28 October 2019
Kimberley Low pollen and fungal spore levels were seen during this sampling period, but grass pollen was present on most days. Tree pollen included olive and pine trees and weed pollen included daisy and English Plantain. Gqeberha Pollen and fungal spores were uniformly low during this sampling week of rain and strong wind. Grass pollen […]
22 October 2019
Kimberley Tree and weed pollen levels were low but pine, willow, white stinkwood and mulberry pollen was detected. Low levels of chenopod or goosefoot, ferns and English Plantain weed pollen was present. Grass pollen increased slightly and although the average count remained low, grass levels were moderate on some days. Mould levels were consistently low. […]
13 October 2019
Kimberley Kimberley has been very hot and dry so the pollen and mould counts have been low but after a little rain the mould counts increased. Grass and weed pollen concentrations in the air were low. Tree pollen was low and included cypress, olive, pine, oak and willow. Gqeberha Intermittent rain throughout the week removed […]
7 October 2019
Kimberley There has been very little rain at this site so all tree, grass and weed pollen and mould levels are consistently low. Gqeberha Pollen and fungal spore levels were low and little changed from the preceding week but days with rain and few pollen grain/mould spores were followed by days with higher numbers of […]
30 September 2019
Kimberley All pollen and fungal spores were low but mould loads are slowly increasing. Tree pollen included Celtis, cypress, pine, gum and mulberry. Weeds included daisy and ferns. Gqeberha Pollen counts were uniformly low and included scanty grass, tree (pine and yellowwood) and low weed counts. A high count for Cladosporium was seen. Cape Town […]
26 September 2019
Cape Town Grass concentrations increased to exceed 10 grains/cu M on warm, dry days. Tree pollen increased despite rain as significant concentrations were recorded for cypress, plane,pine,oak and olive. Weeds were low. Fungal spores were low in total but a strong spike was seen for Alternaria. This spore exceeded the significant level on dry days […]
5 August 2019
Despite torrential rain and very low temperatures, cypress tree pollen concentrations increased during this sampling week. Grass and weed pollen was low and fungal spore loads were very slight.
9 September 2019
Cape Town Tree pollen reached record highs at this site as high counts of oak, cypress and plane tree were detected on hot, still days. Grass, weed and mould levels were low. Johannesburg Tree pollen levels are high at this site, but decreasing from earlier high levels and weed, grass and mould levels were low. […]
2 September 2019
Cape Town Tree pollen levels decreased due to rain, but cypress, plane, pine, gum and Morus ( includes mulberry) continued to flower. Low levels of weed and grass pollen were seen. The fungal spore load increased and a spike for Cladosporium was seen. Johannesburg The dominant tree pollen is plane with cypress pine, gum, oak […]
