At the start of the growing season, the farm will typically stagger seeding over a number of weeks to draw out the blooming season when late summer arrives.
This year, thanks to that aforementioned heat, Mills says those fields planted later in the have bloomed earlier than normal.
In fact, right now he says visitors can see at least some blooms in all of his fields, and estimates that (while the figure will shrink as October approaches) there were as many as 150,000 sunflowers in bloom on the farm as September reached its midway point.
But, as mentioned, the first significant frost of the year will arrive at some point in the near future.
The average date of first frost falls in the middle of September for the corridor between Red Deer And Calgary. As you can see, some parts of this region are already on borrowed time. (The Weather Network)
“As soon as we have a night of -3 C, the petals and the leaves of the sunflower will all freeze and they’ll fall off,” says Mills.
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