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Fusarium pseudograminearum is one of the pathogenic fungi that cause Fusarium crown rot (dryland foot rot) of winter and spring wheat. Winter wheat varieties and breeding lines were evaluated for 3 years in inoculated or non-inoculated paired plots at Pendleton and Moro, Oregon. Five pathogen isolates on millet-seed substrate were mixed and dispensed 1in above wheat seed at planting. Wheat seed treated with benomyl to suppress Fusarium damping-off was planted with a John Deere HZ drill equipped with cone-seeder on 14-inch row spacing. Plant stand, disease incidence and severity, and grain yield, test weight, and kernel weights were measured. Inoculation reduced average winter wheat yield at Pendleton by 12, 12, and 61 percent during 1999-2000, 2000-2001, and 2001-2002, respectively. Inoculation reduced winter wheat yield at Moro by 50 percent during 2001-2002. Commercial winter wheat varieties were ranked according to genetic tolerance; e.g., ability to produce grain yield even when infected by the pathogen. No varieties or breeding lines were considered resistant, e.g., ability to prevent infection by the pathogen. Spring wheat varieties and breeding lines were also tested at Moro during 2002. Six Australian varieties representing a range of plant tolerance ratings in that country were tested in four experiments in Oregon during 2000-2002. Performance of these varieties was comparable in Oregon and in Australia. Several Australian and Pacific Northwest wheat lines have levels of tolerance worthy of additional examination in wheat breeding programs.
Fusarium pseudograminearum, genetic resistance, genetic tolerance, spring wheat, winter wheat
Fusarium is a diverse genus of fungi that includes several soilborne plant pathogens. Fungi in several other genera cause similar damage and often are present as a pathogen complex with Fusarium species. These pathogens damage small-grain cereals by rotting seed, seedlings, roots, crowns, basal stems or heads of wheat, barley, oats, corn, grasses, and some broadleaf crops. Damage to spring and winter cereals is often unnoticed until whiteheads appear shortly before the crops mature or until shriveled grain is noted during harvest. Damage can be highly variable within fields. Yield reductions in commercial winter wheat fields have been as high as 35 percent.
The fungi included in this pathogen complex occur in different proportions in each geographic region. The prevalence of each species varies in response to annual climate cycles as well as more static differences among regions. The disease complex is therefore dominated by different pathogens in different areas, and even by different pathogens during successive growing seasons on individual fields. The dominant pathogen region-wide is F. pseudo-graminearum. Other important members of the pathogen complex in the Pacific Northwest include F. culmorum and Bipolaris sorokiniana. These pathogens cause chronic infections. Infected plants are often able to produce normal yields if they are not exposed to stressful environmental conditions during the growing season. Yield reductions become apparent when infected plants are subjected to water stress and/or hot temperature late in the growing season. It is ironic that the most widespread pathogen, F. pseudograminearum, is also well adapted for causing extensive damage in regions of high rainfall and in irrigated fields. These pathogens have therefore evolved to maintain their populations under diverse climatic conditions and management practices.
Diseases caused by these fungi are known by a variety of names, including Fusarium crown rot, dryland foot rot, Fusarium foot rot, dryland root rot, Fusarium root rot, and common root rot. We use the name Fusarium crown rot in this report. In winter wheat/summer fallow rotation, damage by Fusarium crown rot is favored by applying all nitrogen fertilizer into soil before planting, and by planting while the soil is still warm. The disease becomes most damaging in high-residue cropping systems and short rotations, which are conditions particularly applicable to annual-cropped spring cereals.
Management of damage by Fusarium crown rot has been heavily dependent on practices that conflict with preferred agronomic or economic considerations and with uncontrollable events related to weather. Management practices that minimize disease severity for winter wheat include tilling soil to minimize surface residue, planting when the seed-zone soil temperature is below 50oF, and reducing late-season water stress by planting with wide-row spacing and/or low seeding rate, and by splitting fertilizer applications to minimize the amount of nitrogen available to seedlings. Most of these management practices are contrary to practices known to produce highest grain yields when crops are not heavily infected by Fusarium and/or Bipolaris species. It is therefore recognized that control of Fusarium crown rot will only be achieved by crop management systems that include varieties with disease tolerance or resistance.
Genetic tolerance describes the ability of a plant to produce acceptable yield even when that plant is infected by the pathogen. Tolerance does not necessarily limit the ability of the fungus to infect or damage tissue, and it does not necessarily lead to a reduction in numbers of reproductive spores produced by the fungus on infected plants. Tolerance simply allows a plant to withstand the infection. It does not reduce the risk to future crops, and it may fail to adequately protect plants when climatic conditions and crop management are highly favorable for disease development. Tolerance is evaluated by comparing yields from plants grown under field conditions in soils highly or only lightly infested by the pathogen(s). Plants can be tolerant without being resistant to the disease.
Genetic resistance describes the ability of a plant to retard or prevent infection by the pathogen. Resistant plants sustain very little damage to their tissue. Resistant plants also reduce spore production by the pathogen, and therefore reduce the potential risk to future crops. Resistance is likely to be more effective than tolerance when conditions are highly favorable to disease. Resistance can be measured by evaluating the presence or absence of infection, or relative severity of infection, in either seedlings or in plants grown in the field.
The objectives of this study were to (1) determine whether tolerance or resistance was present among winter and spring wheat varieties and breeding lines in the Pacific Northwest, (2) describe the stability of tolerance over time if tolerance was detected, and (3) examine the tolerance in Oregon of wheat varieties used as standards for comparison in Fusarium crown rot breeding programs in Australia.
The relationship of Fusarium crown rot to growth and yield of 18 winter wheat varieties and advanced breeding lines was evaluated for 3 years at the Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center. Long-term (20-yr) mean annual precipitation is 17.9 and 11.5 inch for stations at Pendleton and Moro, respectively. Soils are Walla Walla silt loams naturally infested with the pathogen. Trials were planted into different fields each year. All fields were maintained as cultivated summer fallow for 14 months following harvests of lentil (1999-2000 trial) or winter wheat (other trials). Seeds were treated with benomyl (Benlate 50W, at 0.75 oz/cwt) and planted at 23-25 seed/ft2 into 5- x 20-ft plots with a John Deere HZ deep-furrow drill equipped with a cone seeder and four openers spaced at 14 inches.
