2024 is starting out as a weird year. We set a February record high temperature of 70 and again daily temperature records in first week of March. Our local winery started pruning grapes mid way through February since the daytime was averaging in the 50s, this was a month ahead of normal.
I have been checking my plantings. The soil was dry/ cracking in February 2024. Normal should be melting snow and slush. If this year repeats 2023 we will have drought conditions. (grafting apple scions failed last spring/ new rootstocks needed water). It will be interesting to see if any of the young grapes survived winter.
I wonder how bad insects will be? With the dry last spring I did minimal spraying for japanese beetles. (and black rot).
I have been checking my plantings. The soil was dry/ cracking in February 2024. Normal should be melting snow and slush. If this year repeats 2023 we will have drought conditions. (grafting apple scions failed last spring/ new rootstocks needed water). It will be interesting to see if any of the young grapes survived winter.
I wonder how bad insects will be? With the dry last spring I did minimal spraying for japanese beetles. (and black rot).