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Re: Region 3?

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Howard Garrett is a Texas organic gardening author. He divides Texas into 5
gardening regions. The "regions" on his map appear to follow the first and
last expected freeze dates, thus considering the heat zone as well as the
hardiness zone in his planting date recommendations. That's really important
in Texas where we sometimes have temperatures hovering around 100 for 3 or 4
months. The lines for his "regions" do not follow the lines of the USDA
Hardiness Zone map.

If you move to Texas, try some of his books. I've found his advice very
reliable. Oh, by the way, I posted that message in error. It should have
gone to another list!

Ruth
in Dallas

Kim Kiernan wrote:

> what is Region 3?  Is this a new zoning system for Texas?  I'm pretty
> sure you don't mean zone 3 cause I don't think anywhere in Texas comes
> close to being zone 3.  Just curious as I might be moving to Amarillo
> Texas myself.
>
> Kim zone 9b, so cal
>
> R M Garelis wrote:
> >
> > Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> >
> > I lost the email, but someone in the Austin area
> > asked what vegetables could be planted now. I
> > looked up Austin (Region 3) in Howard Garrett's
> > vegetable book and he says that the following can
> > be direct seeded now for a fall crop:
> >
> > Tomatoes
> > Peppers
> > Eggplant
> >
> > The following can be direct seeded August 1:
> >
> > Southern Peas
> > Pumpkin
> >
> > Not much of a selection this time of year, but I
> > hope that helps.
> >
> > Ruth
> >
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