Re: zone map

Marge, 
the problem with your ideal zone map is that it would have 150 zones.  Can
you imagine a plant tag that reads:
Part Sun, moist, well-drained soil, 
Zones 5-13, 19-64, 79-81, 107-123.
;+D
Kitty


> [Original Message]
> From: Marge Talt <mtalt@hort.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 5/30/2003 11:34:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] zone map
>
> Most interesting background info. Jim.....you know the neatest
> factoids!  
>
> What I'm waiting for is a hardiness/heat map that takes humidity,
> night temperatures, rainfall, soil, etc. into consideration and
> actually might be really useful:-)  Shall I hold my breath until it's
> published?
>
> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> mtalt@hort.net
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> > From: Island Jim <jsinger@igc.org>
> > 
> > i agree, also. the sunset zones are terrific--in the west. they are
> less so 
> > in the east. in fact, in my part of the east they are re-numbered
> usda zones.
> > 
> > when sunset--lane publishing, palo alto, california--started it was
> a 
> > california-only magazine; it asked readers to keep track of their
> weather 
> > and to report it to them. years later, when they slowly expanded
> their 
> > market, they did the same in other areas--but the information was
> often 
> > less useful because it was accumulated over a shorter time period.
> the 
> > zones for idaho, utah, and nevada, for example, are not nearly as
> reliable 
> > as the zones for los angeles or sacramento.
> > 
> > then lane publishing was bought out and sunset changed from a
> gardening 
> > magazine into an investment engine, and that engine bought southern
>
> > living--geographically, another quarter of the country and a
> quarter with 
> > no history of paying attention to microclimates. so sunset adopted
> the next 
> > best thing for its east coast zones.
> > 
> > raise your hand if you think it was usda hardiness zones with
> different 
> > designations.
> > 
> > the lane family, which was meticulous and compulsive about the
> information 
> > it provided, is probably petitioning the courts for a name change.
>
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