Hello All, I just joined, enjoying the thread. We had 3/4" hail in Boulder, late yesterday. I have a new car so I'm kind of anxious about taking it out ever day. I wonder at what size does hail start to leave dents in a car?
I also have a belated anecdote about the 5/20 snowstorm. I had planted 6 tomatoes just a couple days before. I went out that evening to find a couple inches of wet snow accumulated on my plants, on the tomato cages and surrounding soil. Thermometer outside kitchen window said 30*F so temperature-wise at least, it seemed like there was a chance. But I figured, which that much snow sitting right on the plants, surely they will have suffered frostbite. The situation seemed kind of hopeless, but just as an experiment I decided to see what I could do. I hosed off all the snow, which took quite a while, since I tried to get it all off the ground too, and there was plenty. Then I put a tarp over the plants. I was really surprised to find that all 6 plants survived. Although, they haven't grown as fast as they usually would, due to this prolonged cool spell.
Is there an explanation for our cool, wet spring/early summer? I did not see any comments about this.
