Did it snow today?

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Did it snow today?

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Looks like it, but it was a Hailstorm here this afternoon. Luckily they were only small so no damage I think, but great fun :-)

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Wow, looks great! Surely not too good to be on the Bonsai though? I mean... won't that melt REALLY cold water all over their precious little roots??
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Wash it off if you can a bit like frost. It should be OK though says he from where it is nice and sunny and 25.

Bet you were not on your bike today :P :roll:
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Pup wrote:Wash it off if you can a bit like frost. It should be OK though says he from where it is nice and sunny and 25.

Bet you were not on your bike today :P :roll:
I was but have not long got home :-)

Hey japh they will be OK

will not get the soil cold enough to to freeze the roots. Most damage from hail is with it knocking the branches off. I have a big bare spot where hail ripped off a branch from one of my JBP a few years ago
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They're predicting 10 degrees max and all sorts of stuff for Canberra tomorrow. Will it snow tomorrow?
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There is snow predicted on the central tablelans tonight. :?

Hope my trees handle it.

That was a fair amount of small hail grant.
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Ken the biggest problem with small hail. Is you do not see the damage till the new buds that were emerging open up damaged. The same as frost.
So let us hope you escaped that one. :)
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i had a little hail here today but nothing like that ken. :o
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Pup wrote:Ken the biggest problem with small hail. Is you do not see the damage till the new buds that were emerging open up damaged. The same as frost.
So let us hope you escaped that one. :)
Thanks Pup. I could not have a good look as it is still raining

When it all dries we will have a good lookie see.

I still have mounds of hail on the ground where it had collected 4 hours ago :-)
looks like winter here still :D
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It is freaky KC. We had similar a few years ago around Christmas and I have pictures very similar to yours but with the garden Christmas decorations in them. A white christmas in Australia :lol:
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