Re: [CH] Wind storm!
Chad A Gard (gard@indy.net)
Mon, 9 Jul 2001 15:35:17 -0500
At 3:07 PM -0500 7/8/01, bradley ellis wrote:
>We just had a storm with heavy rains and strong winds. When I checked the
>garden after the storm, most of my jalapenos were laying flat -- not
>uprooted, just kinda laying down. I quickly staked them all up (barefoot in
>the mud while raining, thundering and lightning ... actually a lot of fun)
>and the plants don't look too damaged. My question: What are the chances
>that they'll survive this whole ordeal?
I was wondering about chili-related dammage from last night's storms. A
very large bow-echo storm tracked through much of IA, IL, OH, KY, Ern TN,
and Wrn SC. Most of the southern 2/3 of Indiana was covered by dammage
reports (enough so that several NWS offices still haven't completed
compiling reports from spotters yet). See:
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/010708_rpts.html
There were lots and lots of very large trees down.
Now, I seem to recall Jim mentioning that there were supposed to only be
two sites growing Red Savinas this year, and that the "other" one had some
sort of problem, so his secret field was the only one growing them. I
certainally hope his crops survived!
As to your question, I'm not a chile growth expert, but I'd guess that if
the stalks didn't break and are still somewhat pliable, they've got a good
chance...
Chad Gard, CTS KB9WXQ
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