Frosty april

DrWazzock

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Arable Farmer
Location
Lincolnshire
Not a surprise this has been the frostest April on record, around the 18th it was like Xmas morning around here, no wonder there is no grass.
It nearly killed my spring barley but it’s coming back now. Everything is stuck with minuscule growth rates then it gets knocked back. My beet is moving through leaf development stages but they are tiny, like bonsai plants.
It’s getting a bit worrying. We get nearer and nearer to harvest but nothing really is moving.
 

Wombat

Member
BASIS
Location
East yorks
It nearly killed my spring barley but it’s coming back now. Everything is stuck with minuscule growth rates then it gets knocked back. My beet is moving through leaf development stages but they are tiny, like bonsai plants.
It’s getting a bit worrying. We get nearer and nearer to harvest but nothing really is moving.

What’s more worrying Is we get closer to harvest and half of it hasn’t germinated 🤣🤦‍♂️
 

jondear

Member
Location
Devon
The monks used to grow grapes on terraces up this valley back inthe day , you would struggle to grow em in a green house without a big heater now , climate change is not new 😂
Farmhouse used to have a peach tree growing in South facing wall back in Grandparents day 100 years ago.
 

beardface

Member
Location
East Yorkshire
Always remember a teacher at school telling us how prior to the industrial revolution, we were heading into an ice age. Growing food in a damp hot climate would be a doddle compared to trying to grow food in permafrost.
 

C.J

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
South Devon
Always remember a teacher at school telling us how prior to the industrial revolution, we were heading into an ice age. Growing food in a damp hot climate would be a doddle compared to trying to grow food in permafrost.
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Warm periods used to be called Climate Optimums not Climate Emergencys
 
Could it possibly be due to the lower Sun activity forecasts that nearly got the Durham Maths professor crucified for being a denier when she was quoting facts. Sun activity peaked in the 70's/80's (remember thousands sleeping in Regents park) and forecast low 2030's. Lag time will mean ice skating under Tower bridge in 2040??? Last year for us was sunny and warm (not hot like the south) April /May then started raining in June. Apparently 16% less sunshine last year than normal. Not sure whether that was measured as total hours or intensity.
 

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