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["Ginda Fisher" <list@ginda.us>]

We had a weird spring and everything bloomed out of order. I think each plant 
times its spring development a little differently. Some rely on hours of 
sunlight, some on time above 40 degrees, some on time above 70 degrees (I'm 
making the precise numbers up, but I'm pretty sure the idea is right) and 
some on moisure and other growing conditions, and most on some combination of 
those -- but every plant weights the factors differently.

I have always been intrigued at how spring unfolds differently in different 
places, due to a different 'normal' mix of those factors. 

-- GindaOn Jun 9, 2011 9:03 AM, Jim Fruth <jimfruth@charter.net> wrote: 

    In a normal year, around the end of June, my red raspberries bloom, 

closely followed by the black raspberries.  Then, in a few weeks, the 

blackberries begin blooming.  This year, however, the blackberries have 

started blooming with the raspberries appearing to be on schedule.  Anyone

care to guess what might cause the blackberries to bloom early?



Jim Fruth

Brambleberry Fruit Farm

4002 Davis Street

Pequot Lakes, MN  56472

1-218-831-7018 (My Cell) 



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