Re: global warming (UNCLASSIFIED)

It could be the green blue end of the spectrum was blocked by the
clouds. Many plants use the changing spectrum to signal the coming end
of the growing season

Jay

On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 7:11 AM, Steve Haberman <shaberman@insmgt.com> wrote:
> Latest the corn has gone in in 20 years here in N. Indiana. Soggy wet and
> cool for 26 days now. The pumpkins are in hothouses and outgrowing them
> fast. The rest of my garden is bound to have rot and fugi problems. I was
> actually hoping this Global Warming thing was true. I always wanted to grow
> bananas on my place.
> I'm in trouble this year with a bunch of produce if it doesn't warm and
dry.
>
> Steve Haberman
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
> Jim Kunde
> Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 9:17 AM
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
> Subject: RE: global warming (UNCLASSIFIED)
>
> not wet here just cold. the last time it was this dry here was the dust
bowl
> of 1933. when I till the garden it feels like i am walking in a pile of
> flour.
> I had to build motes around my plants because the sprinkler can't get it
wet
> enough to get to the roots. almost ready to throw in the towel.
>
>>>> On 6/4/2009 at 7:49 AM, "Tooley, Leigh CIV USA AMC"
> <leigh.tooley@us.army.mil> wrote:
> Classification:  UNCLASSIFIED
> Caveats: NONE
>
> Yeah, we've been having unusually cool and wet weather here in NE PA as
> well.  But what's really weird is that even though it's been cold, almost
> all of my radishes bolted, and my spinach, touted on the package for being
> "slow bolting" and "long standing" got 1 1/2 inches tall and developed seed
> heads.  What's up with that?  The same thing happened to another gardener
in
> my area.  Perhaps it's stress from all the cold/wet weather?
>
> Hope your plants survived Jim!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
> Jim Kunde
> Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 8:15 AM
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
> Subject: global warming
>
> someone please tell AL Gore that it was 36 degrees on june 4th in baldwin
> wisconsin.
>
> pretty sure when I get home from work tonight that the plants I have been
> watching and waiting to plant for 3 weeks and finaly planted last night are
> frosted. :(
>
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