Oh, goodness, life intervenes in my plans sometimes.

Not aimed at Christmas tree growers but might have useful information: Woodland Owner Lunch and Learn – Seedling Genetics and Soil Fertility – know what you are planting and how to care for it. Sept 16 at 12:00 Eastern time

http://www.forestrywebinars.net/webinars/woodland-owner-lunch-and-learn-seedling-genetics-and-soil-fertility-know-what-you-are-planting-and-how-to-care-for-it?sr=wp~mkt-whenPub

NEWA – where I get the GDD information – has a blog. You can subscribe at http://blogs.cornell.edu/yourenewa/

The current post is on a new tool for predicting agricultural drought. Not looking good for parts of NY.

http://blogs.cornell.edu/yourenewa/2020/07/31/new-early-warning-system-for-agricultural-drought/

GDD                                       8.2.20                                    8.7.20

Champlain                           1532                                      1635

Geneva                                 1668                                      1774

Riverhead                            2013                                      2148

Not too much new to look for.  Keep an eye out for anything unexpected – or even expected – while you are shearing and pruning.  A roll of plastic tape in a nice bright color is a good thing to carry with you so you can mark trees that bear more looking at and note them in your records!

I learned some things about shearing at the Great Lakes Christmas tree meeting – and other things, too….

Have a great week and maybe THIS week I’ll get back to the normal schedule.