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Southern Hemisphere growing season 23/24


Tyrone

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Well, it’s time for a new thread. Calendar spring is here now and it also appears that the real spring is too. Yesterday on Sep 1 we had a 24C day then some small rumblings and a thunderstorm which dropped about 5mm of rain. We are now at the point in time where the weather is gradually on the improve and the weeds are growing like mental. Hopefully a great growing season awaits and the palms flourish. 

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Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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Still with the cold nights, but days are warmer. Saw the first clouds for quite a while (instead of clouds of smoke), only <5% but they make a nice contrast to the blue of the sky. September's a 'rain-is-possible' month, though not looking like it at the moment. So fingers crossed, but not holding my breath.

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Thanks for starting a new thread @Tyrone. Might get to a 20deg high later this week. Things will start to get moving. Umming and ahhing around whether I should plant out some 75l rhopies this spring or wait another year till there is more shade and wind support from trees in the planned planting area.  I guess I can always put up shade cloth to avoid getting too scorched 🤠

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Well after some really wintery weather early in the week, strong winds, hail, mid teens maximums, we are back to Spring again with maximums in the mid twenties, and no rain for a few days. Back to cleaning up the garden and giving a bit of fertiliser to things. Spring is a great time of year. 

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Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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Acanthophoenix rubra opening up a new leaf at the beginning of spring.

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Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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Just got back from a short ski break in Queenstown and Wanaka, the one area of NZ with seemingly no palms. Trachycarpus fortunei should make it there, but did not see any.  Cordyline Austrlias were common in gardens.

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Planted out a chathams nikau today. Went ok but wouldn't want to be planting out any larger grade by myself as it would possibly be too physical for me to get it in the ground. 

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