Re: Heat zones

It helps some here.  Lots of stuff is hardy here that can't take the heat.

On 5/25/06, Theresa <tchessie1@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> 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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> > 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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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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