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Farm Photo:
Hail Damage to Local Farms
May 23, 2008
Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.
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These specialty melon transplants were scheduled to be planted the week of the storm. Time will tell if they will survive. |
Bulb fennel (left) and sugar snap peas (right). The peas were a total loss. |
Damage to sugar snap peas. These were just ready to be harvested. |
Damage to sugar snap peas. These are edible pod peas, but even the peas inside were bruised. |
These snap beans actually came through with minimal damage. |
This sweet corn crop was already tasseling but many tassels were broken off which means fertilization won't occur. |
Another sweet corn field. |
Flattened sweet corn. |
More sweet corn. In the first weeks of growth, the growing point of corn lies below the soil surface. The growing point eventually grows above the soil surface when the corn plant is about a foot tall. That means that plants may bounce back if their growing point was still underground. |
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This page last updated August 17, 2008.
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