Date: 02/15/2001

Number: 1

On the morning of February 15th, the snow had melted and we found that our tulips had emerged. They are approximately 1 inch tall.
The interesting thing is that we have not had one growing degree day. When we took the temperature for the soil, it was 46 degrees. Since our reading in January, the soil's temperature increased from 36 degrees to 46 degrees. We feel that all the snow helped to keep the ground warm which allowed the tulips to grow.
This weekend we are going back into the teens for our air temperature. We're not sure how the tulips will survive. Unfortunately, we can only mulch once!

Hudson, MA

Latitude: 42.4 Longitude: -71.5

Observed by: Peggy
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