Re: Hot wind
- To: Medit-plants , Julie
- Subject: Re: Hot wind
- From: i*@cgac.es
- Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 11:39:51 +0200
Julie wrote:
>
> That sounds dreadful. I do like your phrase "the hairdryer effect"--it
> could become a standard. So how hot was it?
It wasn't very hot by our standards. Probably only low 30s (cent). The
term wind is also a slight exageration. More a warm breeze. I think it
was specially harmful because (a) it was *continous* and (b) because our
natives haven't yet gone into Summer shutdown mode. I was particularly
surprised by the effect on a four-year old broom, Cytisus scoparius,
which was well establised and growing lustily. It just frazled it!
And which plants survived
> without ill effect?
There seem to be defined patches which are most affected. We have, for
instance, planted a hundred or so rosemary bushes over the past year.
Only those in certain areas have been affected. Same with young Arbutus
unedo. I presume the winds create flow patterns as they navigate through
obstacles such as trees, rocks and bushes. I'm novice gardener myself
but I understand that even in fairly small gardens you can map frost
prone "cold spots". I supose something similar can be done for our "hot
tunnels"!
Damian
