Re: Blooms
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  • Subject: Re: Blooms
  • From: J* S* <i*@q.com>
  • Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 16:09:36 -0800
One issue that I haven't seen mentioned anywhere is most worrisome to me. That
is as the heat zones trek northward, the photoperiodism doesn't... so plants
that depend on a certain day length to emerge, may emerge to get fried.


There are 40 million poor persons in the United States. Why?




On Feb 2, 2012, at 3:58 PM, BONNIE_HOLMES wrote:

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Catharine Carpenter" <cathycrc@comcast.net>
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2012 6:41:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Blooms
>
> My issue with the temperature is that we will not have the
> overwintering insect kill that we should have, which means that
> gardeners and especially our farmers will have to deal with more
> insect depredation during the upcoming growing season.
> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>
> On Feb 2, 2012, at 2:16 PM, Zemuly wrote:
>
>> My hellebores have been blooming for weeks. Like you and your plowing
>> bill, I'm grateful my gas bill hasn't been through the roof. Our
>> garden
>> center looks great with a new shipment of evergreens.
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Feb 2, 2012, at 1:16 PM, Aplfgcnys@aol.com wrote:
>>
>>> You're a bit ahead of us, Zem, but we're not far behind.
>>> I have daffodils up several inches. My quince has large
>>> pink buds just a few days from opening. This is the
>>> first year in the 40 that we have lived here that our pond
>>> has not frozen totally enough for skating, and today it is
>>> almost totally free of ice. Hellebores are up several inches.
>>>
>>> Last winter we had a heavy snow cover from early December
>>> until March, and my perennial bed came through beautifully,
>>> even the things that were marginally hardy, even though we
>>> had extreme cold for a good part of the winter. This year we
>>> have no snow cover - the ground is not even frozen. There have
>>> been a couple of cold spells - down into the single digits for
>>> one or two nights - but bounced right back up. Crazy! I'm
>>> sure many things will suffer. I've tried to cover my beds with
>>> leaves and cut Christmas tree branches, but I'm sure that has
>>> not been enough protection from the wide temperature swings.
>>>
>>> Oh well, at least we haven't had a big plowing bill - yet.
>>> Auralie
>>>
>>> In a message dated 2/2/2012 2:05:18 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>>> zemuly@comcast.net writes:
>>>
>>> Not only do I have daffodils blooming, the Magnolia soulangeana is
>>> ready
>>> to burst into bloom. Bridal wreath spirea and forsythia are in full
>>> array. One freeze and I could have a sad spring. In the meanwhile
>>> it's
>>> at least 70 and sunny today.
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
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