Re: arilbred culture (was Re: Louisianas)
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- Subject: Re: arilbred culture (was Re: Louisianas)
- From: D* B* <d*@llano.net>
- Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 20:01:22 -0700 (MST)
> Yes. In fact I'd say it is a combination of wet and wet. Since I moved to
> Northern New Mexico four years ago, I've grown pure aril species and
> hybrids outdoors in zone 5 winters, where the temp falls below 0 F. and
> there are snow storms possible any time from October to April. I NEVER lost
> an aril or arilbred over the winter, although some TBs bit the dust.
At last, Lubbock sounds like garden heaven, at least for Arilbreds.
Warm dry summers, warm dry falls, cool sometimes cold dry winters, cool
sometimes dry springs. Now all I need to do is replace all these TB's
with AB's :-))
--
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.
