So you may have all heard the news of the massive amounts of hail we received today!
My place got hit bad with up to 15 inches of ice falling in a matter of 10 mintues! most of it was about ping pong size down to a later dumping of pea sized ice! unfortunately my collection of trees got hit hard with alot of damage
The ice is still hanging round piled up all over the place after the temperature at mine dropped to 6 degrees! and stayed until an hour before nightfall when the sun came out but has then dropped back down at sunset!
crazy whether!
Snow on the central coast!
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Snow on the central coast!
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Re: Snow on the central coast!
Wow, that is terrible bad luck Hugh. Hope you can salvage them. Good luck......John.
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Re: Snow on the central coast!
Hi Hugh , several of my trees were stripped by hail in November 2013 , not much different to September at your place . The Azaleas recovered without any drama and a Black Pine that was reduced to one pair of needles recovered well after a fortnight under the bench with no watering ! Don't give up on any of them .
Cheers Graham
Cheers Graham
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Re: Snow on the central coast!
We copped a bit on the northern beaches but no where near that....
My Pear lost some flowers.
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Re: Snow on the central coast!
That is crazy! We've got the Aircon blasting away... And you have snow.
Wishing you every bit of success in reviving your trees!
Cheers
Elmar
Wishing you every bit of success in reviving your trees!
Cheers
Elmar
Cheers
Elmar
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wow Hugh. That is amazing. I've had hail a while back this year, but nothing like that. I hope your trees recover.
That is a phenomenal amount of hail in a small time. Reminds me of the really bad hail about 15 years ago in Eastlakes, Sydney, when I was working in a bakery with a corrugated iron roof. Sounded like we were being bombed, then we went outside and every second cars windscreen was smashed in. Hail as big as apples in some areas.
That is a phenomenal amount of hail in a small time. Reminds me of the really bad hail about 15 years ago in Eastlakes, Sydney, when I was working in a bakery with a corrugated iron roof. Sounded like we were being bombed, then we went outside and every second cars windscreen was smashed in. Hail as big as apples in some areas.
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Re: Snow on the central coast!
Ill never forget that Hail storm.Rory wrote:Reminds me of the really bad hail about 15 years ago in Sydney.
It sounded like what I think a Tidal wave coming would sound like.
I was standing on my front porch and the puddles forming in the front yard were red. I was scratching my head wondering if it was blood from birds or something and then I realised it was the roof tiles eroding away!
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Re: Snow on the central coast!
Thats good to hear Graham. Hail is not what we want us bonsai folk i tell you!regwac wrote:Hi Hugh , several of my trees were stripped by hail in November 2013 , not much different to September at your place . The Azaleas recovered without any drama and a Black Pine that was reduced to one pair of needles recovered well after a fortnight under the bench with no watering ! Don't give up on any of them .
Cheers Graham
Never seen anything like it Rory! you didnt get it out your way im assuming?Rory wrote: wow Hugh. That is amazing. I've had hail a while back this year, but nothing like that. I hope your trees recover.
That is a phenomenal amount of hail in a small time. Reminds me of the really bad hail about 15 years ago in Eastlakes, Sydney, when I was working in a bakery with a corrugated iron roof. Sounded like we were being bombed, then we went outside and every second cars windscreen was smashed in. Hail as big as apples in some areas.
It seems most of the trees where fine apart from a bit of leaf damage, a few of the more refined trees copped the worst of it, raw material has taken it pretty fine. time will tell over the next week or so anyway.
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