BobW said:We have had a good spring here and have lots of scapes. Our garden is in south/central Indiana near the Illinois border. Minimal winter losses this spring. We have, however, noticed much lower than average buds per scape this year and wondered if that could be the effect of a bad winter, with two spells of fifteen below. Wondering if severe or sudden cold could kill the buds that form the scapes and/or the buds???
Sorry to hear about your lousy spring. Since these are established varieties, it sure seems like it was something in your winter or spring weather that affected them. I hope you have a good summer and the ones that are hanging in there will recover completely. Bob
Seedfork said:....So the scapes were not stunted in the donated beds, did the bud count appear to be normal? Were many of those buds starting to bloom?
Seedfork said:... ideas on how the hail would have damaged the not yet visible scapes, or do you have another explanation for the difference in the growth of the two beds?When plants are stressed they often abort their flowers. The shortened scapes might be a symptom of the effects of incomplete/partial decisions to abort the scapes (due to the stress of the hail and associated weather) that were then reversed. On the other hand I have seen scapes blooming on fans that have lost all their leaves by natural aging/summer dormancy.