Re: Weather

Mike: All of us here in the North-east are bummed out about the poor weather conditions! it definitely is having an effect on the garden plants with the exception of cool weather crops, we can only hope that summer maybe arrives in July this year! we had a season like this back in the early 90's 1991 if my memory serves me right?

Glenn Peters


At 09:35 AM 6/18/2003 -0400, you wrote:
Anyone else find this weather here in the northeast to be troublesome. In particular, here in Rhode Island we've only had a couple sunny days all month! Combine that with about 4.5" of water so far, and cool temps. I've hit 80 degrees once at my house. Needless to say the pumpkin plants aren't doing well. Living, but not growing much. The soil is great, with cow and chicken manure sowed in really deep. What I need now is mother nature to bring us some summer weather!

Looks to be a very short growing season which makes it hard to grow AG's. I did start seeds in April but it was so damn cold around here it was a losing battle. May never warmed up and was cloudy most of the month. I guess I picked a bad year to try to grow my first ever AG. Always next year.

I've been going over crazy ideas in my head like renting those high powered lights they use on the highway projects, but putting in plant growth bulbs.

I also have one of those portable outdoor fireplaces that I put close to the pumpkins. Although I damaged one leaf as the ground caught fire briefly from the mulch hay I use around the plants. I figure the fireplace will keep the plants toasty at night when the temps dip into the 40's. I had 48 degrees the other morning, 51 this morning (the clouds moved in early).

Not only has it been difficult to grow AG's. Most everything looks awful in the garden. Only thing doing well are the lawns and the hedges. Strawberries are 1-2 weeks late, and the crop is pitiful. Tomatoes, and other vegetables are growing at a snails pace.

Just one of those years I guess.

Mike Lill, Warwick, Rhode Island
Weather Observer T.F. Green Airport.

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