh, ensembles had that. There is the potential for murk in there...just unsure of low pressure track. But yeah, it's not a cool pattern for sure. I feel like this could be one of those months that goes down maybe on the warm side..but lots of mid-upper 80s type stuff? It's a bit of a pattern shift where the PNA starts to go - which is a big change. Rockies and Plains ridge going into some troughing over the east. Not a cool pattern, but could be wet and somewhat muggy perhaps Nothing that screams 90+ for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted July 8, 2015 Author Share Posted July 8, 2015 Meh, ensembles had that. There is the potential for murk in there...just unsure of low pressure track. But yeah, it's not a cool pattern for sure. I feel like this could be one of those months that goes down maybe on the warm side..but lots of mid-upper 80s type stuff? It's a bit of a pattern shift where the PNA starts to go - which is a big change. Rockies and Plains ridge going into some troughing over the east. Not a cool pattern, but could be wet and somewhat muggy perhaps Nothing that screams 90+ for sure. That's kind of been the thinking for us..Not much in the way of big heat..but a lot of warmth and high humidity with the wet ground and trough axis west..And with water temps up to 70 now to the south any type of south or SE flow = humid. probably offers some potential of Ryan's favorite..low topped spinners as warm fronts approach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 I guess a dud-summer is akin to a dud winter, There will be warmth along the way in July as sure as there will be ice on the ponds in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Dark suit needed walking up the hill fml. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 low clouds 78/70, some like this?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 64/54 and full sun now...dews dropping and a breeze. Feels so refreshing after yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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