The Delayed Effects Of Hurricane Irene.

oldghost
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When Hurricane Irene hit my area last week I thought I got away lucky.

Other than a couple of tipped over plants, shredded leaves and a couple dropped figs, the damage seemed slight.

Guess I was wrong.

In the past few days I have noticed quite a few dried up and yellowing leaves

on a few of my fig trees.

And more troubling is severe " Wind Damage " black spotting on some of my

figs.

My understanding after speaking to some members is the the effects of the high winds and strong rain usually don't manifest themselves till days after an event.

I anticipated some further damage, but not quite this much.

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Herman2
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Yes I had the same problems on my figs after Irene,outside splitting and souring of figs.
Last night and yesterday,4 more inches of rain too ,so more problem coming up.

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gm421
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I got a lot of discolored leaves after the storm,I was told by an older gardener that there was a lot of saltwater in the storm,I'm guessing that could be the reason for discoloring.

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fortisi876
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Originally Posted by Herman2
Yes I had the same problems on my figs after Irene,outside splitting and souring of figs.
Last night and yesterday,4 more inches of rain too ,so more problem coming up.

Me too Herman!

What would have been my most productive year, I believe, on my family tree wound up being a disaster due to TS Irene and the additional EIGHT INCHES of rain we've had since Irene blew by. It was very disheartening for me to pluck off at least a third to one half of my crop to throw away and to lessen the amount of insects/bees they were attracting. In all these years, combined, I couldn't have thrown out as much figs as I did this past week.

Oh well, life moves on......really puts me in a similar mood as Bass felt this past spring tho......is it worth it?

Surprisingly, the only good that came of this experience was seeing that my uncles white variety held up exceptionally well in terms of NOT splitting due to all the water, unlike my family tree. And just for clarification, it wasn't just the rain that damaged my in-ground trees but more so the standing water due to the local flooding. The flood waters never came up so high in my backyard as they did with Irene!!!

The potted figs did ok, some seemed fine and others split right in half. Before we know, it'll be time to winterize and repeat next season. Hope y'all outside of this region faired better than I/we did in the NE this late summer.

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fortisi876
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Originally Posted by Herman2
Yes I had the same problems on my figs after Irene,outside splitting and souring of figs.
Last night and yesterday,4 more inches of rain too ,so more problem coming up.

Me too Herman!

What would have been my most productive year, I believe, on my family tree wound up being a disaster due to TS Irene and the additional EIGHT INCHES of rain we've had since Irene blew by. It was very disheartening for me to pluck off at least a third to one half of my crop to throw away and to lessen the amount of insects/bees they were attracting. In all these years, combined, I couldn't have thrown out as much figs as I did this past week.

Oh well, life moves on......really puts me in a similar mood as Bass felt this past spring tho......is it worth it?

Surprisingly, the only good that came of this experience was seeing that my uncles white variety held up exceptionally well in terms of NOT splitting due to all the water, unlike my family tree. And just for clarification, it wasn't just the rain that damaged my in-ground trees but more so the standing water due to the local flooding. The flood waters never came up so high in my backyard as they did with Irene!!!

The potted figs did OK, some seemed fine and others split right in half. Before we know, it'll be time to winterize and repeat next season. Hope y'all outside of this region fared better than I/we did in the NE this late summer.

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