Re: Rainfall Map

> If you take the volume of precip out of the equation, and leave only
> the frequency and the temps,

Did you mean the frequency of the precipitation?

Jim, I don't doubt that there is much more involved in growing plants than
just cold & heat hardiness and precipitation.  Still, I think the map is a
helpful tool.  To see a copy of the map and a brief summarization of HCGs
explanation go to:
http://snurl.com/3agg

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Rainfall Map


> Rain map is an interesting idea. Do they really mean "rainfall [what is
> sleet, my sweet?]" or do they mean precipitation? I'm sure the amount
> of precipitation an area receives is an important factor in plant
> adaptability and/or hardiness. But I'm not sure what I know when I know
> it. Kitty's home away from home, Barrow, Alaska, probably gets as much
> precip as I get--I just get 90 percent of mine when the temps are in
> the 80s, below the high point on the heat zone and above the average
> [maybe, actually, median] point on USDA.
>
> If you take the volume of precip out of the equation, and leave only
> the frequency and the temps, Theresa's environment would be nearly the
> opposite of mine. Yet we have more growing experiences in common than I
> have with most of you and, perhaps, than she has with many of you.
>
> What makes the Sunset zones so accurate for the three Pacific coast
> states, Kitty, is that they are not based on gross data collected from
> weather stations [as are all the other "zone maps" I know of], but on
> Sunset Magazine's plea in the 1920s to its readers to keep track of
> their own weather and gardening experiences and share that data with
> the magazine.
>
>
>
> On Friday, December 5, 2003, at 10:25 AM, kmrsy@comcast.net wrote:
>
> > We've discussed USDA hardiness zones and AHS heat zones. And then
> > there's the sunset system etc. We've talked about southeast heat is not
> > the same as southwest heat, especially the humidity.
> >
> >
> > I just received the new High Country Gardens catalogue. On pg 37 they
> > have a rainfall map. Perhaps you've seen one elsewhere, but I haven't
> > and I find it very interesting. They show 6 zones in which the rainfall
> > differs by 10 inch increments. In addition, they code all their plants
> > to indicate somewhat, how much rainfall they can handle. This is why I
> > don't do well with Penstemons and Salvias. I'm in the 30-40 inches per
> > year zone. Marge and Gene are in the 40-50 inches rainfall zone. Texas
> > and OK span 3 zones from west to east. Jim is, of course, in the 50-60+
> > zone.
> >
> >
> > I'm sure it is there, but I wasn't able to locate this map on the HCG
> > website. But you should watch for it when your catalogue comes. This is
> > valuable information for any part of the country.
> >
> >
> > Kitty
> >
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> Island Jim
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