Seed was planted with and without supplemental inoculum consisting of five isolates of F. pseudograminearum from infected wheat crowns. Inoculum was placed in two of the four rows of each drill pass. Inoculum was grown on autoclaved millet seed. Individual isolates were mixed in equal proportions prior to use. Inoculum was dispensed at about 140 millet seed/ft from a Gandy spreader on the seed drill, and was placed 1-inch above the crop seed to force coleoptiles to emerge through the band of inoculum.
Wheat at Pendleton was planted on 24 September 1999, 22 September 2000, and 18 September 2001. Planting depth was 3-inch into marginally moist soil covered with a 1.5-inch dust mulch during 1999 and 2001, and 1.5-inch into moist soil during 2000. Wheat at Moro was planted on 1 October 2001 at 1.5-inch depth into moist soil. Temperature at the depth of seed placement, at the time of planting, was 59oF in 1999, 60oF in 2000, and 73oF in 2001 at Pendleton, and 59oF in 2001 at Moro. The experimental design was a split plot with variety as main plot and inoculum as subplots in blocks replicated four times. Data collected included emergence and stand density (October-December), plant growth and disease incidence and severity (March-May), whiteheads (June) and grain yield, test weight, and kernel weights (July-August). Plants were evaluated for grain yield by two methods. Genetic tolerance was assessed by harvesting plots with a plot combine and comparing yields of inoculated and noninoculated plots. Genetic resistance was assessed by digging plants from 3 ft of one row in each plot prior to machine harvest, and evaluating for each tiller the grain yield and the presence, absence, or degree of basal stem infection.
Effects of Fusarium crown rot were evaluated on early generation lines of winter wheat provided by Drs. Jim Peterson (Oregon State University) and Kim Campbell (USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Pullman, WA). Tests were performed on 75 wheat entries during 1999-2000 and 2000-2001, and 100 entries during 2001-2002. Test protocols and locations were as described above for the commercial varieties. Due to natural cycling of the selection process for early generation germplasm, only 32 of the 75 entries were tested during harvest year 2000 as well as 2001. Only 11 entries were in common for tests during harvest years 2001 and 2002. Only four entries were tested during all three harvest years. Yields were measured only by machine harvest for these early generation entries, e.g., bundle samples were not collected.
Spring wheat varieties or breeding lines (42 entries) were evaluated for reaction to Fusarium crown rot at Moro during 2002. Drs. Kim Kidwell (Washington State University) and Bob Stack (North Dakota State University) provided entries for the screening nursery. The 20-year mean annual precipitation is 11.5 inch at Moro. Seed was planted into cultivated summer fallow. Wheat seed was treated and plots were inoculated and planted as described for winter wheat. Wheat was planted at 1-inch depth into moist soil on 18 March 2002. Seed-zone temperature was 34oF. Data included emergence and stand density (April), plant growth and disease incidence and severity (May), whiteheads (June), and grain yield, test weight, and kernel weights (August).
Six Australian wheat varieties with published characterizations for reaction to Fusarium crown rot were evaluated for this trait in eastern Oregon soils and climates. These varieties are used by the Queensland Department of Primary Industries as "standards" in screening nurseries for crown rot, and have been assigned a numerical "Disease Resistance Index" against which other breeding lines are compared. Drs. Graham Wildermuth (Queensland Department of Agriculture) and Hugh Wallwork (South Australian Research and Development Institute) provided the seed. Reaction to Fusarium crown rot was evaluated during two growing seasons at the Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center stations near Pendleton and Moro, where 20-year mean annual precipitation is 17.9 and 11.5 inch, respectively. All fields were maintained as cultivated summer fallow for 14 months following winter wheat harvest. Plantings were made as winter wheat during 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 growing seasons, and also as spring wheat during 2002. Wheat seed was treated and plots were inoculated and planted as described earlier. The experimental design was a split plot with variety as main plot and inoculum as subplots in blocks replicated two times during 2000-2001 and four times for trials during 2001-2002. Winter wheat at Pendleton was planted on 22 September 2000 at 1.5-inch depth into moist soil and on 18 September 2001 at 3-inch depth into marginally moist soil covered with 1.5 inch of dust mulch. Winter wheat at Moro was planted on 1 October 2001 at 1.5-inch depth into moist soil. Seed-zone temperature at Pendleton was 60oF in 2000 and 73oF in 2001, and at Moro was 59oF in 2001. Spring wheat was planted at 1-inch depth into moist soil at Pendleton on 14 March 2002 and at Moro on 18 March 2002. Seed-zone temperature was 40oF at Pendleton and 34oF at Moro. Data included emergence and stand density (October-December), plant growth and disease incidence and severity (March-May), whiteheads (June) and grain yield, test weight, and kernel weights (July-August).
Emergence at Pendleton during 1999 was slow and seedlings were stressed by low soil moisture; inoculum was in air-dry soil for 5 weeks until autumn rains began on 28 October. Rain began before planting at Pendleton during 2000 and Moro during 2001, and soils were continuously wet into the winter. Rain (0.36 inch) crusted soil prior to emergence at Pendleton during 2001. Growing-season precipitation (September-August) deviated from the 20-year mean during 1999-2000, 2000-2001, and 2001-2002 by +8, -7, and -27 percent at Pendleton, and -20, -46, and -26 percent at Moro. Spring-season precipitation (March-May) deviated from the 20-year mean during 1999-2000, 2000-2001, and 2001-2002 by +2, -17, and -32 percent at Pendleton, and +9, -22, and -35 percent at Moro.
Inoculum did not affect seedling emergence, plant stand, or plant tillering during the first 2 years at Pendleton or during 2001-2002 at Moro (p < 0.05; Table 1). Plant stands were strongly affected by an inoculum x soil crusting interaction at Pendleton during 2001; stand counts were 52 percent lower in inoculated than noninoculated plots (6.5 vs 13.4 plants/ft row, respectively; p < 0.001). Compared to plants affected by native levels of Fusarium, additional inoculum of the pathogen in all tests increased the incidence of plants with rotted crowns, the incidence and severity of lesions on subcrown internodes, and the percentages of whiteheads (Table 1). Inoculum reduced grain yield and usually also reduced test weight (Table 1).
Inoculation reduced yields of individual entries (Table 2) at Pendleton by 2-28 percent (11 percent mean) in 1999-2000, 0-22 percent (12 percent mean) in 2000-2001, and 32-85 percent (58 percent mean) in 2001-2002, and at Moro by 35-70 percent (55 percent mean). The greatest damage from Fusarium crown rot occurred on 'Coda', 'Connie', and 'Lewjain' (Table 3). Wheat varieties with overall best performance were 'Brundage', 'Gene', and 'Weatherford'. However, even the best varieties were damaged by extraordinary drought that occurred during 2001-2002, and especially when fungus spores were present near the cotyledon at a time when emergence was retarded by soil crusting before seedling emergence.
