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Nashville, TN

I feel like I've moved to TX these last two summers! TN is not accustomed to these long DRY spells with heat over 95 for WEEKS on end (Except for August...) We've had this in June and July so far (average 1-2 rain 'events' each month - not normal..)

As I look out the back porch to see the patch handling this extreme heat at 2-3pm.. And 1/2 of the GPs are wilted - the other 1/2 aren't (the tough ones - guess I'll be planting even more of these varieties next year....)... I must wonder how the rest of the growers are handling even HIGHER temps - since over 50% of the continental US is near/in the triple digits!!!!

7/18/2006 9:19:26 AM

Little-TON - Colorado

Melting in Colorado,

Watering more than I would like to. Mine have been wilting too in 102-104 degree heat. To make matters hotter since my penthouse patch is on the south side the temps their are 5-10 degrees hotter since I have a south 18'brick house in the way. I used polymear this year to help with that and it looks good over there. My slave patch which has 50' trees 10' away on the east side, once the sun hits it it wilts big time. The trees steal away the water so I have to water freq there. I have found if you can setup a auto mister or get out there and drop water on it for a few minutes they perk up. IF one waits too long you will have leaf damage. Also you can make small shade clothes to cover the new tips that havent got tap roots yet, one could use towels that could be wetted to create to micro environment. Once the tap roots develop it seems to hold up better. Also seaweed foliar helps them become more heat tolerant. And man it is HOT......hitting 104 again today in Colorado...

Hope this helps
Grow'em BIG

7/18/2006 12:36:39 PM

No Place Special

100* here in my part of Iowa yesterday with heat index of 112*. We have been in the 90's way to many days so far this year. My best gowing season ever (2004) i think we only got into the 90's a couple times all summer. To make matters worse we are way down on rain AGAIN this year. I always think about taking a yr off growing but I know the year I do it will be perfect pumpkin weather. yeee haaa

7/18/2006 12:45:17 PM

Netherlands

We are having the hottest summer here since weather has been recorded which was in the beginning of the 18th century. We have been averaging 90°F plus this month while our usual average is 72°F and last year was down in the sixties during July.

Temperatures today and tomorrow are reaching our all-time high of 97°F. That's 30° higher than last year at the same time.

Last year we had about 5 days of rain per week during the month of July, now we have had two days of rain for the months of June and July combined.

7/18/2006 1:33:30 PM

Missoula, Montana

Any one want to argue that global warming is a myth?

7/18/2006 2:47:13 PM

Beach Park, IL.

It has been in the upper 90's/100's here, and my plants have survived it thank goodness. Last night brought in a weak cold front with some bad storms & winds (many roads blocked from fallen trees). It has been in the 80's today and supposed to get into the 90's the next couple days again, but after that we are expecting a stronger cold front that will cool it down into the upper 70's and 80's around Friday I think. Just gotta hang in there I guess.

7/18/2006 2:48:16 PM

Little-TON - Colorado

A few years of temp global warming it does not make......It was called Greenland for a reason.....this is before Al invented the internet......he is the myth.....lol

7/18/2006 3:05:21 PM

Michigan

Several days of 108+ temps here in Texas....we haven't seem temps lower than 100 in awhile. My plants are doing surprisingly well. No way I'll be able to get anything set on those plants that aren't growing fruit yet, just too hot!

7/18/2006 4:18:34 PM

ordinary,VA

its a myth.
very cool here with 105 index:)

7/18/2006 4:51:10 PM

Utah

Only 103°F here today... but it's a dry heat ... heat index is only 99°F.

7/18/2006 5:41:19 PM

it's not the heat here, it's the "gosh darn humidity"

7/18/2006 5:55:29 PM

Puyallup, WA

Out here in the Pacific Northwest, we've been rather cool lately....below average temperatures! How about sharing some of your heat from out East?

7/18/2006 11:53:04 PM

Windham Maine

Hi All!!
Temp's in the 90's here humidity horrid !! Heat index 102
Strong stoms blew through-No hail here but a possible tornado or microburst east of here- Plants are still abit behind but looking good considering, chicken attack, hail damage, and heat!

7/19/2006 6:04:57 AM

Nashville, TN

Da wiz - are you saying our 'Tennessee boy' is an idiot? Guess I'm out've the loop - since the village didn't raise me??

Just think of it this way - Scientists estimate that the earth was at LEAST 10 degrees WARMER - with 50% less Oxygen in the atmosphere - during the mesozoic era....And in the 400 years prior to the Middle ages - Great Britian produced Grapes and wines that surpassed France's. (then they had a 400 year 'mini-iceage' and haven't grown grapes like that since!)

The climate is a DYNAMIC beast! We little humans just have to adapt - and use our brains to breed our crops to adapt as well......I'm NOT saying that I don't believe that we have a little bit to do with pushing the NATURAL cycles along a bit faster **grin** But once the icecaps melt enough, and the influx of freshwater stops the Atlantic Conveyer - the climate will cool and re-adjust itself (Yep, it seems to regularly do this - without humans)... And we'll just have to deal with it...

7/19/2006 8:29:58 AM

Little-TON - Colorado

Your right on Scienceteacher.....as Huuuumans we've only seen a blink of the eye of historic tendancies......obviously you teach science? What grade? Type?
I agree we do need to be sensitive to our environment.......

7/19/2006 9:39:15 AM

San Luis Obispo, Ca.

Cantral Cal is burning up and humid. We are receiving a humid Eastern flow coming in from AZ and Texas. Mnn it's humid and it rains a bit too. Humidity in Central Cal runs about 30-45% on average, with temps in 80s. We are on average in the 100+ region with humidity range of 60-80%. With no releif in sight!

7/19/2006 2:50:26 PM