The world has experienced its hottest day on record, according to meteorologists.

The average global temperature reached 17.01C (62.62F) on Monday, according to the US National Centres for Environmental Prediction.

The figure surpasses the previous record of 16.92C (62.46F) - set back in August 2016.

  • otter bee@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    was fucking hot in western WA yesterday, my first year gardening and have had some plants bolt :(

    edit: I shouldn’t have used the term bolt cause even I didn’t know what that meant before this season, it just means that a lot of my plants flowered due to stress from the heat, which often makes things like kale bitter, or spinach tough. In my case it was bok choy, and just now cilantro, but that was probably more from me planting late.

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      1 year ago

      Just curious, by ‘bolt’, did you mean the slang to run away quickly, or does that have a different meaning in planting and vegetation?

      Edit: thank you all for the replies.

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        It’s where something intended to grow slow and low as a leafy vegetable such as lettuce or cilantro stops growing leaves and sends up a tall central stalk for flowers and seeds. It kinda ruins the intended growth effect if it happens too early.

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        1 year ago

        In addition to what the other said, the leaves also get tough and bitter. Our first crop of lettuce went this way, now I’m doing a batch indoors since it’s still too hot.

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          1 year ago

          I like to plant my leafy greens inside an arch trellis, that way the squash and cucumbers shade the greens. My arugula is still trying to bolt but I can keep it pretty decent by topping it when I see it look like it’s heading that way.

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        1 year ago

        ya no kidding, I like to think I’m generally pretty tolerant of the fireworks, but I just moved and the neighborhoods around me apparently really felt the need to “protest” the firework ban. At least three fires reported, awesome protest!