signs of spring in the Garden State, NJ

Discuss your weather and climate here.

Moderators: lucky1, Alchris, Kansas, Wes North Van, Laaz

Post Reply
User avatar
sidpook
Clumping Palm
Posts: 1545
Joined: Wed Dec 02, 2009 1:35 pm
Location: Zone 7b: Southern New Jersey (Philly region)

signs of spring in the Garden State, NJ

Post by sidpook » Tue Apr 16, 2013 6:57 pm



Mike Trautner

<img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... udubon.gif" alt="Click for Audubon, New Jersey Forecast" border="0" height="60" width="468" /></a>

User avatar
marceli
Seedling
Posts: 409
Joined: Tue Sep 25, 2012 7:57 am
Location: Poland, zone 6
Contact:

Post by marceli » Wed Apr 17, 2013 12:40 am

Lovely colors! Spring's my favorite season for sure :D
http://palmiarnia.info - all about hardy tropical plants in Poland & forum!

User avatar
sidpook
Clumping Palm
Posts: 1545
Joined: Wed Dec 02, 2009 1:35 pm
Location: Zone 7b: Southern New Jersey (Philly region)

Post by sidpook » Wed Apr 17, 2013 3:42 am

marceli wrote:Lovely colors! Spring's my favorite season for sure :D
Mine also. So energizing!
Mike Trautner

<img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... udubon.gif" alt="Click for Audubon, New Jersey Forecast" border="0" height="60" width="468" /></a>

canadianplant
Clumping Palm
Posts: 2399
Joined: Wed Jan 27, 2010 6:41 pm

Post by canadianplant » Wed Apr 17, 2013 4:42 am

Really nice pics Mike. Im glas spring is here for some. What is that black bird? And, it looks like your figs made it?
"The definition of insanity, is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results" - einstien

Check out my new Blog! http://canadianplant.wordpress.com/

<a href="http://www.wunderground.com/global/stat ... big2"><img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... /71749.gif" alt="Click for Thunder Bay, Ontario Forecast" border="0" height="60" width="468" /></a>

User avatar
sidpook
Clumping Palm
Posts: 1545
Joined: Wed Dec 02, 2009 1:35 pm
Location: Zone 7b: Southern New Jersey (Philly region)

Post by sidpook » Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:04 am

canadianplant wrote:Really nice pics Mike. Im glas spring is here for some. What is that black bird? And, it looks like your figs made it?
My figs always do well here in NJ. Never ever wrapped them. They are all over in Jersey. Lots of Italians in this region that brought them over from italy. They have become so hardy over the years. My two varieties are also from Italy. The black bird is a Cormorant. They travel through here every year in migration. Here is a better pic I shot of one.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaeltra ... 907233172/
Mike Trautner

<img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... udubon.gif" alt="Click for Audubon, New Jersey Forecast" border="0" height="60" width="468" /></a>

canadianplant
Clumping Palm
Posts: 2399
Joined: Wed Jan 27, 2010 6:41 pm

Post by canadianplant » Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:29 am

Good! I just remember your lows dropping pretty far. Chicago hardy fig is apparently from mt etna...

Yes! That is a better pic. We have a family of them here, was 4 the last 2 years, might be more this year. They live my the floodway near my house (im less then a mile from lake superior). I see them every morning in the same light post, kicking seagulls off in the process. Theyre pretty interesting birds and apparently a sign of decent water...
"The definition of insanity, is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results" - einstien

Check out my new Blog! http://canadianplant.wordpress.com/

<a href="http://www.wunderground.com/global/stat ... big2"><img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... /71749.gif" alt="Click for Thunder Bay, Ontario Forecast" border="0" height="60" width="468" /></a>

User avatar
sidpook
Clumping Palm
Posts: 1545
Joined: Wed Dec 02, 2009 1:35 pm
Location: Zone 7b: Southern New Jersey (Philly region)

Post by sidpook » Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:26 am

canadianplant wrote:Good! I just remember your lows dropping pretty far. Chicago hardy fig is apparently from mt etna...

