This has to be to driest summer I've ever seen. No rain since early July. Seems to have had one benefit, tho.
The insect and fungi population is down. It's too dry, even for them! How are the conditions elsewhere?
Marty H.

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Up her it was wet for the first half of summer...definitely tropical with
rain, humidity and temperature.
August turned hot and dry with some showers now and then putting us a small
bit behind in average rain
but on the high temp side. Temp return to almost normal the last two
weeks..still a bit high for nights.
Was a terrific growing season though...best growth I have ever seen with the
least bugs and fungus
with the exception of apple cedar rust that is still a major plague here.
Pauline Zone 4 upstate NY

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This has to be to driest summer I've ever seen. No rain since early July.
Seems to have had one benefit, tho.
The insect and fungi population is down. It's too dry, even for them! How
are the conditions elsewhere?
Marty H.

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i'm in zone 9 central California- 65 miles due east of san Fran. we just had
for the second year in a row the hottest July and August on record----20
some days over 100 degree F last year and 30 some days over 100 degrees F
with about 10 of those in 110 F range.
I stayed inside and went out 4 times a day to water-this is it-I bought a
drip system after this fiasco.
The only good-if its good who know-is that one of my trident maples got
badly burnt from heat around middle of June.So I said heck with it and
defoliated and by August first its got a full head of leaves half the
size-although it now need a serious pruning-I'll wait till November at
least----------this summer has sucked.
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From: "Marty Haber" <haberm [at] OPTONLINE.NET>
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Subject: [IBC] dry summer


> This has to be to driest summer I've ever seen. No rain since early July.
> Seems to have had one benefit, tho.
> The insect and fungi population is down. It's too dry, even for them!
> How are the conditions elsewhere?
> Marty H.
>
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Marty Haber wrote:
> This has to be to driest summer I've ever seen. No rain since early July. Seems to have had one benefit, tho.
> The insect and fungi population is down. It's too dry, even for them! How are the conditions elsewhere?


We're 8" above normal for rain. Our moss is growing moss.

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use it with love and respect - Aldo Leopold - A Sand County
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Here in the inland Pacific Northwest it has been a dry year as well.
Temperatures have been around normal to a little above normal.

A good year for bugs though (if you are a bug that is). I have had to spray
multiple times this year, very unusual.

Regards,
Roger Snipes
Spokane, WA. Zone 5ish


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Subject: [IBC] dry summer


> This has to be to driest summer I've ever seen. No rain since early July.
> Seems to have had one benefit, tho.
> The insect and fungi population is down. It's too dry, even for them!
> How are the conditions elsewhere?
> Marty H.
>
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On Sep 6, 2005, at 7:04 AM, Marty Haber wrote:

> This has to be to driest summer I've ever seen. No rain since early
> July. Seems to have had one benefit, tho.
> The insect and fungi population is down. It's too dry, even for them!
> How are the conditions elsewhere?
> Marty H.
>
>
We had a little over two weeks in late July/early August with no rain.
There was rain periodically, but not a lot. Right now we've been almost
a week with no rain, since we had the leftovers from Katrina. Not much
though.

The dryness hasn't been the only problem for us. During July with the
temperature in the 90's every day I had a very difficult time keeping
up with watering. I was watering twice a day and we still lost several
trees. We have a well here, so that helped. The well has not gone dry.

Fortunately with the fall progressing it's easier to keep up with
watering. I'm no longer watering twice a day.

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37

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On Sep 6, 2005, at 8:38 AM, Roger Snipes wrote:

> Here in the inland Pacific Northwest it has been a dry year as well.
> Temperatures have been around normal to a little above normal.
>
> A good year for bugs though (if you are a bug that is). I have had to
> spray multiple times this year, very unusual.
>
> Regards,
> Roger Snipes
> Spokane, WA. Zone 5ish
>
Speaking of bugs--we've had a bumper crop of millipedes and
grasshoppers. Would the weather conditions affect the population of
these?

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37

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> Speaking of bugs--we've had a bumper crop of millipedes and
> grasshoppers. Would the weather conditions affect the population of these?
>

Millipedes like dampness. Grasshoppers like dry -- and grass.

Go figure.

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Strangely enough, this appears to be a good year for Praying Mantis around
Central PA.
In previous years, I'd be lucky to see one all summer.
I've seen a dozen this month alone, including one I saw this morning while
watering my trees.

Mark Hill - Harrisburg, PA (Zone 6)

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> Speaking of bugs--we've had a bumper crop of millipedes and
> grasshoppers. Would the weather conditions affect the population of these?
>

Millipedes like dampness. Grasshoppers like dry -- and grass.

Go figure.

Jim Lewis - jklewis [at] nettally.com - Tallahassee, FL - When we
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Almanac

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Mark Hill - President, EESiFlo Inc. wrote:
> Strangely enough, this appears to be a good year for
> Praying Mantis around Central PA. In previous years, I'd
> be lucky to see one all summer. I've seen a dozen this
> month alone, including one I saw this morning while
> watering my trees.
>
> Mark Hill - Harrisburg, PA (Zone 6)

Which means, of course, that it's also a good year for
pests. Praying mantises don't hang around unless there's food.


Around here, it is caterpillars; the biggest caterpillar
years I can remember. I have a VERY fat golden orb spider
in a web between my house and a Japanese maple in my yard. :-)

Jim Lewis - jklewis [at] nettally.com - Tallahassee, FL - People,
when Columbus discovered this country, it was plum full of
nuts and berries. And I'm right here to tell you (that) the
berries are just about all gone. -- Uncle Dave Macon, musician

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