Flowering 2026: early, but not quite as much as we'd feared
On April 1st, 2026, we were 34 days ahead of 2025's heat accumulation. But by May 15th we were "just" 20 days ahead. The last six weeks has seen ideal conditions for flowering.
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Harvest 2026
A collection of 3 posts
It's not just your imagination. The heat in March was unprecedented.
The photos we're sharing look more like May than they do like the beginning of April. And no wonder. March 2026 would have been the warmest April in our history, and all sorts of unprecedented outcomes are on the table.
Budbreak 2026 arrives two weeks early... and this week's potential record heat means it will spread fast
Every day of the last three weeks has seen highs at least in the upper 60°s F, without a low dropping below the upper 30°s. We've topped 70°F every day for the last week, and 80°F two of the last three days. So it's no surprise that the vines have woken up.