Jan 16th this year. The same patch had it's first flower on Dec27th
last year. Shows how cold December was!

On 16/01/11 09:16, Dawlish wrote:
Jan 16th this year. The same patch had it's first flower on Dec27th
last year. Shows how cold December was!

My first cyclamen are in flower. Daffs only in bud, so far.

Hugh

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www.evershot-weather.org

"Hugh Newbury" wrote in message
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On 16/01/11 09:16, Dawlish wrote:
Jan 16th this year. The same patch had it's first flower on Dec27th
last year. Shows how cold December was!

My first cyclamen are in flower. Daffs only in bud, so far.

Hugh


My daffs usually come out in mid-March. Might be later this year as soil was
frozen to almost 4 inches for a lot of Decemeber. Still quite chilly even
now.

Will
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was amazed that when the snow went we had mosquitoes and mossies flying
around in the garden you would have thought the severe temps would have
killed them off

Mike


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On 16/01/11 09:16, Dawlish wrote:
Jan 16th this year. The same patch had it's first flower on Dec27th
last year. Shows how cold December was!

My first cyclamen are in flower. Daffs only in bud, so far.

Hugh

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www.evershot-weather.org

On 16/01/11 17:31, flybywire wrote:
was amazed that when the snow went we had mosquitoes and mossies flying
around in the garden you would have thought the severe temps would have
killed them off

Mike

Just hatched out, I expect. Eggs will survive.

Hugh

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Hugh Newbury

On Jan 31, 3:44*pm, "flybywire" wrote:
masses of catkins out round here most i have seen for years


Noticed some the other day, on the South Downs above Petersfield I
think.

Not sure why they'd be this early though: while not severe, January
has been (except for one mild week) persistently around or slightly
below average temperatures, and cloudy: not the sort of conditions
that would lead to an early 'season', I would have thought.

Nick

On 31/01/2011 17:18, Nick wrote:
On Jan 31, 3:44 pm, wrote:
masses of catkins out round here most i have seen for years

Noticed some the other day, on the South Downs above Petersfield I
think.

Not sure why they'd be this early though: while not severe, January
has been (except for one mild week) persistently around or slightly
below average temperatures, and cloudy: not the sort of conditions
that would lead to an early 'season', I would have thought.



The critical thing is how the plants "detect" winter. While some use
daylength cues, another method is to "count" a certain amount of cold,
then assume once this has passed and mild weather returns that Spring is
now here.

We had our cold weather very early this year. The reason for an early
Spring could be that we have had an early Autumn and Winter before.

A fortnight's mild weather as now seems to be expected could have
dramatic results. Snowdrops, daffodils, crocuses, they will all be
out. Indeed, some people on here have already reported early Spring
flowers.

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On Jan 31, 10:21*pm, Yokel wrote:
On 31/01/2011 17:18, Nick wrote:

On Jan 31, 3:44 pm, *wrote:
masses of catkins out round here most i have seen for years

Noticed some the other day, on the South Downs above Petersfield I
think.

Not sure why they'd be this early though: while not severe, January
has been (except for one mild week) persistently around or slightly
below average temperatures, and cloudy: not the sort of conditions
that would lead to an early 'season', I would have thought.

The critical thing is how the plants "detect" winter. *While some use
daylength cues, another method is to "count" a certain amount of cold,
then assume once this has passed and mild weather returns that Spring is
now here.

We had our cold weather very early this year. *The reason for an early
Spring could be that we have had an early Autumn and Winter before.

A fortnight's mild weather as now seems to be expected could have
dramatic results. *Snowdrops, daffodils, crocuses, they will all be
out. *Indeed, some people on here have already reported early Spring
flowers.

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- Yokel -

Yokel posts via a spam-trap account which is not read.

If we have some sunny weather, the gardens will come on in leaps and
bounds over the next 10 days, "forgetting" about December, but they
are behind ATM. 6 daffodils out in my front garden, but they are
always very early and we have a very mild climate on the south coast
of Devon.

On Jan 31, 10:25*pm, Dawlish wrote:
On Jan 31, 10:21*pm, Yokel wrote:





On 31/01/2011 17:18, Nick wrote:

On Jan 31, 3:44 pm, *wrote:
masses of catkins out round here most i have seen for years

Noticed some the other day, on the South Downs above Petersfield I
think.

Not sure why they'd be this early though: while not severe, January
has been (except for one mild week) persistently around or slightly
below average temperatures, and cloudy: not the sort of conditions
that would lead to an early 'season', I would have thought.

The critical thing is how the plants "detect" winter. *While some use
daylength cues, another method is to "count" a certain amount of cold,
then assume once this has passed and mild weather returns that Spring is
now here.

We had our cold weather very early this year. *The reason for an early
Spring could be that we have had an early Autumn and Winter before.

A fortnight's mild weather as now seems to be expected could have
dramatic results. *Snowdrops, daffodils, crocuses, they will all be
out. *Indeed, some people on here have already reported early Spring
flowers.

--
- Yokel -

Yokel posts via a spam-trap account which is not read.

If we have some sunny weather, the gardens will come on in leaps and
bounds over the next 10 days, "forgetting" about December, but they
are behind ATM. 6 daffodils out in my front garden, but they are
always very early and we have a very mild climate on the south coast
of Devon.- Hide quoted text -

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Strange things catkins. You drive down a road looking for them and
they're not there. You drive down the following day and they're all
over the place. Or am I just unobservant?

On Jan 31, 5:18*pm, Nick wrote:
On Jan 31, 3:44*pm, "flybywire" wrote:

masses of catkins out round here most i have seen for years

Noticed some the other day, on the South Downs above Petersfield I
think.

Not sure why they'd be this early though: while not severe, January
has been (except for one mild week) persistently around or slightly
below average temperatures, and cloudy: not the sort of conditions
that would lead to an early 'season', I would have thought.

Nick

It ain't early here. The patches of daffodils in flower now are the
ones normally out around the New Year. Certainly later than any year
this century, and the picking is way behind.

In one edition of 'Weather Eye' Ian included a picture I took of a
field in full flower at the end of December. (An unusual sight,
because they are usually picked in bud, except when they are grown for
the bulbs).

Graham
Penzance