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Jul 25, 2012 7:08:02 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2012 7:08:02 GMT -5
Heartiness zones are often misleading--and helpful often at the same time. Where the roots hit the dirt are gonna be different for different folks. I suppose this could've just as well gone in the general gardening thread, but red is gonna push his envelope, and I would like him to be able to start to convert USDA zones to what it means to his babies welfare.
I'm in zone 6-a, since my return (to mid-west) the coldest night I've seen was in the high teens.
Seed potatoes buried 12 inches deep did not freeze out and woke up fine in the spring.
Wisteria loves this (winter) weather, where it for sure did not in lakes and monadnock regions of NH.
Larch & spruce are just hanging on, its not quite cold enough and too hot in summer.
Crabs are showing a little stress, but not more than they can take. If anything they are blooming better here than up north.
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Jul 25, 2012 8:54:32 GMT -5
Post by marielouise on Jul 25, 2012 8:54:32 GMT -5
For sure !
and then throw micro zones into that mix and it gets even harder to figure . Or that wind blowing unobstructed across your area can stress and delay the growth of any planting one does . My neighbor just 1/2 a mile away deals with an extremely rocky soil where as mine is a sandy loam with not much bigger than a bird egg . But then his land is sheltered from those fridgid winds in spring where mine is wide open from that direction .
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Jul 25, 2012 11:21:44 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2012 11:21:44 GMT -5
If you love your tree babies it takes a hardened soul to freeze them to death. But sometimes thats the only way it can role.
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