[Flick Lives]

Much of the province has experienced prolonged drought and extreme heat over the last two summers, and the seedlings have shallow root systems that don’t reach beyond the very dry layers of soil near the surface, Hamelin explained.

On top of that, wet, cool soils increase the risk of root diseases, he noted.

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It’s both hot and dray and cold and damp. That is bad.

[gloryblaze]

....Much of the province has experienced prolonged drought and extreme heat over the last two summers, and the seedlings have shallow root systems that don’t reach beyond the very dry layers of soil near the surface, Hamelin explained.

On top of that, wet, cool soils increase the risk of root diseases, he noted.

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"It’s both hot and dray and cold and damp. That is bad."

I caught that, too. Always a reason to peep and moan, regardless.

[headsonpikes]

“Hot and dry and cold and damp” pretty much sums up the climate of my BC homeland.