Rains hamper crops; Growers delayed, worry about disease
Story Date: 7/7/2017

 

Source: BLUERIDGE NOW, 7/5/17

More wet weather is giving Henderson County farmers headaches this week. The continuing wet spring has put growers weeks behind schedule, washed out and flooded crops, and kept plants wet enough for diseases to take hold. Some parts of the county saw as much as 4 or 5 inches of rain Monday night and Tuesday, mostly in Edneyville, according to county Extension Director Terry Kelley, which caused some localized flooding.

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