Yes! That is a better pic. We have a family of them here, was 4 the last 2 years, might be more this year. They live my the floodway near my house (im less then a mile from lake superior). I see them every morning in the same light post, kicking seagulls off in the process. Theyre pretty interesting birds and apparently a sign of decent water...
Yeah, they are beautiful. I love to see them sunning their wings. I read they do not have oils on their feathers like water fowl, so they need to dry their wings. Makes for a good show.
Mike Trautner

<img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... udubon.gif" alt="Click for Audubon, New Jersey Forecast" border="0" height="60" width="468" /></a>

User avatar
hardyjim
Palm Grove
Posts: 4703
Joined: Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:00 pm
Location: Fairfield Iowa 5b

Post by hardyjim » Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:32 am

Pics look like an alien world-last year the Tulips were done by April 1.

It has been so cold here none of them have even opened yet,that includes
Forsythia and c
Crab apple tree blooms,just relentless cool temps/and now,constant rainfall
already approaching 4" for the month and the heavy stuff isn't even here yet!
<img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... rfield.gif" alt="Click for Fairfield, Iowa Forecast" border="0" height="60" width="468" />

igor.glukhovtsev
Large Palm
Posts: 1181
Joined: Fri Jul 23, 2010 1:33 am
Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan, Zone 6a, 43°15′00″

Post by igor.glukhovtsev » Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:08 pm

Mike, thanks a lot for the NJ spring tour. Banana plants are lovely. How tall do you expect seeing them in the Fall?
<img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... anguage=EN" alt="Find more about Weather in Almaty, KZ" width="300" />

lucky1
Arctic Palm Plantation
Posts: 11325
Joined: Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:31 pm
Location: Vernon BC, Zone 5a or 5b (close to 6A!)

Post by lucky1 » Thu Apr 18, 2013 8:22 am

Ah, those photo FELT good.
Thanks Mike.

Barb
<img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... anguage=EN" alt="Find more about Weather in Vernon, CA" width="160" />


If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt.

User avatar
sidpook
Clumping Palm
Posts: 1545
Joined: Wed Dec 02, 2009 1:35 pm
Location: Zone 7b: Southern New Jersey (Philly region)

Post by sidpook » Thu Apr 18, 2013 6:04 pm

lucky1 wrote:Ah, those photo FELT good.
Thanks Mike.

Barb
Sure Barb....weird spring , but it is here at least
Mike Trautner

<img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... udubon.gif" alt="Click for Audubon, New Jersey Forecast" border="0" height="60" width="468" /></a>

User avatar
sidpook
Clumping Palm
Posts: 1545
Joined: Wed Dec 02, 2009 1:35 pm
Location: Zone 7b: Southern New Jersey (Philly region)

Post by sidpook » Thu Apr 18, 2013 6:13 pm

igor.glukhovtsev wrote:Mike, thanks a lot for the NJ spring tour. Banana plants are lovely. How tall do you expect seeing them in the Fall?
Hey Igor: they usually get about this tall...2 pics attached

Front garden Bananas:

Image

Back garden bananas"

Image
Mike Trautner

<img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... udubon.gif" alt="Click for Audubon, New Jersey Forecast" border="0" height="60" width="468" /></a>

User avatar
TimMAz6
Palm Grove
Posts: 2789
Joined: Thu Jul 01, 2010 2:15 am
Location: Massachusetts USDA 6b

Post by TimMAz6 » Sat Apr 20, 2013 6:24 pm

nice color Mike! Keep the photos coming. :D
<a href="http://www.wunderground.com/US/MA/Seeko ... igwx"><img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... eekonk.gif" alt="Click for Seekonk, Massachusetts Forecast" border="0" height="60" width="468" />

User avatar
sidpook
Clumping Palm
Posts: 1545
Joined: Wed Dec 02, 2009 1:35 pm
Location: Zone 7b: Southern New Jersey (Philly region)

Post by sidpook » Sun Apr 21, 2013 3:35 am

TimMAz6 wrote:nice color Mike! Keep the photos coming. :D
Thanks, quick break int he spring weather though: 38 here tonight! BRRRRRRRR!

