Weather Chat - 2024

Krista

Teddahlia The low temps at night are a relief (for us humans too!) and I’m thankful to find we’re getting them here on the other side of the Cascades still too.

calico20hill

Krista, we are as warm as you today. Not supposed to happen to us just North of Portland on the WEST side of the Cascades! My sis is planning on going back north to Bellingham on the train and had to reschedule her train trip because of what the heat did to the tracks yesterday! Garden looks good though with its automatic watering system and most of the plants budded but not in bloom yet.

Krista

calico20hill reschedule her train trip because of what the heat did to the tracks

That is wild! Wishing her easy travels as soon as it’s safe.

I’ve been hovering over the bags and checking often, but most plants seem to be hangin’ in there. I think the majority are going to make it but I’ve had more dampening off than ever before. Hoping those little tubers send up new shoots once it cools out a bit.

Glad to hear your watering system is doin’ its job for you!

calico20hill

100 degrees when we got home from dropping sis at the train station....

Krista

calico20hill We just stepped outside to find out what 104 degrees feels like here. It feels hot. 🥵😆

JessieC

The weather report here is….HOT. And humid. And precious little rain. It’s been like this for several weeks. The dahlias appear to be struggling, but it’s still early.
One that I’m very happy to see is Hollyhill Daydream. I imagine she will be outstanding in the better conditions later in the season. But not bad for this very inhospitable month!
The one that has the beetle damage is from last week. I bagged the blooms and gave this one to a friend who visited today.

Krista

JessieC Wow you’re getting some really fun colors out of HH Daydream; not sure if it’s just the camera but these almost look HH Letitia’esque!

calico20hill

Sure a lot of beauty potential in that one!

I am so sorry for all of us with these weather extremes!

drewtheflorist

Tough day on the plants yesterday --- 93 degrees, not a cloud in the sky with a 24 mph wind (with 35 mph gusts) all day ! Sure did dry things out !

calico20hill

I am finally getting some first blooms. The good news is that none of the plants look damaged by the heat.My first blooms are nice but no special seedling blooms yet.

Juliarugula

Supposed to get up to 98 here in northern Indiana today. I’m cranky about it. I’m ready for fall.

Correction. 99.

At least if gets all the way to 100 I can finally earn my “Toasty” Garmin activity badge.

Bessie

Juliarugula I feel for you! I think we need an emoji that shows sweating and an exasperated look. It was 94 in the shade here yesterday, with 10% humidity. I don't tolerate it, even to simply collect pollen, and polinate select flowers.

calico20hill

We are going to get up in the 90's by later in the week as well. The heat starts building today so I plan to get outside real soon before it is full sun in the garden.

Teddahlia

Margaret covered a bunch of flowers to pollinate yesterday. They need no attention for many days and we are going to have a heat spell for a few days too. I bet they will be fine right after the heat spell. In California many climates allow pollinating flowers into October. Many of the all time best giant dahlias were bred in Bessie's climate by the Almands. One my all time favorites Show-N-Tell was bred there(however it does not make any seeds). I met a lady who knew the Almands and she had many good things to say about them. The biggest Dahlia I ever grew was Almand's Supreme.

DarcyD

It’s a bit cooler in Chicago than they had forecast. 93 not 95 and thankfully there have been a few clouds. I watered into dark hours last night to help them out. They look ok today so far. I sprayed them down once today and think I’m done. 🔥

Juliarugula

DarcyD yes, I think we only briefly got up to 97, two degrees cooler than expected. But best of all, it finally rained! Yay!

Krista

We’ve got a high of 65 today in Seattle, overcast and damp — but my dahlias are in Yakima. Still, high for today there is a balmy 73 degrees! Washington’s outta the loop. The heat loop, that is.

calico20hill

Krista Yes, here north of Portland we were also in the low to mid 70's and both my dahlia and I thrive at those temperatures! I Jut hope we can get long enough now to set seeds! I think most of my plants have opened at least their first flowers and I am loving my garden so much! Other people I am sure love their show flowers as much but I love the surprise of all the seedlings opening even more.And I love picking them and testing out as cut lfowers by taking them into the house with me...even to taking them to my (cat free) bedroom at night to keep the flowers from being bit or wrestled with.

JessieC

We have also returned to the extreme heat and humidity. The dahlias are budding nicely, and blooming well, at least in terms of this awful summer that we have experienced. I keep meaning to take pictures to share, but they’re just not pretty enough…yet!
I’ve seen dahlias from local flower farmers that look better than mine. I know it’s possible, but I’m not sure if I know what I could have done to mitigate the conditions of 2024.

DarcyD

JessieC It’s been one rough year!! That’s for sure. I lost at least 1/3 and probably more like 1/2 between weeks of early rains, then heat wave, and holy moly the bunnies this year! They’ve chomped SO many down to soil level. And, way more bugs (including many I’ve never seen before) due to our extreme mild winter last year. Now I’m looking at my survivors in admiration and thinking how lucky I am that so many made it through all that.

KitCMC

DarcyD I’m in SCentral Wi - lost so many this year 🫤

Weather right now is great, but very dry.

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