So far the average summer temp at least for most of northwestern california is the top ten coolest on record. The past two days have been pretty hot, but with the exception of that, it has been pretty cool for summer. I bet people who grow inland will have bigger yields this year than average due to the cool summer and minimal heat stress. People closer to the coast will probably have lower yields due to the cool temps and nearly constant fog. If the trends stay this way through October, this might be true. Fall is usually ideal for finishing flowering up here. I didn't put anything outside until June, so the cool spring didn't affect me too much. Although I did have 4 plants that I'd had outside since late march( they were mite infested and I didn't want them in the room anymore) . The mites died and they started growing pretty good until the first week in may when they started budding from all the cold weather and cloud cover. Those plants got killed by a freak late frost (may 21, which is EXTREMELY unusual for here) and a combination of other stuff like the spidermites coming back and the "takedown spray" burning the crap out of them.

Luckily I got some decent seedlings, and they're loving it. They're not freakishly huge 4 pounders like some people like to brag about, but they are very healthy. I'm hoping the weather cooperates this October. Lake county doesn't get as powerful of storms in October like they get in humboldt and mendo.