Spring fever or what!

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:16 am

I never opened up my pool so early before................most people open their pools up in mid May around here. A clean pool sure feels like summer!

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Poncirus trifoliata is showing some bud development........it's suppose to be warm all week.

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One more photo............trunk of my Musa basjoo looks good and feels hard......I just need some growth now!

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hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:26 am

Looks good Tim

What a spring!

We are on our 6th day of 80s.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:34 am

And you've still got your GH plastic on the frame.

The only warm water around here is the bath.
My pool's got an inch of ice.

Good winter for the new eucs too, that should help the third one recover.

Barb

Paul Ont · Post by **Paul Ont** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:38 am

Awesome! Everything is busting into bloom here now. Amazingly early for sure.

Possible All-time record high for march is forecast for Wednesday (over 80F)... Pretty insane as records have been kept since the early 1800's!

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 2:47 pm

lucky1 wrote:And you've still got your GH plastic on the frame.

Barb

No barb

No covers on anything for a while now

My Banana plants have been sunk for over a week now!

The Abyssinian grew about 9" in the last 2 days

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 3:18 pm

I meant Tim (sorry!), top left of his first pic.

Hey, you're hogging all the good weather, east of...well....us.

Somebody said snow here tonight.
I killed him.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 5:39 pm

WOW...Tim, I hope you don't get any of this snow headed east. That would cool to have it so nice.

Cameron_z6a_N.S. · Post by **Cameron_z6a_N.S.** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:35 pm

Nics pics, Tim. It's supposed to hit 20 C (70 F) here on Wednesday and Thursday, but unfortunately -1 C (30 F) and snow here a few days later....

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:14 am

lucky1 wrote: Somebody said snow here tonight. I killed him.

Barb, can you recommend anybody from your killers network. I have a good job offer in Central Asia. Yo, the North American guys (sorry the North West Pacific ones), I feel a kinda jealous. Spring please come to us!

Paul Ont · Post by **Paul Ont** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:06 am

Igor- That looks like our normal early march weather here in Toronto... Instead it is 24C (75f) right now...

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:30 am

Oh no, Igor.
I'll share my misery soup with you.

At least the big cold is gone Igor.
Have you looked inside your Trachy protection?

Barb

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 12:13 pm

Igor,

your 19F? WOW, that's awful. I guess our heat is your cold.

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 6:53 am

Tim, I think so... As I could observe the weather conditions through over Central Asia, Eastern Iran and Afghanistan spring temperature is far below normal there. In many places here mid of February or beginning of March is a time when apricot trees bloom. They don't this year. Unlikely if apricots in my garden will be blooming by the mid of April.
Barb, I checked my palms last weekend. It seems they are OK.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 8:30 am

checked my palms last weekend. It seems they are OK.

Thank goodness, Igor!
Your snowload probably saved them.

Barb

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:38 am

Yehoo! We got plus 23C yesterday (March the 31st)! Nothing blooming except of Daphne meservum at my place. But the Star Magnolia is ready to go... Barb, are you joining the Spring Club soon?

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:41 am

spring growth came to a halt.............this is the same Poncirus trifoliata branch.....not much growth from March 18 to March 31.

March 18, 2012
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March 31, 2012
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Here's my Washingtonia filifera spear:

March 18, 2012
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March 31, 2012
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lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:45 am

We got plus 23C yesterday

Wow, that's a wonderful jump in temps, Igor.
We managed 13C in the sunshine for an hour mid-afternoon, then a cool wind started again with the arrival of total cloud cover.

My indoor plants are aching to go outside... Me too.
But can't put the coat/boots away yet...

Barb

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:46 am

Wright! It is a very nice illustration of the Spring deal! Have no idea how to say it in ENGLISH.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:49 am

Sorry Tim, our postings must've crossed.

Plants know when to back off a bit.
Incredible processes that trigger plant changes!

That Washy will explode this year.

Barb

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