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Late winter

roxann
17 years ago

I'm from Michigan and was wondering if our plants/bulbs

will servive since we had such a late winter.

Comments (2)

  • chaz_wi
    17 years ago

    I suspect there will be a few casualties (here in southern Wisconsin), but I am actually grateful at this point for our dense snow cover and consistent cold.

    Year before last I planted over 200 Spring-blooming bulbs at my sister's and niece's places and about 3/4 of them never emerged - rotted in the ground due to the warm winter and very wet Spring.

    I think this winter won't take quite the toll that last winter did.

    I can't look into a crystal ball for you, but I'd lay bets that most things will make it unless we get repeated thaw/freeze cycles between now and May.

  • paul_
    17 years ago

    In addition to the garden plants, here in MI at least, I worry the damage the late winter did/ will do to our economy. From what I hear, the ski resorts and other snow related industries [ & here that amounts to a lot ] suffered heavily.

    Wonder if the fruit trees will be okay.