CoastalWx Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Foliage the last few years has really been awful down in SNE. Now that October is a summer month, probably will be that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 8 hours ago, IrishRob17 said: Fantastic, thanks. Here’s my backyard Is that the same date? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Just now, dendrite said: Is that the same date? Looks like one is from Oct 2015 and the other is from July 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 55 minutes ago, dendrite said: Is that the same date? The dates are off by a week with 2015 being later. I made a note to take a photo on the same date next week. The biggest take away for me is that there Is essentially no color on them this year, just brown and dropping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 2 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said: The dates are off by a week with 2015 being later. I made a note to take a photo on the same date next week. The biggest take away for me is that there Is essentially no color on them this year, just brown and dropping. Same here. Although many of the Norwegian maples have been struck by that fungal disease known as tar spot, everything else has been dull. This is the 3rd or 4th summer where foliage has been lackluster. It's also been no coincidence that we've had some prolonged dry stretches during those summers too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 12 hours ago, MaineJayhawk said: I took this yesterday at the Willey House You should have posted this upside down to see if anyone noticed. Color is fine in this area. King Arthur Flour is so crowded most days I think we will be avoiding it the next couple of weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Big jump in color from yesterday to today in my area. Still only 35% color. I flew the drone last Oct 16th. Tomorrow I'll fly it again on the same flight path for an exact comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Looks like stick season for the swamp maples around here. Lots of leaf drop today elsewhere. Still low to moderate color for the oaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted October 15, 2017 Author Share Posted October 15, 2017 These gusty south winds have the leaves falling like snowflakes. New accumulation of 1-3" of leaves expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 11 hours ago, CoastalWx said: Foliage the last few years has really been awful down in SNE. Now that October is a summer month, probably will be that way. Not really, last fall had long lasting color in SNE into November: Vernon, CT 11/6/2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 1 minute ago, Sugarloaf1989 said: Not really, last fall had long lasting color in SNE into November: Vernon, CT 11/6/2017 Probably better in CT where drought was Not as bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Enfield 10/21/2016: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isotherm Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 So far we have a lot of bare / green mixture in CNJ, consistent with what others have noted. Peak is still about two weeks away. Going to be tough to beat this (last year, late October). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Conway Scenic Railroad in Crawford Notch this afternoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Valley Snowman Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 I'm seeing some pockets of improved foliage locally. Not much consistency just some flashes of decent color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 I did a mini N. Connecticut and S. Central Massachusetts foliage tour yesterday on Route 190 from Enfield to Stafford Springs and Route 32 to I90 and back home again. I also drove through Ellington, Windsorville, Broad Brook and Somers. Not the best foliage with allot of brown trees and limited fallout color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Just flew the drone to compare Oct 16 2017 to Oct 16 2016. Same drone, same route, same time of day, same standard camera settings. Couple of things to point out. Wind is blowing today so I noticed the underside of the leaves are showing making the forest appear kinda weird. The underside of leaves are lighter. So you're getting that strange appearance. Foliage is way behind last year and not bright at all. Perhaps with the nice weather this week we will catch up to last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 I'm in CON and the wind has caused a lot of leaf drop on the maples. Most of the oaks have barely any color. The oaks usually lag, but it's been a strange season in just how far apart the timing has been. It's hard to say we're completely behind when it's mostly just the lousy oaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 1-10% of the oaks here are changing color, seems about on time. 11/1 should be peak oak color in my area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 No one likes an Oak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 3 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said: No one likes an Oak I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 2 minutes ago, Sugarloaf1989 said: I do. You can have mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJonesWX Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 2 hours ago, dendrite said: You can have mine. and take the %$#(@$#&# acorns please. last year was a heavy acorn year. this year has been unreal, like at least 2-3x more acorns. even DIT would have given up on cleaning them up by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 18 minutes ago, SJonesWX said: and take the %$#(@$#&# acorns please. last year was a heavy acorn year. this year has been unreal, like at least 2-3x more acorns. even DIT would have given up on cleaning them up by now. Yup..this is the worst acorn year for the White Oaks in my 12 falls in this house. I have given up.. No-one likes Oaks if they have them in their yards. Acorns, brown stringy things, leaves never changing and staying on all winter. They are the dirtiest of dirty trees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJonesWX Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 4 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said: Yup..this is the worst acorn year for the White Oaks in my 12 falls in this house. I have given up.. No-one likes Oaks if they have them in their yards. Acorns, brown stringy things, leaves never changing and staying on all winter. They are the dirtiest of dirty trees you're neighborhood is full of oaks, right? my sister's house is in a neighborhood with probably 90% oak trees. i don't know how people can do it. Oak trees do suck, i can't stand them for the reasons you stated. but this year the never ending acorn assault has got me thinking about firing up the chain saw. i only have a couple of them, and i have been trying to keep up with the acorns. i just cleaned them up on Saturday, and when walking around the yard today, there are even more than there were 1 week ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Such anger for a tree species, good grief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etudiant Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Oaks support a lot of critters in addition to squirrels, so maybe keep the chain saw on hold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJonesWX Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 1 minute ago, etudiant said: Oaks support a lot of critters in addition to squirrels, so maybe keep the chain saw on hold. then why can't the little rodents eat all the freakin' acorns? plenty of squirrels, chipmunks, and other woodland creatures, and still billions of acorns in the lawn. besides, there are plenty of other oak trees on the planet to feed the little bastards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 4 minutes ago, etudiant said: Oaks support a lot of critters in addition to squirrels, so maybe keep the chain saw on hold. Yep, major food source around here for Turkey, raccoon, skunk, squirrel etc. Also a pillar of human development and world exploration with oak being a major shipbuilding material over the last 500 yeras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 16 minutes ago, Sugarloaf1989 said: Yep, major food source around here for Turkey, raccoon, skunk, squirrel etc. Also a pillar of human development and world exploration with oak being a major shipbuilding material over the last 500 yeras. 3 out of 4 species good for nothing and Earth a better place without them and the other we kill and eat for the holidays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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