pljames Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 It's the second day of April and a week into spring. I only see one tree bluming it's white or pink for I am color blind the dogwood. I've only seen rarely any tulips or other flowers bluming...why? Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arissa Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 It is the season of the bloom but the pollen is out to torture many people, and I am included in the hit list. I do love the season but the pollen seems to get worse as each year passes by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
labelwench Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 I wish that I could answer your question, pljames. It is a very late start to spring in the Yukon also, but nothing compared to the snowbound east coast of Canada. We had an incredibly mild January, a fairly normal February, and a sunny but cold month of March. The snow in many places is still up to the knees of my horse or about 16 inches+ deep. Highly irregular. The cold winter across North America has driven heating fuels up dramatically and a late spring potentially bodes ill for the farmers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 Where do you live James? All manner of reasons for blooms or no blooms, and it all just depends. Take heart in the idea Nature knows what it's doing, because when it comes to us contending with Nature we sure as hell have little say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffy Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 In California we haven't had much of a winter. Trees all bloomed weeks ago: cherries in late January and the Plum/Apples in mid-February. The not-so-little-one and I got some almost summer days in January in San Diego where we got to go to the beach and work on our winter tans.... Of course most of California got no measurable rain whatsoever during Calendar 2013, and we had a mild summer. Not normal weather, much changed climate. Isn't it interesting that the same people who laugh at science fiction listen to weather forecasts and economists? :phones:Buffy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars1 Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 We don't have blooms yet but another week and everything should have started. Once I see the green buds on trees I know it's officially spring and my tulips will start popping out of the ground. This always makes me smile! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
labelwench Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 My horses are starting to shed hair like mad, so for me, that is the indicator that spring is coming. On another front, it is time to transplant some of my tomato seedlings into larger containers and I noticed some small round, whitish bumps on the stems and immediately went on a google search. Fortunately, it is nothing to be concerned about, a simple case of Tomato Stem Primordia, caused by a bit more water than needed and the fact that tomato plants will develop a root system up the stem, which is why we transplant them deep to promote this growth which benefits the uptake of water and nutrients. http://www.missouripermaculture.com/2011/08/help-what-are-these-bumps-on-my-tomato.html I grow my tomatoes indoors on the window ledges and usually have fresh tomatoes from early June through October-November. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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