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Many people are pleased that typical winter temperatures have taken so long to show up. Below are some interesting observations from early- to mid-winter in New Brunswick.
Relatively warm soil temperatures (as high as mid-60s °F) stimulated growth late into December.
![Dandelion bloom on 15 December 2015 in New Brunswick.](/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/20151215_144520-300x169.jpg)
![Had to remove cover (folded up in behind Kyle Genova) from our K-Microdochium Patch trial so that it could be mowed on 16 December 2016!](/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/20151216_083443-300x169.jpg)
![Winter flush of seedheads on annual bluegrass](/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/20151228_150209-300x169.jpg)
![Kyle Genova pulled back permeable turf cover to inspect annual bluegrass growth and progress of the Microdochium Patch inoculation on 28 December 2015. Turf is still growing and disease is expanding.](/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/20151228_144822-169x300.jpg)
Odd to find weed species that are normally gone by this time of the year. Killing frosts/freezes are finally here and frost sensitive plants should be damaged and won’t persist much longer. Cool-season turfgrasses will transition into dormancy if freezing temperatures linger for a while. But it won’t be too long (66 days until spring, 20 March) before annuals like prostrate knotweed will germinate and start to emerge from bare soil areas.
![Freeze Injury on Weeds](/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/20160112_105930-169x300.jpg)