Re: Hot wind
- To: , "Medit-plants"
- Subject: Re: Hot wind
- From: J*
- Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 06:45:46 -0700
That sounds dreadful. I do like your phrase "the hairdryer effect"--it
could become a standard. So how hot was it? And which plants survived
without ill effect?
-----Original Message-----
From: iberbier@cgac.es <iberbier@cgac.es>
To: Medit-plants <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 4:36 AM
Subject: Hot wind
>One day's worth of continuous hot wind has killed a number of
>established plants in our garden, including hardies such as broom,
>strawberry trees and rosemary. The timing was unfortunate - we have had
>an exceptionally wet Spring, and many plants with new sappy growth have
>been caught off guard. I used to think the limiting factor for plant
>survival in our area was Summer draught. Clearly this hairdryer effect
>is another potent method of sorting out the men from the boys.
>
>Damian Martin
>Central Spain
>
>
