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I think many of us really came to accept this last winter. Pretty striking how consistent it used to be with not making big shifts from run to run compared to how flip-floppy it was last winter...nevermind the "caving" to the other models (particularly the GFS).

Seems we have.

I'll be on the porch on Saturday and Sunday mornings with coffee in hand and watching soccer!

Or equating September wavelengths or upper air features to those in the depths of winter is a bit simplistic.

12z GFS at 006 looks similar to the same time on the 06z.

12k NAM throwing 1.5"-3.00" area-wide through 00z Sunday.

We've all learned that the Euro is just another average model. Haven't we?

Last two runs, it's wanted to run a stripe of seriously heavy precip from south to north somewhere through our area. If that were to happen, whoever is on the receiving end will get rocked.

GFS looking similar to 0z, if even a little west with the heavier rains.

12z is looking OK, as well.

It's looking real, but definitely a shot that this thing gets blocked to all hell and leaves us relatively dry.

And the 0z GEM went all the way TF in.

Would be a bit of a sh*tty weekend if that came about, but I guess I'd take it.

I played around with it once - put one in water and then replanted. It would have probably worked had I kept at it (it was perfectly happy for a few weeks), but I have limited space and enough plants so I just left it to fend for itself...which didn't go so well.

It's almost impossible to keep blight from showing up on the lower leaves by this time of the year, so it does make sense for folks with more serious blight issues to take steps like sprays to keep it from progressing. Healthier plants absolutely will remain productive despite some blight. Warm, muggy conditions will always have a negative effect if they last for too long, but keeping the plants pruned and allowing air to flow throughout the plants is a massive help. I mentioned earlier that I prune all suckers until the plants are 7-8' high (mid-summer or so) and I also get rid of lower leaves is and when they develop blight - this keeps the air flowing nicely (and I find it also helps with production in general).

I like reading it for certain things because they have some fantastic mets and hobbyists, but otherwise it's a bit of a mess.

Fall preview!

I mulch with regular hardwood mulch - never thought about straw mulch. As I said, I don't really have issues with blight but might just try some straw mulch in part of the beds next season to see how it goes.

That sucks...sorry to hear that. Any disease is a major pain in the ass, no matter the crop! <knock on wood> I've never had too much of an issue with it. I prune all suckers until the plants get to about 7' tall, then I let them go (usually by the middle of July or thereabouts). I also space them pretty well, so those two things together help with airflow and keeping the plants relatively dry. The leaves at the bottom always get some sort of blight as the season goes along, but I try to prune them when I can to help keep it from spreading.

My tomatoes are absolutely rocking right now. Best crop in years! Cantaloupe are finally starting to come around, as well. Fall planting hasn't gone so well though, despite really good conditions after planting and ensuring proper soil moisture. Mache is germinating nicely and I have a few broccoli seedlings, but spinach is nonexistent (seems to be a theme for me) and the lettuce is underwhelming. Thinking maybe I should have started seedlings indoors.

We *just* got clipped on the very southern end by the last cell that popped in Fairfax County at about 10:00pm. Probably about 0.1" total on the day, which was a little disappointing given all the action just north and west of us. About 1.75" total for the last week. Not bad, not great, but definitely not bad.

If he ruptured his Achilles, then his career is likely over.

About 0.1".