Re: 2 months wiped out in 5 minutes


My plants also got wiped out in that storm..I live about 25 miles west of
you in Sardinia, NY....Oh well maybe next year.

On Sun, 4 Jul 1999 08:52:43 EDT Jpukos@aol.com writes:
>We had a severe thunderstorm rip through our area yesterday.  My 4 
>plants, 
>which I have been babying for 2 months, received catastrophic damage.  
>Golf 
>ball size hail and winds in excess of 80 MPH do not mix well with 
>mature 
>pumpkin plants or even houses and trees for that matter.  I had up a 
>plastic 
>fence as a wind protector, that ended up a couple of lots over from my 
>
>property.  Most of the mains are still rooted, but 95% of the leaves 
>are 
>broken and on the ground.  I'm not sure how the plants, which were 
>about 35 
>feet in diameter, will react.  It looks like disease heaven to me.  
>All and 
>all not a very good day, but thank God no one was hurt.   
>Joe Pukos
>Leicester, NY (no longer known as Pleasant Valley)
>
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