Weather prompts change in pruning plans

As I look back over my previous articles I noticed that since 2013 there is what I suggest is a new normal of high temperatures for August and September. The average day to night temperatures in the first 25 days of August were higher this year than nearly every day in August last year.

I checked the weather projections and learned that temperatures for the next seven to 10 days for Southern California are for mid-80s to low 90s, cooler than the 100-plus predicted one year ago for same period in September 2017. Add to that higher than normal humidity due to warmer ocean temperatures at local b...