Re: CULT: timing of growth & bloom
- Subject: Re: CULT: timing of growth & bloom
- From: M* H*
- Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 00:03:21 -0700
From: Marte Halleck <MorJHalleck@worldnet.att.net>
Jan Clark wrote:
>
> I'm sure they are triggered to grow and bloom, by such things as
> temperature, daylight length etc, just as Chooks don't start laying
> until the days start to get longer.
Jan, you're no doubt right about the "triggers" -- what amazes me is
that semi-mature plants (rz, bulbs, etc.) can make the hemispherical
adjustment successfully, even if it does take some time. Something on
the order of teaching old dog's new tricks, I guess.
> On a more topical note, we have just changed to daylight savings in
> Victoria, which involves turning the clock forward by 1 hour. The first
> day, Geoff's favourite cat was surprised to see him home from work, 1
> hour early, but by the next day, he had adjusted his cat clock, and was
> waiting in the driveway, right on time. Friends cats and dogs have made
> the adjustment just as quickly.
Hmmm -- pets in Oz may be smarter. It takes my cats roughly 10 days to
quit nagging for supper an hour "early" by the re-set clocks every fall,
which just took place here, too. Of course, they don't beg for supper an
hour LATER in the spring so maybe it's their human that's not too swift
(see comment re old dog's, above.)
Marte in the mtns Zone 4/Sunset 1 Colorado -- where the clouds settled
down on the ground in time for Halloween & have barely risen above it
since. Snowfall in spits & starts that hasn't amounted to much, yet.
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