All yield observations noted above represented genetic tolerance or intolerance to infection, based on machine harvest. None of the entries retarded the ability of the pathogen to infect crowns and stem bases, as assessed by evaluating disease and yield parameters on individual tillers collected from 3-ft-row sections in each plot. Therefore, genetic resistance to F. pseudograminearum was not detected among the 18 winter wheat entries in these tests.
Rainfall and soil crusting were as described for the commercial varieties. Inoculum did not significantly (p < 0.05) affect seedling emergence, plant stand, or tillering during 1999-2000 and was not evaluated during 2000-2001. Inoculation increased the incidence of plants with rotted crowns, lesions on subcrown internodes, and whiteheads, and also increased the severity ratings for lesions on subcrown internodes. Inoculation reduced grain yield (110 vs 101 bu/acre in 1999-2000 and 86 vs 78 bu/acre in 2000-2001), and grain test weight during 1999-2000 (58.9 vs 58.2 lb/bu) but not 2000-2001 (mean of 58.6 lb/bu). Inoculation reduced grain yields 9 percent (range of 2-29 percent) in the year with a dry autumn but overall wet season (1999-2000) and 11 percent (range of 0-28 percent) in the year with a wet autumn but overall dry season (2000-2001). Most of the 32 entries tested during both seasons exhibited variable yield responses to F. pseudo-graminearum each year. However, several entries had minimal yield depression from inoculation both years (Table 4), including 'Altar 84' (5 and 0 percent), 'KS93U104' (2 and 1 percent), 'KS93U134' (5 and 0 percent), 'KS93U161' (2 and 0 percent), 'OR942494' (7 and 6 percent), and 'OR942504' (0 and 0 percent). Some entries also had highly negative yield responses to F. pseudograminearum during both years, including 'N96L1226' (10 and 21 percent), 'OR941345' (19 and 10 percent), 'OR9800919' (18 and 21 percent), and 'Stephens' (23 and 13 percent).
Four of the 32 entries described above were tested at Pendleton and Moro during 2001-2002. None of those entries represented the highly tolerant entries tested during the two previous years. Likewise, 11 entries were examined during both 2000-2001 and 2001-2002. There was no commonality in response during the years of moderate and high disease pressure.
Fusarium crown rot reduced the grain yield for all market classes of wheat (data not shown). Average yield reductions were almost identical for market classes soft white common, soft white club, hard red, hard white, and soft red; reductions of 7-11, 10-12, and 51-61 percent occurred in 1999-2000, 2000-2001, and 2001-2002, respectively. Durum wheat had higher levels of grain yield reduction during 2 years (18 percent in 1999-2000 and 69 percent in 2001-2002) and a lower level of reduction (8 percent) during 2000-2001.
Growing-season precipitation (September-August) at Moro deviated from the 20-year mean during 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 by -46 and -26 percent, respectively. Spring-season precipitation (March-May) deviated from the 20-year mean during 2002 by -35 percent. Under these highly stressful conditions, inoculum had a particularly strong influence in elevating the disease severity and reducing grain yield. Entries had highly variable responses to Fusarium crown rot (Table 5). Some entries were heavily damaged (e.g., 'WA7902', 'WA7901', 'Butte 86') and others had little measurable impact (e.g., 'Parshall', 'WA7925', 'ND744'). Since this report includes only one site and year for the spring wheat trial, it remains unknown whether these responses will vary over years and locations.
Rainfall conditions were as described for the winter and spring wheat tests. Inoculum did not affect seedling emergence, plant stand, or plant tillering (p < 0.05). Inoculum increased the incidence of rotted crowns, lesions on subcrown internodes, and whiteheads, and reduced grain yield. The varieties in Australia are classed as very susceptible ('Puseas'100), susceptible ('Vasco'91 and 'Hartog'71), moderately resistant ('Sunco'48 and '2-49'45), or resistant ('Gala'49). Numbers in superscripts are numeric indices assigned to describe the relative level of resistance in Australia. All comparisons are made with respect to the response by 'Puseas', the "standard" for anticipated highest level of susceptibility for entries planted into each test. 'Puseas' was also the most susceptible variety in these Oregon-based tests, and '2-49' and 'Gala' were most tolerant (Table 6). During four site-years, including inoculated and noninoculated stands grown as either winter or spring wheat, the Australian indices for six "standards" were correlated with percentage yield reduction caused by inoculation with F. pseudograminearum in Oregon (Fig. 1). Varietal responses to Fusarium crown rot in Australia and in Oregon were therefore similar; those varieties with highest resistance indices in Australia also had the lowest levels of differential yield reduction when additional pathogen was added to the soil in Oregon.
Genetic tolerance to Fusarium crown rot is important during years when the disease pressure is moderate. Tolerance is not needed when disease pressure is low, and is ineffective when disease pressure is high. Tolerance is, however, a very effective means for reducing economic damage during many years in areas where this disease causes chronic damage. Table 3 presents relative disease tolerance rankings for commercial varieties grown during years of diverse rainfall patterns. The best varieties were 'Brundage', 'Gene', and 'Weatherford'. Others, including 'Madsen', 'Temple', and 'Tubbs' are also reasonable choices if they have more desirable performance criteria in a particular production area, compared to the most disease tolerant varieties.
Preliminary evidence suggests that germplasm exists that is capable of yielding very well in the presence of Fusarium crown rot. This was especially true for the early generation lines 'OR942504', 'KS93U104', and 'KS93U161'. However, these lines were not tested during 2001-2002 when crown rot was most severe. Nevertheless, these lines should be examined further for their potential to serve as parents in breeding programs.
Durum wheat is noted internationally for being exceptionally susceptible to damage by Fusarium crown rot. Although few durum varieties have been tested in Oregon, this market class was represented by the most susceptible of winter wheat varieties tested (e.g., 'Connie'), and by highly susceptible early generation breeding lines. However, great variability occurred among entries in every market class. It appears from these results that the heritage of individual lines may be more important than market class per se, with respect to damage that can be anticipated by Fusarium crown rot.
Spring wheat lines and varieties also differed greatly in response to Fusarium crown rot. These lines have not been tested for enough years to determine if the performance at Moro during 2002 is a stabile feature for these entries.
