Spring Photo Thread 2016 (sunshine, cloud, forecast, date)

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by B87

I thought fig trees were cold tolerant?

Define "cold". Lol. And how long its "cold".

I always wondered why the entire thing needed to be protected. Why not just the roots? Until recently I realized new growth comes out of the branches and if those freeze and die then you rely and hope for new growth from the bottom.

So essentially less yields without growth from the branches.. So covering or burying the whole thing is essential to quicker recovery, growth and yeilds.

[ghost-likin]

Figs are Deciduous right? why die with only 10F?

[Cambium]

It's funny when driving around you'll see something wrapped up like a body bag. It's a fig tree. Everyone knows to protect it.


Wrapping Your Fig Tree For The Winter


they did a test. When wrapped it completely it produces more yields. But then made a comment that the mice killed it, not the weather. lol.


In bold is important. You don't have to cover it but to wait for new growth from the ground is not something you want with short growing seasons so protecting it is important


" The first two years, we let the fig die back to the ground with only leaves for mulch. It survived the New England winter but then each spring it had to sprout out and grow from the ground up.

This third year, we wrapped the Fig as seen in the video so the next Spring we will get a Breba crop of figs, which is the first crop of figs ripening in the summer and then we will get a second crop of figs in the fall. "

[nei]

Another two day White Mountains trip. Took the Crawford Path above treeline on the Presidential Range, turned around once it got late.

March 6, 2016
Summit Elevation: about 4900 feet
Elevation gain: 3900' [ups and downs]
Calories Burned: 1700 [from my phone app, I think it's confused]
Total time: 8:15 hours, started at 10:30 am
Total miles hiked: 11.8 miles
Temp going up: upper 20s
Temp at Summit: about 14°F ?, light breeze

Anyhow, wet snow had fallen recently, coating the trees nicely. A few icy patches, but not much. Snow cover was enough to cover any of the rest. Dog navigated it easily.



Looking back across to Crawford Notch:



Morning temperature profile. What a strange, quick drop in temperature between 4300 feet and 5300 feet.



Perhaps the temperature difference was responsible for the puffy cumulus. They look like convective clouds



snowy forest on the way up:







couple more snowy forest shots

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big puffy cumulus



getting to treeline, looking towards where my hike continues



same spot, slightly different angle and light:

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spot was crowded; a few put food on their hand to hand-feed gray jays. Saw them last time, was wondering why they seemed to almost follow me.





zoomed-in view towards Mt. Washington



off to the west. Was in the trees for a while then it stayed above the trees more consistently



some icy spots along the way,



Mountain in the background in the above photo is Mt. Eisenhower. Last part was kinda steep. From its top. I continued for another 1.5 miles on the "spine" of the ridge



another shot of the same view

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current temperatures. Vertical temperature rate seems to have smoothed out from earlier, atmosphere mixed? Looks more normal. It felt cold but tolerable, sun on my dark clothing made it feel warmer. It was warm enough I could take my gloves off for a short time. Conditions on Mt. Washington were similar to what Shalop had in his first Alps photo, maybe a few degrees warmer. Was told Mt. Washington had lots of people on it earlier in the day.



Great light with the sun, didn't want to turn around. I just wanted to keep going and going. Or just stay up here

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Not too many people out, felt very peaceful. Not much wind... it's always a plus to able to take stuff out of your backpack without worrying about it getting airborne.



snowcover was low, rocks made a wind shadow of the snow



changing light again



time to go back. Looking toward Eisenhower









Sunset glow

[Noodleman556]

Great photos, would love to go somewhere like that one day !

[B87]

Originally Posted by Cambium

Define "cold". Lol. And how long its "cold".

I always wondered why the entire thing needed to be protected. Why not just the roots? Until recently I realized new growth comes out of the branches and if those freeze and die then you rely and hope for new growth from the bottom.

So essentially less yields without growth from the branches.. So covering or burying the whole thing is essential to quicker recovery, growth and yeilds.

I was thinking around -5 to -10c. There are quite a few mature fig trees in this area and it rarely gets as cold as -10c even in the most severe winters, so they must be able to deal with that.

Some of them produce large fruit, about the size of a pear.

[muslim12]

Originally Posted by ghost-likin

Figs are Deciduous right? why die with only 10F?

The branches not the roots. The roots of some fig trees are hardy enough to survive even Chicago's winters. And according to my grandma back home the fig trees are evergreen.

[Ariete]

Helshitki right now. Operation Frühlingserwachen is not going very well:




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operat...ring_Awakening

[Noodleman556]

Originally Posted by Ariete

Helshitki right now. Operation Frühlingserwachen is not going very well:




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operat...ring_Awakening

You know your WWII well I suppose. Pretty useless though, i can't remember if that operation was before or after the radical yet surprisingly effective defence of Budapest.

[Ariete]

Originally Posted by Noodleman556

You know your WWII well I suppose. Pretty useless though, i can't remember if that operation was before or after the radical yet surprisingly effective defence of Budapest.

Yes I guess so. I think I can give a brief summary of every (well, most) operation(s) in Europe during WWII. Ask me what happened in Platinenfuchs or Operation Crusader, I'll give it to you. I'm not an armchair general debating what that division should've done then and there, but tend to focus on the big picture.

Anyway, WWII is not my biggest interest. The century from 1815 to 1914 including revolutions (industrial, social, economical, political, migration to America and so on) is the most fascinating era.