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Or different grasses. Your area would still get ground temperatures as cold as here, so I expect they would respond the same if they were the same species.
Don't you get about 3-4x as many ground frosts as we do though?
Microburst in Illinois yesterday hitting the ground and spreading out.
Strong force of wind from the spread would of created damage if there were trees and homes around.
We had a frigid January with little snow, but the grass didn't turn brownish until mid-February. I think it does it as much for a habit (some kind of hibernating dormant period) as due to temperatures. We've also had 2 mm of precipitation this March, so no moisture except melting snow. IDK how many ground frosts we have, but we have around 130-140 air frosts a year, so quite a lot.
The soil freezing sounds legit, but I can swear that in late January when the snow melted the grass was muddy green. The river bank grass is probably even more brown due to wear and tear. The river bank is called the 'living room' of Turku, as always when weather permits, people just flock to the banks. Few football pitches endure such stress.
Microburst in Illinois yesterday hitting the ground and spreading out.
Strong force of wind from the spread would of created damage if there were trees and homes around.
Microburst in Illinois yesterday hitting the ground and spreading out.
Strong force of wind from the spread would of created damage if there were trees and homes around.
Awesome photo. Sometimes come across area of microburst around here. Usually several acres of trees that have been pushed right over, or all cleanly snapped off -even trees up to 2 ft in diameter.
The difference between strong wind (which also snaps trees) and microburst, is that microburst damage can show a rough radial pattern.
My fig tree is budding. this pic is from 2 days ago, the tree is much more bud heavy now, I have many spring pics I want to post but I am busy hopefully this weekend I can post them. I have also have photographic evidence of southern magnolia growing in the woods in Raleigh, they have naturalized n the area and there are quite a bit.
Figs are just dropping their second crop now. I didn't have anything to eat at work the other day, so munched on some tasty figs, off a tree in the garden there..
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