Australian wheat varieties were imported to determine if Pacific Northwest varieties were near the top, middle, or bottom of the range in crown rot susceptibility described overseas. Our tests show that local varieties span the full range of susceptibilities described in Australia. Also, these tests show that our tests can be compared to results of future research in Australia if the Australian varieties continue to be included in tests conducted in the Pacific Northwest. 'Gala' and '2-49' are particularly interesting as potential parents for genetic tolerance in breeding programs. 'Sunco' performed quite well and is also a potential parent for breeding because it is used as a "standard of excellence" in end-use quality testing programs overseas. Each of these Australian varieties may prove useful in Pacific Northwest wheat improvement programs. Each of these varieties has produced much higher yields when grown as winter than spring wheat in the Pacific Northwest, and each has survived all winters tested thus far (from 1999-2000 to 2002-2003) at Pendleton, Moro, and Lind (WA).
As described earlier, genetic tolerance is useful during many years. But tolerance is likely to fail during years when protection is most urgently required. Also, it is not feasible to screen all or even high numbers of entries at the early-generation level. A program of that type would be much too costly and breeding programs cannot retain germplasm long enough for thorough testing for this disease alone. Breeding programs make judgments for a multitude of selection criteria. It became clear that entries with apparent tolerance to Fusarium crown rot were usually dropped from breeding programs based on other selection criteria. It was also clear that the number of entries tested in the field each year (<100) was much too small to have a reasonable chance to detect genetic resistance, which may occur in only a fraction of one percent of the germplasm. This screening program for tolerance to Fusarium crown rot therefore needed to be redirected.
Current efforts with Fusarium crown rot are being shifted to a search for genetic resistance. Field tests are not well suited to this pursuit. We are therefore adopting a system currently being used in Australia and Syria. That system involves testing large numbers of individual plants in small pots. Seedlings are started in the greenhouse and then are moved outdoors onto a sandbed for further growth and maturation. But in fact, almost all plants will die before maturing when seedlings are challenged by one or more of these pathogens. Thus, the numbers are reduced rapidly. Seed is collected from the few surviving plants and the test is repeated to determine if the seedling simply escaped being infected, as opposed to demonstrating true resistance. If the promising lines survive a second generation of screening, they are advanced to head row tests in the field, in a manner that we currently use to evaluate genetic tolerance. Lines that perform well in head row tests are transferred back to breeding programs for use in crossing blocks. Progeny of the crosses are then re-examined in the greenhouse screening system, or are examined using DNA marker-assisted breeding techniques to detect the gene(s) that confer resistance. This search for genetic resistance is being accelerated by developing collaborative testing protocols with international wheat research testing programs that are already using tests of this type to screen for resistance to Fusarium crown rot in winter and spring wheat.
This research was funded by the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station and a grant from the USDA-Agricultural Research Service (CSA 58-5348-9-100 "Control of Root Diseases of Wheat and Barley").
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Over and above the targeted max of Eur 3.5 bln, made up of …
Eur 2.39 bln of 12 month bills , yield 2.556% from 2.797%, cover 2.46 from 2.12 last
Eur 1.5 bln of 18 month bills, yield 2.778% frokm 3.034% cover 2.7 from 5.72 last
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Over and above the targeted max of Eur 3.5 bln, made up of …
Eur 2.39 bln of 12 month bills , yield 2.556% from 2.797%, cover 2.46 from 2.12 last
Eur 1.5 bln of 18 month bills, yield 2.778% frokm 3.034% cover 2.7 from 5.72 last
Sets us up for the real test in a few days. I think we could see spreads trade back down in prep for the real show, FOMC :).
Eur/$ has indeed found at least temporary support just below the 1.2900 area (50% from the Nov 13th low at 1.2665,.Note too with the broader view over last month of upward pressure into the end of the year, want to be/stay long. But such upside may be more a period of ranging (versus a surge), so will want to be aggressive with trailing stops on further, nearby gains. Note too that even a break below this 1.2875/90 support area would not abort the view of another few weeks of upside pressure, so would be looking to rebuy on such a break. Further support below there is seen at the bull trendline from July (currently at 1.2800/10), while nearby resistance is seen at 1.2995/05 then the key 1.3125/70 area which has provided resistance since Sept (also a 38% from the May 2011 high at 1.4940).
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[Welcome to a new feature on Stereogum! Consider it an op-ed: In this space, we'll issue spot, and we'll argue. And so it'll be like every other post, just more specifically engineered to engage you in the sort of commentary and criticism we're seeing in the comment section these days. Every Tuesday we'll turn to Julianne Escobedo Shepherd to frame an issue, and most decidedly to take a side. Julianne is the culture editor for AlterNet, who has served as the Executive Editor of FADER and has contributed to SPIN, Billboard, VIBE, New York Times, Interview, Pitchfork, and MTV Hive. She also blogs and Tumbls, just like you. The views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of Stereogum. But the views herein are worthy of dialogue and discourse and inspection, and to that end, we present you with DECONSTRUCTED. Today, Julianne offers her thoughts on the gender aesthetic of Grimes.]
Grimes is stuck inside a mobius strip, but it's not totally her fault. The latest musician to patch niche signifiers and visuals into her retro-reaching computer music, the pared-down project from Montreal-based singer/producer Clare Boucher was bound to be blog catnip from the jump. Rife with pastiche and a requisite analog vibe, her album's as Tumblrfied as Jeremy Scott's A/W 2012 line — and as we all know, the internet loves to chew its own tail. While no one loves the pastiche-iness of the web more than I do — the freedom to access an infinite spectrum of ideas is liberating, and broadens everyone's potential for invention and reinvention — the gestural narrative behind Boucher's project and the actual sound of the music does not compute. She's a product of her own environment — all of our environments — but is coming at it like a self-contained meta-link on a web forum designed to look like 1998.
