kdxken Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 32 minutes ago, dendrite said: My pear trees are already breaking bud...before my forsythia. If it's anything like down here the forsythia will not bloom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon Tip Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 Forsythias are doing okay here ... Big maples ( non Norwalk ) buds are bigger than I recall them being comparing recent years. We may actually get maple flowers from them this time - which are wonderfully aromatic, albeit only tingingly so. I mean it doesn't hit you like Lilacs ( say ) but they do cast off of sweet air. ..which unfortunately means a half foot of helicopter seeds in the fall... but it's all good - Lawns and field green-up complete. There are even dandy lions here and there. Must shrubs are opened and yup... even the Oaks buds are looking anxious. Last weeks' 90 F haha... yeah. Just hope these recent operational trends to normalize the 'cold pattern' have legitimacy. It's been bad for recent orchard crops - I believe ? - with recent springs having late blocking ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 Cold pool at H5 today? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 Cloudy but dry here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, weathafella said: Cold pool at H5 today? It's certainly quite cold aoft, though on the outter edges of the brunt of it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 28 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said: Forsythia here bloomed but maybe 10% on a bush that would normally have 100% blooms. Very weird Literally not one bloom on any here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 1 minute ago, Damage In Tolland said: Literally not one bloom on any here. There's a Bloom-ing idiot in Boston 1 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 29 minutes ago, weatherwiz said: It's certainly quite cold aoft, though on the outter edges of the brunt of it Hence the ruination of a top 10 day. As we heat at the lowest levels we destabilize. No pun intended but this stabilization is a staple of the first half of May. Everything is early this year. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 4 minutes ago, weathafella said: Hence the ruination of a top 10 day. As we heat at the lowest levels we destabilize. No pun intended but this stabilization is a staple of the first half of May. Everything is early this year. I wish we could get another summer like 2008. The most prolific cold pool summer we may have ever had. Days and days of hailers in June and July. I think 22% or something of severe hail reports on record in New York (criteria I think was still 3/4'' then) occurred that year! (1950-2008). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 1 hour ago, dendrite said: Maybe. I've had -17F a couple times here and they flowered after that. This obviously had wind with it too so maybe the flower buds got desiccated. Our forsythia is supposedly an extra hardy variety, but -20 or lower (which occurs in 80% of our winters here) generally kills all the exposed flower buds. Fortunately, there was 4 feet of snow, much of it from the snowblower, atop the forsythia during the early Feb howler. I don't remember when they bloomed in 2010, the only milder late winter/spring, so the 4/14 blooming might be our earliest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanks45 Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 52 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said: Forsythias are doing okay here ... Big maples ( non Norwalk ) buds are bigger than I recall them being comparing recent years. We may actually get maple flowers from them this time - which are wonderfully aromatic, albeit only tingingly so. I mean it doesn't hit you like Lilacs ( say ) but they do cast off of sweet air. ..which unfortunately means a half foot of helicopter seeds in the fall... but it's all good - Lawns and field green-up complete. There are even dandy lions here and there. Must shrubs are opened and yup... even the Oaks buds are looking anxious. Last weeks' 90 F haha... yeah. Just hope these recent operational trends to normalize the 'cold pattern' have legitimacy. It's been bad for recent orchard crops - I believe ? - with recent springs having late blocking ... Our peach flowers are just beginning to wither now (may need to cover the next couple of nights). The early apples are beginning to pop open. Everything was/is really early this year. We lost all of our peaches last year, due to late freezes. We even picked our first few asparagus stalks... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 11 minutes ago, Spanks45 said: Our peach flowers are just beginning to wither now (may need to cover the next couple of nights). The early apples are beginning to pop open. Everything was/is really early this year. We lost all of our peaches last year, due to late freezes. We even picked our first few asparagus stalks... One flower on azaleas https://i.imgur.com/Kc6WYYt.jpg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 3 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said: One flower on azaleas https://i.imgur.com/Kc6WYYt.jpg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 Actually I take back the Azalea comment. The one that is facing south and next to my house (would be more prone to cold damage due to getting an early boost from warmth off the house) did not do well. But two other ones that are more protected seem to have many more flowers ready to bloom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Spanks45 said: Our peach flowers are just beginning to wither now (may need to cover the next couple of nights). The early apples are beginning to pop open. Everything was/is really early this year. We lost all of our peaches last year, due to late freezes. We even picked our first few asparagus stalks... You're way ahead of me, I just got buds on my fruit trees this week. No forsythia yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 1 minute ago, DavisStraight said: You're way ahead of me, I just got buds on my fruit trees this week. No forsythia yet You probably won't get forsythia then. Tamarack already has his. Yours got smoked too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 2 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said: There won’t be any forsythia flowers . They all died from that freeze and went straight to leaves. All over the area Lol well whats all these yellow flowered bushes all over ECT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 2 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said: Nothing flowered around here this year. We lost all magnolias, forsythia and azaleas. Alll just went to straight leaves. Ice storm glad you enjoyed it now pay the piper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 37 minutes ago, DavisStraight said: You're way ahead of me, I just got buds on my fruit trees this week. No forsythia yet You’d have had forsythia for 2-3 weeks by now . It hit most of the area that hit -15 or lower for so many hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 32 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: Ice storm glad you enjoyed it now pay the piper. 1 minute ago, Damage In Tolland said: You’d have had forsythia for 2-3 weeks by now . It hit most of the area that hit -15 or lower for so many hours Most of interior and elevated CT has no blooms and even much of SNE. This was Sunday after mulching . All those bushes are typically lit up in purple and pink flowers. Nada . all the buds are just new green leaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 Fish explains why no blooms for most areas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 Didn't think about Stein, but that part makes sense as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 2 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said: Most of interior and elevated CT has no blooms and even much of SNE. This was Sunday after mulching . All those bushes are typically lit up in purple and pink flowers. Nada . all the buds are just new green leaves. I’m surprised you don’t spray paint your lawn deep green this time of year. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 46 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: Didn't think about Stein, but that part makes sense as well. Ginx had all that rain early last summer that my area missed.. so it’s probably that too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianW Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 3 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said: Most of interior and elevated CT has no blooms and even much of SNE. This was Sunday after mulching . All those bushes are typically lit up in purple and pink flowers. Nada . all the buds are just new green leaves. Man the difference between up there and the shoreline is crazy. Have you been down by New Haven recently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said: Ginx had all that rain early last summer that my area missed.. so it’s probably that too True although we ended up the same from Jun to October Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianW Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 Anyone else notice all the bamboo seems to be yellow and dead this year? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdxken Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 4 minutes ago, BrianW said: Anyone else notice all the bamboo seems to be yellow and dead this year? Isn't it pretty much like the American beech? It stays that way for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 1 hour ago, BrianW said: Man the difference between up there and the shoreline is crazy. Have you been down by New Haven recently? All the leaves are leafed out. All Oak species . On par with 2012 .So there’s that . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whineminster Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 26 minutes ago, BrianW said: Anyone else notice all the bamboo seems to be yellow and dead this year? Yes, there's a little patch in Concord I pass sometimes that has the color. I'd like to grow it as cover between my neighbor and I but I think that's illegal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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