The soaking rain that came with Tropical Storm Hilary caused seeds to germinate and flowers to blossom. Experts are unsure whether the end result will be positive or negative.
Tropical Storm Hilary arrived in San Diego on Aug. 20. It rained all day, dropping at least two inches in most places.
“Except for the six years that I was in university and hanging out afterward, I have lived my entire life in Southern California,” Sterman said. “And I have never ever seen a summer rainstorm like we saw a couple of weeks ago.”All that water, when the local landscape should be hot and dry, made our plants act pretty strange. Tipuana trees were blooming a second time. Native plants like ceanothus were showing new growth when they should have been dormant.
“I’ve noticed in our local area, the Russian thistle, or what most people call tumbleweeds …Oh my gosh! They are really taking over in a lot of places,” he said. Sterman, who hosts “A Growing Passion” on KPBS TV, added that native and drought tolerant plants don’t really want irrigation or rain this time of year. She adds that moisture in the soil could make their roots vulnerable to fungi.If you water and you water too much, then the phytophthora and other pathogenic fungi develop and they attack those plants and that’s when you get root rot,” Sterman said.
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