Re: dwarf beardeds and hotter climates
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- Subject: Re: dwarf beardeds and hotter climates
- From: D* B* <d*@llano.net>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 21:52:28 -0600 (MDT)
> We are on the borderline between zones 7 and 8, have much colder
> weather and for longer periods of time, yet the SDB's on the first bloom
> is
> down in the fan. But, for those who have a 'second wave,' the bloomstalks
> are up and out of the fan. I wish I knew why because I would really
> like
I have always been told that the SDB's blooming low in the fan on the
early wave was usually do to a late cold snap. The same thing that can
cause the same problem with TB's. This year seems to bear that out.
Our early bloom was well up and out of the foliage. We had a very
early, very warm spring. Then we had a late freeze. Most of the
varieties that bloomed soon after bloomed low and as the second wave hit
moved their way up out of the foliage. I was told that there is a
growth hormone in the stalk that is affected by the cold. A cold snap
kills or slows it causing the stalk to be short?? Sounded good to me.
--
Dana Brown, Lubbock, Texas Zone 7
Where we are 3,241 ft above sea level, with an average rainfall of
17.76"
of rain a year. Our average wind speed is 12.5 mph and we have an
average
of 164 days of clear weather, 96 of which dip below freezing.
