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mynameisnotshamus t1_ixuxfox wrote

Reply to comment by phunky_1 in Fairfield County tree farms be like: "That will be $125 plus tax" by praeda1

Didn’t we get a lot of rain last year?

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Gil_V t1_ixv0lwj wrote

Man, you gotta keep up. Huge drought all summer, drenching in mid-fall got us almost back to normal.

But by the time the rains came, the damage was already done.

Edit - wrong year. I’m an idiot.

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mynameisnotshamus t1_ixv12oz wrote

This year. Last year- we had a rainy summer. July set records.

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Gil_V t1_ixv1bnj wrote

Hm. My oversight, sorry.

What year of it’s life does a drought most affect the growth of a tree planned for 2022 Xmas season?

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mynameisnotshamus t1_ixv1or6 wrote

I responded to a post that said last year was terrible. That would be 2021.

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phunky_1 t1_ixwvqm2 wrote

That was the farms excuse.

Probably 70% of the trees had a big chunk of the branches that were brown or no needles at all.

It took us an hour or two to finally find a decent tree that looked like it would last until Christmas.

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