Cannily, the fourth first track on Visions, Grimes' latest album, is entitled "Infinite Love Without Fulfillment," and it's also the shortest. It's built on loops of her impossibly lithe voice, which sounds like the glittering wings of a pink-and-purple My Pretty Pony pegasus gliding above Blingee clouds, over a fairly rudimentary beat and a bit of arpeggiating synths. Like most of her album, that song bridges the distance between cat-loving J-Pop star Takako Minekawa, Final Fantasy X, and Wikipedia mysticism. It's not totally the fact that I don't like the music — people like music I dislike all the time, and vice versa — but it's what people purport to love about Grimes that's irksome. On one hand, it's great that she's this new hot blog thing, because she is a woman who creates her own beats in a space that historically is not that friendly to non-males. On the other hand, her elevation been a case study in the values people consign to the music they love — in this case, thin representations of ideas, that people have praised her for her "naive" and "elf-like" qualities, as though by filtering her voice into wispiness to the point that she's almost a specter (as she does), she becomes more admirable, a negation of herself. It's not just that I feel the music is basically thin and charmless — there are sweet spots, as in the melody of single "Genesis," or the rickety bass hits on "Be a Body" — but because it is also so infantilized. Grimes has a host of recent-vintage contemporaries who approach their music with a similar concept, like Lykke Li and Fever Ray and Bat For Lashes and even fellow blog star Charli XCX, all of whom do similarly conceptualized music but tap into their womanhood and sexuality as a source of power, some might say THE DARK ARTS OF WOMANNESS. Her thoughts on Mariah Carey, as illuminated in this Pitchfork interview, are telling; she says Carey's voice is "not even a human voice; it sounds almost mechanical," and that it is the voice of "someone who has never done evil." The strange binary of robot vs. person, of good vs. evil — particularly when talking about the oeuvre of a master and mega-complicated pop icon like Carey — gives the impression that Grimes aspires to some kind of unattainable purity that doesn't register on an emotional level. That flat worldview translates to her sound, whose many layers are compressed into solitude. Grimes seems bent on negating her humanness and operating from robot zone, herself. Yet others who've embarked on such pursuits — Bjork, for example — have recognized the paradoxical intertwining between nature's ether and that of the web. Grimes' music feels like it's operating in a vacuum, and while internet-referencing internet music is zeitgeistical, eventually the vacuum's gonna run out of air.
Of course, Grimes' cyborg unicorn stance is an updated ideal on the continuum of the asexuality that a certain strain of indie rock values, up to and including twee. Ultimately, though, Grimes' blog prominence is more rooted in a quest for meaning: We understand that our fractured existences are increasingly moving from the corporeal to the computer-ether, but as we're in the thick of it, it's hard to step back and see how we'll be impacted. That Boucher seems perfectly manufactured from this cyber ether is certainly exciting on paper, but just like the constant feed that filters through on your dashboard, tomorrow there will be another song to reblog. In other words: We don't believe you. You need more people. Dot gif.
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The bindings on your thesaurus must be deconstructing. Write like a human being and people might understand what you're trying to say.
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lol, if she uses big words, people think she's actually making a point!
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Hey, she used a Jay-Z quote followed by a zinger at the end. That brought it down to earth…. right? Now when I hear Grimes, I draw parallels between her and Mobb Deep.
The linguistic complexity is superfluous and makes the article difficult to follow, as do awkward juxtapositions like "cyborg unicorn".
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Why do critics write such pompous crap? A fake intellectual trying to show off is like a Star Wars nerd telling you about his toy collection. It's an inhumanly boring spew of meaningless non-information. Nobody but a like-minded retard can stay awake through it. Pro-tip: If Stereogum tacks on a disclaimer saying your views aren't theirs, that's your ticket to break up the droning monotony here and there with a little juvenile epater-la-bourgeoisie schtick. Some kind of brave, transgressive shit, like talk about shoving a yam up your cooze, or some shit. BUT NOT A PICTURE KTHX PLSFORGODSAKE. Whatever it takes, just wake the reader up now and then. Reward him for slogging through that far.
If you really must write about music, just tell us what the record sounds like and if they did it well or not. Better yet, since this is the internet, you can let us hear the music itself and spare us your godawful writing entirely.
As for Ms. Grimes, I see a lot of pictures and no audio, so I'll make the only judgement I can: Yes, I'd totally do her. Doubt I'd do Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, even if she's bangable. She might want to talk.
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Somebody is supposed to write maybe a short sentence describing the music, to give me a rough sense of whether it might be worth clicking on the link to hear it. Stereogum does that pretty well, they have enough brains to put the music (or a link, if that's the best they can do) right in the post for the reader's convenience, and they do it with stuff I haven't heard before, so they're worth my time. I understand and applaud their desire to broaden their brand with critical essays and comment flamewars, but I regret that they'll have to dilute the RSS feed to do it. That's their business decision, of course.
In case you haven't noticed, self-respecting women happily stand in line to fuck quite a lot of men you don't approve of. And all you get is the occasional drunk mercy fuck who just wants to be friends afterwards.
Think about that long and hard, Mr. Sphincter. Or short and limp, if that's more your style.
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btw, my use of the improper "you're"/"your" was deliberate. commenting on the fact that you don't have to use correct spelling (or impossibly intricate language that expresses little) to make a point.
ddogdunit | Posted on Feb 28th, 2012 +3
going to jump on the h8 train – this article is trash!
also —> "One one hand" – LEARN TO PROOFREAD!!! if i'm going to read this blog and stare at ads on top and to the left and basically all over the words, i'm assuming some of you (unbelievably so) are GETTING PAID to sit in yr room and "write" about music – the least you can do is COPYEDIT something you get sent once or twice! what a joke.
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Crappy article from a pretentious writer.
The column doesn't fail because it's not what you wanted it to be! Ha ha holy moley. "This taco fails because it's not a burrito"
I think you're still wishing you had a burrito. The article doesn't engage with the music because it's not an article about the music, but about the talking points. That's the article.
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But here's the thing…Julianne does reference the music – strictly. The entire piece, and not one single mention of her physical appearance, of her character – it's entirely about her music. Her voice, her beats…of course this is an editorial about a musician, and I appreciate that it doesn't go anywhere physical. She is, in fact, engaging with the thing.
But that doesn't make it a review of her music. Talking about music doesn't equal reviewing music.
No, I just read enough of it (all of it) to recognize that it wasn't a review of the album or her music.
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I'm upset at myself for reading any further after her credentials were mentioned in her intro (Oooh, Spin AND Billboard?) Christ, I pity the writers that have to work under your executive tonedeafness. I thought Pitchfork was the height of pretension but at least their obnoxiously long intros eventually segue into valid and generally well though out criticism.
I know stereogum has generally become this middle of the road blog for aging and generally irrelevant thirty somethings that are still holding onto an early two thousands era of "indie music" that is quickly being surpassed by music that is innovative (and covered elsewhere) but this rapid out-of-touchness is so much more succinctly captured by your dismissal of Grimes.
