Re: arilbred culture (was Re: Louisianas)
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- Subject: Re: arilbred culture (was Re: Louisianas)
- From: C*@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 05:38:26 -0700 (MST)
Here, AB culture is a no-no outside. It took me a while to discover that cold
alone was not the problem, but like so many things here, it is a combination
of cold and wet. We get around 32" rain per year, mostly between September
and April. That's also the time of year when it gets cold (by local
standards) with night lows down to about -5C/23F. It is the combination of
cold and wet that kills them.
I like to play with ABs in a non-commercial way, so I now grow them in tubs
and keep them in a polythene tunnel over the winter - not heated but
protected from rain.
Graham Spencer
Croftway Nursery, Barnham, West Sussex, UK
USDA zone 8
croftway@aol.com
http://members.aol.com/croftway/
