Re: Heat zones

True- but I guess I figure the more number of days about 85 degree, the more likely it gets even hotter than that benchmark.

Theresa

james singer wrote:

And that could be right, also--but how do you find that out? I've heard [don't know] that heat zones are based on the average annual number of days above some temp--85 degrees, I think. But that would not take into account, say, Sacto's 110-degree mid-summer weeks [and the annual ritual of frying an egg on the sidewalk].

On May 24, 2006, at 7:40 PM, Theresa wrote:

Here I was always thinking about the utility of heat zones the other way around- like the reason I can't successfully grow many traditional cottage garden perennials is because they's croak from too much heat!
Theresa

james singer wrote:

Finally found an instance when AHS heat zones were useful. Guy who lives on Salt Spring Island, which is a few miles east of Victoria in the gulf between Vancouver and Victoria. BC, and is in USDA hardiness zone 9, wanted to know if he could grow avocados, which flourish in zone 9 California and Florida. And the answer is no, because while it's warm enough in winter, it isn't hot enough in summer. First time it dawned on me--doh--that knowing one's heat zone might have some utility in the real world.


Island Jim
Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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