Following your lead of shallow and tepid research for your "deconstruction" we could take a glance at your Facebook page and see that your top artist is "Best Coast." I caught her live about two years ago and girl could barely play guitar live. Not to mention her music -although catchy- is so derivative that isn't even in the same league as Grimes. While this may be uncomfortable to hear but many emerging and new artists have more ideas at first than technical skills. This what's known as talent and it's often the case that a handful of artists clearly have a sixth sense for melody that transcends their immediate ability to capture it flawlessly. Listen to demos of just about any classic band and you'll hear they all evidence this "amateurishness." Try listening to Madonna's first album recording session demos and Grimes album sounds downright polished compared to it.
It's not enough that you question her womanhood by comparing her to artists that really only share a passing resemblance to the uninformed music listener, but it's even more painful to shed any light on the your frankly embarrassing callousness within your deconstruction of her music that's mostly based not on merit but because of your alignment with a sea of similarly out-of-touch detractors.
I know this is all wasted breath on someone who is clearly never going to get it, or at least will secretly rescind her stance a few months or years from now when Claire records in a proper studio and "cleans up her sound" enough for average music listeners like you to understand. The fact that you never delve deeper than a few years back in time to "deconstruct" an artists entire is really all one needs to dismiss your entire critique. Thank god for that commenters link (http://goo.gl/N2VXd) last week to A TRUE deconstruction of Grimes sound, not through pretentious uninformed ramblings but by actually compiling a mixture of sounds and artists that influenced her and recall that moment in a musicians career where the talent exceeds the production.
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Yes she looks like a freak don't know how she is so popular.. oh that's right hipsters like anything not normal looking or mainstream.
Grimes sound appears to be heavily indebted to freestyle music:
Freestyle was never cool in the 1980s and hasn't been swept up by much 80s revival, but it is good stuff.
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Chris, please put a link to your Web site in your profile. I'm interested in reading more.
Thanks. I haven't commented on here enough to realize that there was a "profile" that I could modify at all. Unfortunately, while it's allowed me to add the facebook and twitter accounts of my site, it doesn't seem to retain the actual link to my site that I keep entering into the appropriate field.
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crabtron | Posted on Mar 6th, 2012 +1
For me, Grimes definitely registers on an emotional level. And that comes from the purity of the actual sound of her music–nor is this purity "unattainable" for her. As soon as her voice kicks in on Genesis, I'm captivated. I don't know what the lyrics are, but for me, lyrics are rarely where the main emotional value of a song lies. I mean, "All is Full of Love," one of my all-time favorite songs, has beautiful lyrics, to be sure. But the lyrics are nothing compared with what Bjork conveys through the pure sound of her voice; the most powerful line in that song for me is the one in Icelandic, and I have no clue what it means; it's just the way she sings it, there's an unmistakable emotional release. And I get the same effect from Grimes' music. Of course, the emotional power of a song is something that can be particularly subjective, so I can't argue with someone who just doesn't connect with the music. I guess my point is merely that "purity" can be emotional, whether it transcends–or stays rooted within–the human realm. Also, it's just unfair to compare any rising artist to someone on Bjork's level.
crabtron | Posted on Mar 7th, 2012 0
It's also hard to say whether Grimes owes it to her female contemporaries to "tap into [her] womanhood and sexuality as a source of power." Empowerment of this sort is important, but is it not also empowering to blur gender lines and create music that is both asexual and emotionally resonant? Grimes' melodic aesthetics remind me of Burial's to some extent, and we shouldn't limit the discussion to just comparing her to other female artists. Burial does achieve far more vocal androgyny with his pitch-shifted samples, and his frantic, shuffling beats limit any potential sexiness in his music, yet I don't think many would complain about that. Grimes' beats are where the true sexiness of her music lies, though she doesn't really pitch-down her obviously feminine voice, either.
It could be argued that analyzing her music through a non-female lens loses the empowerment of her gendered identity, that comparing her to the normalized sphere of male artists assimilates this identity in a negative way. But I feel that any artist can embody both male and female desire at the same time, as Burial does, and that this blurring of lines is itself empowering. Sexiness shouldn't have to be so rigidly gendered. I don't really feel that "Lykke Li and Fever Ray and Bat For Lashes and even fellow blog star Charli XCX," even occupy the same aesthetic spheres as each other, let alone Grimes (though I'm a big fan of those artists). They only thing they all have in common is that they're women.
Interesting article, though. Hopefully I made something resembling a coherent response in my comments here.
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Mohinder, who belongs to Jammu and Kashmir, would memorise the debit card number on the pretext of helping those who came to the ATM booth and also observe them punching the PIN. He sold the details to Ajit for Rs.500 per card and has made Rs.1.25 lakh this way.
Anil Mehra, who belongs to Amritsar, would find customers willing to buy air and railway tickets and got them booked through Ajit using the card details.
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2013 and Earlier - Toyota Highlander Prices Paid and Buying Experience
synch22 Posts: 16Located in the NW, and i am also using USAA car buying service. Not sure but costco may get fleet pricing as well. I am ready to confirm the purchase, just read some posts on hybrid braking issues so a slight doubt popped in my head.
Anyway figure its a good double whammy with invoice or close to it and 0%. If i dont pull the trigger now probablly never will. -
ohmygosh Posts: 66I recently purchased a 2010 Highlander with the '2' year maintenance incentative. I was told that this includes road side maintenance and towing, but I never received an ID card to use in the event roadside assistance is needed. Can anyone tell me if Toyota intends to send this out ??
dlploh Posts: 9that is pretty good since it includes the rear seat dvd. i went to carmax.com and typed in highlander and searched nationwide and they have brand new ones with zero miles with that configuration minus rear seat dvd for 34,500, so factoring in the 1,100 dollars for dvd entertainment, you have a good deal if you ask me.
I'm going to be buying either a 4x2 or 4x4 limited 2010 silver w/ ash interior at end of March in Texas w/ pkg8, rear spoiler, tow prep, and carpet mats, want to pay 34-35.5k depending on 4x2 or 4x4.
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synch22 Posts: 16Closed tonight on the deal $43,750 Highlander Hybrid Limited Pearl white. 0% 60 months including 2 year free maintnance. Still thinking about the alarm and the 8 year warranty. I was quoted $500 for the alarm and $1700 for the 8 year warranty right now leaning to no. Forgot to get the auto dimming rear view, hopefully can add that by a call tmw, the truck is not yet here.
bwhawk20 Posts: 1Shawnee Mission, KS
Bought a 2010 4x4 SE last night.
