Re: Late Snow endurance
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- Subject: Re: Late Snow endurance
- From: "* a* C* W* <c*@digitalpla.net>
- Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 07:58:52 -0600 (MDT)
Bill Stone writes:
> Has anyone done a survey on which plants survive a late storm better
than others.
> I don't mean species or particular name but whether it is a first year,
second year,
> or older planting. My own thoughts, the older clusters form a basket and
catch snow
> thus trapping moisture in the process, but snow sometimes insulates also.
Bill,
If the stalks are not yet up out of the fans, I have never noticed any
particular damage at all from a late snow storm, as long as the temperature
doesn't fall below about 28 degrees F (the low temperatures coming as the
sky clears after the storm). If it snows after the blossoms have opened, as
it does here on occasion, then that is another story.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
cwalters@digitalpla.net
