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Re: [Re: Raspberries]

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  I live in Central Florida, a place called Winter Park. Its hard to 
garden here, especially if you came from the North like I did. We do
have the advantage of having longer growing seasons, but we have to 
make our soil from scratch, as what we mostly have here is sand.
  I think the problem with growing raspberries here is that we don't
have a chilling period. The catalogs can be very helpful as many of
them list the zones that the raspberries can grow in. Most can grow 
well down to zone 8. After that I guess they don't get cold enough
in the winter. I did find a variety in Gurneys that says it does not
need a chilling period and it grows all the way down to zone 10. 
I may take a chance and try this, although Gurneys is in S. Dakota
and they may not be able to relate at all to Florida's climate.
 Summers are hot here, and there is lots of rain. The humidity is
high and that makes it even feel hotter. The temps usually range in
the high 90s through the low 100s in the summer. 
  The name of the raspberries that are sold by Gurneys are called Barberry.
One that was recommended by our local cooperative extension agent 
is called "Mysore". I don't know what type was selling at the nursery,
but it wasn't either type that I can remember of.

     Susan Seifert, zone 9, Central Florida

At 08:52 PM 01/20/2000 PST, you wrote:
>Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
>*Susan... It's too much hassle for me to bother putting a trace on you.
>Where do you live?
>What zone are you in, is no mental stutter.
>
>Zone 9.OK
>South, maybe no good.  Where?  (Not your street address.  State, maybe
city or
>one near, if the state has weather which vaires from one end tho the other.
>

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