Silver exterior with black leather interior.
Paid: $31,200 + TTL
Had been looking for an 08/09 used Highlander for months (liked the newer body style and particularly the interior style much better than the older model) and could not find right features/price. When the 0% hit, moved pretty quickly to the new 2010s.
For those still out looking, good luck. No groundbreaking advice here, but once you settle on the model you want and get a quote from a dealer, make a few phone calls to other dealers around town and ask if they can beat the price. It did not take much time and you can get a good idea where the dealers are willing to go on price. Saved me almost $1,000. -
steel33 Posts: 3I put down a deposit on a 2010 Highlander, Base, V6 with PE (power seat) and QB (roof rails, rear a/c etc); base price :$27,000; drive out ~$29,000.
Do you guys think this is a fair price? I was somewhat surprised that the dealers were unwilling to negotiate much, even with Toyota's rep taking a beating everyday. Any thoughts? -
dlploh Posts: 9Looks like MSRP 29415, INVOICE 26521, so you paid approx 480 over invoice.
If you went with the 0% for 60 months financing then you got a good deal. If you paid cash, then not a good deal. 29k would produce $3500-4500 in interest at 2.5% to 3.0% interest in a 5 year FDIC insured CD. -
mullah Posts: 1We bought a Highlander Limited 2010 recently. It didn't have the built in GPS. The price we paid was $34k including a rebate of $750. It had all the features of Limited version along with an extra value package worth $2500.
I would like to know whether the price was right. We bought this at invoice price. -
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espressoo Posts: 20I don't think he was referring to the AWD version but instead the FWD. Limited AWD w/Nav (EVP8) is right around $35K. FWD version is $1K less. Unless a local dealership is offering some cash incentives that Toyota isn't, there's no way they would pay you $1K to purchase a Limited AWD w/Nav. Sales might be down but it's not that bad.
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wooohaaa Posts: 30Correct. It is a 2wd limited nav evp8 for 33843. The awd is 36k with nav evp8 but also includes the Over priced xm radio for 500. Dealer will add RES for 1200 to any limited having evp8.
All of these have rear spoiler and mats.
Hope this helps. Best deals I've found are Maryland and Virginia areas. -
espressoo Posts: 20After months of reading and 2 weeks of negotiations, we finally picked up a Highlander with the following options.
2010 Highlander Limited AWD
Blizzard Pearl/Beige
Extra Value Package #8 (w/Nav)
Sport-Styled Rear Spoiler
V6 Towing Prep Package
Cross Bars
Carpet/Cargo Mat
Price Paid: $35,630 + TTL
0% APR for 60 months
Car was purchased in MD. I spoke to countless dealerships around the MD/VA/DC area. Most wanted $36.2K-$37.9K for the same exact vehicle. Blizzard Pearl Limited with EVP8 are in high demand in this area so not many wanted to negotiate on price. The ones that were on the lot were either spoken for or sold within a week. I lucked out and contacted a dealership with a similar car on hand just with a different interior. I threw out $35.5K and they accepted within a 10 min phone conversation. Since they didn't have the beige interior, they did a dealership trade in PA and the car had one additional option so it bumped the price up a tad. I was a bit surprise their willingness since this was basically a no profit sales for them which had me nervous of a bait and switch. Turns out everything worked out smoothly and we got the exact vehicle we were looking for down to the VIN number. This Highlander has a JT VIN which was a plus since it wasn't affected by the recall.
Thanks to all the other people who shared their purchases. This allowed us to get a better idea of what's possible in terms of pricing so hopefully our experience will help someone else. -
espressoo Posts: 20I priced it out using Edmunds and that's right about invoice but Carpet/Cargo Mats weren't listed on Edmunds. On the sticker, it's an additional $275 (more likely $100) that I guess we got for free.
We went with beige since the interior for the non-Hybrid Limited comes with darker wood trim. Ash with the darker trim looks out of place. I do like the Hybrid lighter trim but that's not an option. -
dams2 Posts: 4I think its a good price.I bought my Highlander in early Jan 2010 before the recall very close to your quote.Details below.
2010 Highlander Limited AWD
Extra Value Package #8 (w/Nav)
11" Delaer Installed Rear Entertainment with Wireless headphones .
Toyota Remote Engine Starter.(Factory Installed)
Sport-Styled Rear Spoiler
Cross Bars
Carpet/Cargo Mat
V6 Towing Prep Package
Chrome Exhaust Tip
Price Paid: $37,150 + Title and Tax.
But unfortunately there was no 0% APR at that time. -
dams2 Posts: 4I think its a good price.I bought my Highlander in early Jan 2010 before the recall .Details below.
2010 Highlander Limited AWD
Extra Value Package #8 (w/Nav)
11" Delaer Installed Rear Entertainment with Wireless headphones .
Toyota Remote Engine Starter.
Sport-Styled Rear Spoiler
Cross Bars
Carpet/Cargo Mat
V6 Towing Prep Package
Chrome Exhaust Tip
Price Paid: $37,150 + Title and Tax.
