Winter Gloves..a gardening must in my zone

dokutaaguriin · July 30, 2016

Just another typical hailstorm in my area:
I tried to embed the video but I kept on getting an error message ("Your submission could not be processed because a security token was missing.")
so please click on the link
https://youtu.be/dQo-7lDCJgA

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The video is part 2 of the same storm that rolled through tonight

Protecting the peppers and Tomato plants that are on the deck. All of my precious tomatoes and pepper are in various greenhouses
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Tunnel protection for the subdwarf tomatoes- Rejina, Rejina Yellow and Venus
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The sheer weight of the hail caused my netting to sag inwards but thankfully the carrots are okay.
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However, my makeshift protection for my potatoes failed:
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Winter gloves are a must in my zone to help with the hail:
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I scooped up the hail and put it back in my Japanese long green onion bed. ( I have heard that snow has a very high nitrogen content so I figured hail must also)
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Around here you must garden under cover to protect the crops from the wrath of Mother Nature

EPawlick · July 30, 2016

I can see why you have row covers! Hoping everything survives!

Is this weather typical for your summers?

Nice greenhouse.

dokutaaguriin · July 30, 2016

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Originally Posted by EPawlick

I can see why you have row covers! Hoping everything survives!

Is this weather typical for your summers?

Nice greenhouse.

Yes, unfortunately we get a couple of these hail storms every summer. This was the first one of the season, rather late.

Potatoes will be okay but their size will probably be a tad smaller than I hoped for. Fortunately, my garlic, and only bed (in front of the greenhouse ) that was not covered had just been picked.

ddsack · July 31, 2016

My gosh! It's July for Pete's sake! Not supposed to see that much white stuff on the ground! Must have hailed for quite a while to accumulate that much, I'm glad your tomatoes were protected. We've have two severe thunderstorms with extended power outages and wind enough to lay down my sweet corn, but thankfully no hail (so far)!

PhilaGardener · July 31, 2016

Several parts of PA experienced hail earlier this summer (and probably not for the last time). Seems like the incidence is increasing. Very damaging stuff - glad you seem well rigged to handle it.

dokutaaguriin · July 31, 2016

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Originally Posted by PhilaGardener

Several parts of PA experienced hail earlier this summer (and probably not for the last time). Seems like the incidence is increasing. Very damaging stuff - glad you seem well rigged to handle it.

It used to be one hail event every few years but now it is a few hail storms every year!

Bulldog · August 9, 2016

That is a lot of hail. I am impressed with your raised beds, greenhouses, row covers.

July 30, 2016	#1
dokutaaguriin Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alberta, Canada Z3a Posts: 905	Winter Gloves..a summer gardening must in my zone Just another typical hailstorm in my area: I tried to embed the video but I kept on getting an error message ("Your submission could not be processed because a security token was missing.") so please click on the link https://youtu.be/dQo-7lDCJgA [IMG]]https://youtu.be/dQo-7lDCJgA[/IMG] The video is part 2 of the same storm that rolled through tonight Protecting the peppers and Tomato plants that are on the deck. All of my precious tomatoes and pepper are in various greenhouses [IMG][/IMG] Tunnel protection for the subdwarf tomatoes- Rejina, Rejina Yellow and Venus [IMG][/IMG] The sheer weight of the hail caused my netting to sag inwards but thankfully the carrots are okay. [IMG][/IMG] However, my makeshift protection for my potatoes failed: [IMG][/IMG] Winter gloves are a must in my zone to help with the hail: [IMG][/IMG] I scooped up the hail and put it back in my Japanese long green onion bed. ( I have heard that snow has a very high nitrogen content so I figured hail must also) [IMG][/IMG] Around here you must garden under cover to protect the crops from the wrath of Mother Nature Last edited by dokutaaguriin; July 30, 2016 at 10:02 PM.

July 31, 2016	#4
ddsack Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3 Posts: 3,223	My gosh! It's July for Pete's sake! Not supposed to see that much white stuff on the ground! Must have hailed for quite a while to accumulate that much, I'm glad your tomatoes were protected. We've have two severe thunderstorms with extended power outages and wind enough to lay down my sweet corn, but thankfully no hail (so far)! __________________ Dee **************

July 30, 2016	#2
EPawlick Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Southern Ontario, Canada Zone 6b Posts: 232	I can see why you have row covers! Hoping everything survives! Is this weather typical for your summers? Nice greenhouse.

July 31, 2016	#5
PhilaGardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Near Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,940	Several parts of PA experienced hail earlier this summer (and probably not for the last time). Seems like the incidence is increasing. Very damaging stuff - glad you seem well rigged to handle it.

August 9, 2016	#7
Bulldog Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Georgia Posts: 126	That is a lot of hail. I am impressed with your raised beds, greenhouses, row covers.