Cold one in the NE tonight!

[WTNUT]

CHUMMER,

If I I give you land will you move south LMAO! You are right I thought we were done with that thread for the year!

 

[buckvelvet]

You freakin kidding me? Dude thats unbelievable and we have some harsh winters here in W MI. I'm floored!

 

[bueller]

I bet you guys thought this thread was done for the year. This is why growing anything in my area is difficult. This is a couple miles from my place. I will be heading up tonight to check for possible damages. Forecasted low was 42, this came out of no where.
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Ouch !!!

Weather underground has the station nearest me at 37 earlier this week. But that is right on the river. I wouldn't be shocked to hear about spotty frost by us either.

 

[Maya]

I'm not surprised Chummer. That area is not fit for man nor beast.....or fruit! ;) I think we were down to 38-9 Thursday.

 

[TMIL]

Good gracious!! Is that the arctic? We were north of 95 yesterday.

 

[Corey Peterson]

That is crazy its been cold here with mid 40s at night but no frost!

 

[chummer]

I think I escaped with few damages. My buckwheat was up a few days and may be dead but the apple trees are loaded and looking great.

 

[bueller]

I think I escaped with few damages. My buckwheat was up a few days and may be dead but the apple trees are loaded and looking great.

If your buckwheat was only up for a few days it should be fine. I've had frost on early buckwheat growth in the past and still ended up with a good stand. If it was a couple weeks old then I'd say it's toast.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

There's a reason Chummer has 325 " of average snowfall on his posts in the personal info section !! Tug Hill where Chummer is located has 2 seasons - Winter and July. :eek:

 

[chummer]

There's a reason Chummer has 325 " of average snowfall on his posts in the personal info section !! Tug Hill where Chummer is located has 2 seasons - Winter and July. :eek:

We had another frost this week but I was so disgusted I didn't post about it. :mad:

 

[Bowsnbucks]

Ouch !! Sorry to hear about the frost, Chummer.

 

[woodduck]

Man, I can't believe how cold it gets/stays there for you!

 

[Maya]

We had another frost this week but I was so disgusted I didn't post about it. :mad:

What about this morning Chummer. I had 39 in the orchard early this morning.

 

[chummer]

We were only 44. It appears my apple crop is not what I had hoped. While a few tress are loaded, a few have very few apples. These trees were loaded with blossoms and many bees on them. Is it possible for a blossom to not be viable from cold before or during bloom? We have not been below 30 since the blossoms opened. We did have 25 a couple weeks before bloom. I thought if the blossoms froze they would just shrivel and disappear. Any reason why a tree wouldn't set fruit if pollinators or temp is not the cause. I did see a couple frozen pea size apples from this weeks temp but very few and far between.

 

[Maya]

They probably got cooked back in April.

 

[WTNUT]

I am leaving now to head north and pick up Chummer at this point he should not be left alone with sharp objects! I saw this was up again and thought "there is no way he had another frost"!

 

[chummer]

I am leaving now to head north and pick up Chummer at this point he should not be left alone with sharp objects! I saw this was up again and thought "there is no way he had another frost"!

Pick me up at Fat Nancy's in Pulaski.

 

[WTNUT]

Pick me up at Fat Nancy's in Pulaski.

I stopped to put air in my air bags, I didn't know how fat Nancy is - but figured we would let her come along as well.