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They are talking major cold in the next couple of days. Lows in the bay area near freezing- except for island unto itself San Francisco- and mid or even low 20's in the outer bay far from saltwater. Use cover..save years on plant growth with a little effort. I learned better to do that then leave it all up to chance. Cabo? no worrys. North of that by 700 miles? worry! |
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Down here in the LA area they've been saying it's coming from the frigid Yukon and highs in the basin to be upper 50's. Mtns from zero to 25 and high desert around teens to low 40's. That means maybe high of 52 for me and lows around 25 I suspect. I've already had frost at least a dozen times and usually it's around 3-4 times any other year. So it's been a cold winter. Lantana as usual is black already but comes back just fine. I'm not too worried about anything since everything I put in is fine to 20 but will show a little damage but not die. We have problems with frozen pipes also. In 2006 I saw neighbors out with a hair dryer. Get the pipe insulation if not already done! If you turn your heat down at night, leave your cabinets open if any faucets etc on outside walls. You can replace a plant but you don't want a pipe bursting or water damage... But today was gorgeous around 70 and sunny. |
Hearing that same forecast here, frost even at the beach....but, you know, the temps they're showing don't look to be much different than temps we've already had. I'm more worried about the wind, however, today I'll be bringing more firewood up to the house for sure. |
The weather sites aren't agreeing for my local temps. Some outrageous predicted cold- 29f. I know it wont get that cold...to some say no less then 34f. We already dropped to 33 earlier this year. The Brugs hated that. The lows down south seem to be the usual -close to the coast 39f is no big deal. |
I think sometimes they're bored and need to drum up a little drama on the weathercast..... |
I agree gypsy. A friend and I always laugh...storm watch live mega doppler 7000 in hd...the first time we hear it every year. |
Stan, same problem for me with the weather sites. I am in El Sobrante. |
- Posted by hosenemesis SoCal Sunset 19 USDA (My Page) on Thu, Jan 10, 13 at 0:13
"storm watch live with mega doppler 7000 in hd" cracks me up every time I hear it. And he says it so fast! My brugs and durantas are already black. I hope the other tropicals can stand up to it. Renee |
- Posted by pinkthumb_ca z9 CA (My Page) on Thu, Jan 10, 13 at 14:50
As you can tell by my user name, I mean well (I grew up in Midwest farm country) but I'm clueless about how to protect plants when temps are as low as they're forecasting in the near East Bay (Castro Valley). My bougainvilleas are "iron men" - they're old and experienced & I never worry; but what I AM worrying about is my pot of just-planted-the seeds-in-October California Poppies. What do I do to protect them if the temps go down as low as predicted?? Please - be kind, but be specific. [See "clueless", above] Thanks!! |
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take the pot inside the house |
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tropical thought: 8-D I laughed so hard (while doing the "I coulda hadda V-8" smack in the head) that I almost hurt myself. GOOD POINT! (duh) cj2015: Thank you for the reassurance! I guess I don't have to worry so much about my baby seedlings after all. Great responses! Thanks so much! |
- Posted by socalgardengal 10/24 SoCal (My Page) on Fri, Jan 11, 13 at 21:26
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr... It's so cold here in San Diego. Last winter we didn't put the heater on once,it's been on for the past month this year. Stay warm everyone :) |
Sat morn- coldest so far. 34,35 here around the home. Inland a few miles the extra few degree's colder left Pleasanton a frozen wonderland. One of the huge business parks that waters a 2-3 acres of mounding,hilly lawn no matter what? It looked just like a Christmas card. Just add sled. |
Yup...bit nippy...cats are huddled around the woodstove... |
I think- as usual- those who live in frost free zones are just colder then normal,and those who get a freeze almost every winter..just a few more. Its the rest of us in between who chose to plant marginal frost needy plants that are out there covering. The last time was five years ago and worse. So,I can live with blankets,old towels,and car wash cloths on my small tropicals for a few days. It could be worse. |
No discernable damage here, but I no longer have things to worry about running out and covering. I think even when I was out there at midnight, running around covering stuff up that it was needless. We shall see what tonight brings....supposed to be colder. You can really see the microclimates here. Two properties down the road from us lies lower and the new owners have planted bananas, hibiscus, bougies, etc. in the lowest spot on their property....sigh. The house down behind us will have frost on her roof and no frost here. Only gardeners would understand that that's a good selling point when we're ready to list our house...lol.. |
Our plants are all border gardens along the walls and fences/patio - so far they seem OK as the heat of the sun during the day has been stored in the solid material and radiates back out at night. However tonight it is supposed to be 28F, I am not sure if I should cover my Meyer lemon, thai lime, and the Sun Parasols (mandevilla hybrid, hardier)? This is our first winter here and all the plants were put in last June. |
Meyer Lemon can take it...the others will be roughed up by 28f. I would cover. |
Oh, good.....about the Meyer lemons. i have three. That's what I logged on to find out. |
Freeze was a bust here. Went and protected my Lucuma for... 38 degrees (not even the coldest night of the season so far). Oh well, there's always tonight... |
- Posted by kathi_mdgd 9 S.Ca (My Page) on Sun, Jan 13, 13 at 19:47
according to our weatherman friday night it was down to 20 degrees here along the coast in oceanside.When dh went out to go to the store yesterday morning there was ice on the windshield.We havn't been above 55 in the last couple of days. Kathi |
It wasn't a bust in the bay area. But,it wasn't 2007 bad. Funny but in my area we had the Great Freeze's of 1972- a low of 18f,1990 a low of 24f,1998,a low of 28f,2007, a low of 30f...and 2012...31f. And the USDA moved us from 9b in 1990 to a 10a in 2012. And we held at 10a. What does that data mean? wink wink... |
Lost about 15 potato vines last night, time to pull out the Dutch oven and get baking! Everything else made it, but the tomatoes can't take much more at 28-30 F. |
I think we had about 18 or so days of high 20's at night last winter, and closing in on 12 pretty soon now this winter. One of my indicators is if the hummingbird feeder freezes! I lost all my orchids and most of my succulents last year. My epi's came through with flying colors, as did my fuchsia and my irises. I was really sad about losing my succulents, as I'd had them a long time and come through many cold winters - but not THIS cold. So, new area, new plants to love. This year, I built a cold frame out of pvc and heavy clear tarp (which will be modified for next winter) and nothing in it has frozen. All the Thanksgiving and Christmas cactus are in there. They're kinda red from the cold, but they're not dying at all. My senecio have kicked the bucket, however. No more for me. I have a gift cymbidium out there too, we'll see how it does. If it lives, I'll get more. If it dies, no more of them for me. I will not go out in the pitch dark and fling covers on top of things, they're going to have to be sturdy enough to live without my coddling them. |
I didn't cover my Meyer lemon tree and now I am noticing some of the fruit got damaged. The foliage on it and other citrus trees is fine. Next time I will cover any tree when it is loaded with fruit... |
- Posted by publickman z11 CA / Sunset Zone (My Page) on Fri, Jan 18, 13 at 14:53
Nothing froze at my house except for my banana trees, and I thought they were supposed to be cold hardy. Should I cut them down now? All my senecios survived very well, and I got no damage on any citrus, papayas, white sapote, or cherimoya, and the cherimoy is quite tall now, but beside the house instead of in the back yard like the banana trees. All my orchids did fine also, including oncidiums and dendrobiums, which are in a protected shelving area that I built for them. I lowered the blind on the northeast side to protect them from wind, and they have a solid wall on the northwest side. My house is 45 degrees from NS orientation. My papayas are small and in a pot, and so I think I will have to be careful where I put them when I have to transplant them. I may keep them in a wine barrel planter to insure proper drainage and protected location. I don't think we should be having weather like this, however, but then I lived in Venice from 1994 to 2009. Lars |
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