Spring 2022 - record cold, wet in the PNW
Posted: Tue May 17, 2022 11:53 pm
So we have had some record cold here in the Seattle area this spring. It is one of the coldest starts to spring in several decades... including a hard freeze *and light snow* in late February (highly unusual these days) and another freeze later in March which singed the leaves on my potatoes that had already sprouted.
HOWEVER the Sumbar pomegranate that I planted in a south-facing heat trap woke up and is exploding with growth. I noted some very minor dieback on a few of the thinner twigs, but I am extremely pleased with this progress so far! DARE I SAY EVEN - STOKED!
I found three or so other houses on my block here have some small pomegranates planted last spring, too. They belong to a Laotian gentleman who also gave some to his neighbors, and I think they are the Wonderful variety (he uses them to make a leaf tea). They have barely broken their buds yet.
It looks like there is some leaf-curling going on, I might have to start spraying it with some neem to get the possible mites.
HOWEVER the Sumbar pomegranate that I planted in a south-facing heat trap woke up and is exploding with growth. I noted some very minor dieback on a few of the thinner twigs, but I am extremely pleased with this progress so far! DARE I SAY EVEN - STOKED!
I found three or so other houses on my block here have some small pomegranates planted last spring, too. They belong to a Laotian gentleman who also gave some to his neighbors, and I think they are the Wonderful variety (he uses them to make a leaf tea). They have barely broken their buds yet.
It looks like there is some leaf-curling going on, I might have to start spraying it with some neem to get the possible mites.
- sumbar pomegranate in leaf
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