I took these photos on Thursday, March 26 which makes it Crocus Vigil Day 20 in my crocus watch 2015. I spy color! Here comes my first bloom, it's on its way! The only setback? We have 2 days in a row this weekend with lows in the teens. It's almost April and I woke up to 18°F temps this morning!
I'm sure the croci will be fine, but they probably aren't taking off as fast as they could if it were a balmy 60°F like it was last week. At least the sun is shining - I think the ground will still warm up even though the air temp is below freezing.
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| My first crocus coming up, hoping it will bloom this weekend but the 18° air temps probably aren't helping! |
In other news, I was looking around the edge of the mulch border where I planted the crocuses, and I noticed a sprig of green poking out from under a rock. I lifted up the rock and found a long yellow crocus stem trying its best to find the sun. Oops! I must have re-arranged the rocks without realizing how close the croci were to the stones. I wanted them to be right next to the stone, but I didn't want to confuse them!
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| Let me move that rock out of your way with my human hands, sorry about that! |
I found a soil temperature map online, and it looks like things are warming up in spite of a few freezing days here and there. The national map from
GreenCast says Indy is currently between 30°-35° but when I zoom in the map looks like this:
The color on this map looks more like 45°-50° so which is it? Maybe I should just get a soil thermometer, or maybe it's not that important.
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