Re: CULT:JI Heat
From: "Mark Cook" <billc@atlantic.net>
John,
> Auckland is in theory about 27 degrees C. summer max. but I have
> moved from a South facing, [ towards the pole, no sun] clay slope to
> a north facining sunken sun trap.
That is more like what I would have expected. Here, a normal summer
Day will reach 33-34 C. If it reaches 39 C, that is considered terribly
hot. The all time record of 42 C was set last year.
> I think also that the lack of a cold winter is a factor in my JI
> performance. 13 degrees C. [max.] is a cold day. overnight
> minimums about 0 on only very few days during a few weeks [ July
> August really]. More usually minimums of 5 to 8 degrees C.
When I came here, I brought a few Japanese and Siberian Iris starts.
All of them had to go back to climates with colder winters. Last winter, we
went to or below 0 C a total of 18 times, with
-7 C being the coldest. That still did not chill them enough. The average
minimum here in the coldest month is 6 C, with a normal maximum of about 21
C.
Louisiana Irises love it here.
Mark A. Cook
billc@atlantic.net
Dunnellon, Florida.
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