Right as my harvest is getting so good that I meal planned around it. I’m nervous to check the carnage but imagine at a minimum my cabbage, eggplants, and tomatoes are slaughtered, all of which I should’ve just picked this morning. Anyone ever have their garden survive a late-season hail storm?
by severalrocks
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Where is this from?
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Shoulda just picked my greens when the hail started…a few bruises on me would’ve been worth saving a ton of chard, kale and cabbage :/
Ouch! That hurts man.
Oh, I’m so sorry for you! This summer I saw on r/tomatoes that more folks were putting up sunshades over their plants to filter the harsh sunlight on those incredibly hot days. Folks who grow champion giant pumpkins do the same thing. If hailstorms are a fair possibility in your area, maybe you could put up a sunshade on your more precious sections of the garden next year.
I feel for you!
This was not our best gardening year either. We had multiple strong storms including one that felled a large tree on some of our garden beds, and then hurricane Beryl passed directly over us and trashed much of what was left.
Did manage to get a lot of sweet potatoes after that and we planted a few peanut plants for this first time this year and they survived as well.
That sucks and it would suck more if you were a wheat farmer.
RIP that person’s car
Damn that sucks
WOW! Where are you?
That is so sad. 😢
My condolences. I would need to take a day off work to mentally recover from that.
Roofers getting several years’ worth of work today.
last year we had a horrible hail storm and I thought my plants were done for. I was worried that it shredded my squash leaves..etc. After some sun, most of my plants bounced back and the damage ended up being minimal. I hope you have the same fate within the next few days 🙁