Those of us not in the UK are not allowed to watch it.
Chuck Norcutt
On 10/28/2013 11:24 AM, Jez Cunningham wrote:
> According to a BBC programme I watched yesterday, it's the reduction in
> green (chlorophyll) that exposes the other colours that are already there.
> (Because it's reached the end of the growing season, it no longer needs
> chlorophyll and stops synthesising it.)
> BTW, the programme has STUNNING photography if you ever get the chance to
> see it. It's called "The Great British Year"
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01db10t
> Jez
>
>
> On 28 October 2013 14:10, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Red in the leaves is an indication of sugar content.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 10/27/2013 10:27 PM, DZDub wrote:
>>> As Paul has indicated, it has been a weird fall for color at this
>> latitude,
>>> but weird has been good. I get out as much as I can and seem to find
>>> things that interest me. The leaves have hung on longer and greener than
>>> usual, some leaves fell all at once last week, some trees that usually
>> drop
>>> their leaves early (most often the red ones) are still coming on and
>> we're
>>> nearly at November.
>>>
>>> Some of the oaks are a brilliant red this year. An example:
>>>
>>> http://myweb.uiowa.edu/jfwilcox/
>>>
>>> Joel W.
>>>
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