Brooklyn is experiencing one of the driest stretches on record, despite a brief shower Tuesday morning.
Plants at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden are feeling the impacts as the warmer than average temperatures and lack of moisture is putting unnecessary stress on the plants during their normally dormant months.
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11h ago“A normal fall, we’d see cooler nights and cooler days, some moisture, at least an inch a week of rain," said Shauna Moore, director of Horticulture at Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Plants at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden are feeling the impacts as the warmer than average temperatures and lack of moisture is putting unnecessary stress on the plants during their normally dormant months.
“A lot of the plants are really stressed out," said Moore. "Having the stress on the plants allows them to be more susceptible to insect and disease issues later down the road.”
The drier weather also causing fall foliage to change a month earlier than expected.
Despite this, Moore says the situation isn't dire.
“We are not terribly worried right now. We aren’t at a point where we should be panicked," says Moore.
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