Sentences with phrase «long during the growing season»

Try to keep your blades at least three inches long during the growing season.

Not exact matches

Still I buy lots and lots of them as long they are in season, although I have to say they are rarely so delicious as they used to be during my childhood and youth in Romania, where they grow just about anywhere.

During the long dry season farmers here depend on irrigation to water their vegetable crops, growing lettuce and tomatoes, green beans and onions, mangos and melons for urban markets all over the country and for export to Europe.

During mating season, the male grows a streamer tail, a feather train that can be up to three feet long.

They show up during the warm season, grow hundreds of meters long, and then fade as winter approaches.

The lizards, which can grow to 2.5 metres long and are the largest in the world, often battle over females during mating season in August, but Gudkov failed to witness an attack.

In the same experiment with the Ruddy Ducks, the males» penises didn't grow any longer than they usually do during mating season, but one of the males maintained his length for twice as long as his rivals did.

During the normal mating season, the penises of Lesser Scaup ducks grow about 4 centimeters longer than average, and those of Ruddy Ducks grow about 15 centimeters longer.

We found that while the air is getting cleaner overall in recent years, it's getting dirtier during the fire season — a season that research has shown is growing longer in the western United States.

Northern elephant seals, the world's second largest type of seal, are named for the males» proboscis - like snouts; mature males, which can grow to 16 feet long and weigh up to 2,268 kilos, inflate their snouts to make rumbling bellows during the spring mating season).

During this time, grape vineyards, which require moderate temperatures and a long growing season, were as far north as England.

Springtime cold air outbreaks (at least two consecutive days during which the daily average surface air temperature is below 95 % of the simulated average wintertime surface air temperature) are projected to continue to occur throughout this century.19 As a result, increased productivity of some crops due to higher temperatures, longer growing seasons, and elevated CO2 concentrations could be offset by increased freeze damage.20 Heat waves during pollination of field crops such as corn and soybean also reduce yields (Figure 18.3).4 Wetter springs may reduce crop yields and profits, 21 especially if growers are forced to switch to late - planted, shorter - season varieties.

Moreover, a recent study has shown that warmer, longer growing seasons lead to reduced CO2 uptake in high - elevation forests, particularly during droughts.

During the long dry season, photosynthesis is not completely inhibited, but is restricted to morning and late afternoon; however, new needles grow exclusively in the dry period (Klein et al. 2005, Maseyk et al. 2008b).

Keremeos is tucked alongside Similkameen Valley in Southeastern British Columbia, an area that produces many varieties of fruit and vegetables during its long growing season.

We are well past peony season but as I failed to grow any myself, these peach silk lovelies will keep the room happy during our long long l o n g winter months.