Myanxiety_hasplants t1_jac3ug0 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 10:48 AM

Spring isn’t officially until March 20th…and a freeze prior to the first week of April isn’t that uncommon. Articles like this make me roll my eyes.

Asterion7 t1_jac6s06 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 11:27 AM

Problem is. It has been so warm lots of plants and trees have already budded. Going to be really bad for them.

Myanxiety_hasplants t1_jacmnyv wrote on February 28, 2023 at 2:02 PM

Oh absolutely going to be bad for them. Been exactly my thoughts seeing everything open up. Poor guys. It’s how the climate works when the polar vortex becomes irregular. Hot and cold bounce across the earth like a rubber band. I just moved up to Virginia from east Georgia, and the climate isn’t too different. These swings have been occurring consecutively for the last 3 years. I anticipate a second week April frost. But that’s just me.

I garden a lot. I have no professional knowledge besides the nagging urge to learn lol. Edit:a word