Stay safe up there!
Mike Trautner

<img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... udubon.gif" alt="Click for Audubon, New Jersey Forecast" border="0" height="60" width="468" /></a>

User avatar
TerdalFarm
Palm Grove
Posts: 2983
Joined: Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:48 pm
Location: Manzanita, OR & Sarasota, FL
Contact:

Post by TerdalFarm » Sun Apr 21, 2013 10:59 am

We have a 34 F (+1 C) in the forecast for later this week. VERY tired of shuffling pots in and out. :x
This is 36oN latitude, for Pete's sake!

User avatar
sidpook
Clumping Palm
Posts: 1545
Joined: Wed Dec 02, 2009 1:35 pm
Location: Zone 7b: Southern New Jersey (Philly region)

Post by sidpook » Sun Apr 21, 2013 4:32 pm

TerdalFarm wrote:We have a 34 F (+1 C) in the forecast for later this week. VERY tired of shuffling pots in and out. :x
This is 36oN latitude, for Pete's sake!
But will 34 really affect your stuff? Esp if it is on the deck or porch close to your condo??
Mike Trautner

<img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... udubon.gif" alt="Click for Audubon, New Jersey Forecast" border="0" height="60" width="468" /></a>

User avatar
TerdalFarm
Palm Grove
Posts: 2983
Joined: Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:48 pm
Location: Manzanita, OR & Sarasota, FL
Contact:

Post by TerdalFarm » Sun Apr 21, 2013 4:53 pm

Probably not. I'll slide the bottle palms and other tends close to the wall.

I guess I'm assuming that there is a clear line at 32 F / 0 oC where all is well as long as plant tissue stays above. Is that correct?

User avatar
sidpook
Clumping Palm
Posts: 1545
Joined: Wed Dec 02, 2009 1:35 pm
Location: Zone 7b: Southern New Jersey (Philly region)

Post by sidpook » Sun Apr 21, 2013 5:41 pm

TerdalFarm wrote:Probably not. I'll slide the bottle palms and other tends close to the wall.

I guess I'm assuming that there is a clear line at 32 F / 0 oC where all is well as long as plant tissue stays above. Is that correct?
yeah, don't sweat it...give them some shots of Jameson before you go to bed, they'll do well
Mike Trautner

<img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... udubon.gif" alt="Click for Audubon, New Jersey Forecast" border="0" height="60" width="468" /></a>

User avatar
TerdalFarm
Palm Grove
Posts: 2983
Joined: Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:48 pm
Location: Manzanita, OR & Sarasota, FL
Contact:

Post by TerdalFarm » Sun Apr 21, 2013 5:52 pm

This is the Bible Belt. They'll have to make do with a sip of 3.2 beer.

User avatar
sidpook
Clumping Palm
Posts: 1545
Joined: Wed Dec 02, 2009 1:35 pm
Location: Zone 7b: Southern New Jersey (Philly region)

Post by sidpook » Sun Apr 21, 2013 6:05 pm

TerdalFarm wrote:This is the Bible Belt. They'll have to make do with a sip of 3.2 beer.
Aie, I'd never survive!!!!!
Mike Trautner

<img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... udubon.gif" alt="Click for Audubon, New Jersey Forecast" border="0" height="60" width="468" /></a>

lucky1
Arctic Palm Plantation
Posts: 11325
Joined: Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:31 pm
Location: Vernon BC, Zone 5a or 5b (close to 6A!)

Post by lucky1 » Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:42 am

sip of 3.2 beer
What is 3.2 beer?
Compost tea? :lol: :lol:
Kidding.
<img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... anguage=EN" alt="Find more about Weather in Vernon, CA" width="160" />


If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt.

User avatar
sidpook
Clumping Palm
Posts: 1545
Joined: Wed Dec 02, 2009 1:35 pm
Location: Zone 7b: Southern New Jersey (Philly region)

Post by sidpook » Wed May 22, 2013 6:48 pm

lol
Mike Trautner

<img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... udubon.gif" alt="Click for Audubon, New Jersey Forecast" border="0" height="60" width="468" /></a>

Post Reply

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 0 guests