Many people are pleased that typical winter temperatures have taken so long to show up. Below are some interesting observations from early- to mid-winter in New Brunswick.
Relatively warm soil temperatures (as high as mid-60s °F) stimulated growth late into December.
Dandelion bloom on 15 December 2015 in New Brunswick.
Removed the permeable growth cover (folded up behind Kyle Genova) from our K-Microdochium Patch trial to mow it on 16 December 2016!
Annual bluegrass can go to seed about anytime of the year but this is a first for me — lots of annual bluegrass seedheads on 28 December 2015 in New Brunswick.
Odd to find weed species that are normally gone by this time of the year. Killing frosts/freezes are finally here and frost sensitive plants should be damaged and won’t persist much longer. Cool-season turfgrasses will transition into dormancy if freezing temperatures linger for a while. But it won’t be too long (66 days until spring, 20 March) before annuals like prostrate knotweed will germinate and start to emerge from bare soil areas.
Read more here: Rutgers – Plant & Pest Advisory
