Fwd: Rép : I think I'm thinking what you're thinking...

>Bonjour Claude,
>
>So sorry but I am further north than you are,
>Quibec being 46 0 49' N and Edmundston being  47
>0 26'N.  Can't find any Macintosh apples here...
>only 100 miles or so south. ;-)  It just doesn't
>seem like it when you look at the map.
>
>Both less daylight and colder temps affect
>weight gain but I feel here it is the cool
>nights than affect us the most.  I would love to
>have an extra thousand dollars or two and rig my
>patch with 4-6 220Volts Sodium lights and always
>keep the lighting at 16 hours a day!  I'll take
>donations... all in the name of science of
>course ;-))).
>
>You never heard from me on the list since I'm a
>newbie.  I've been growing for the past 5 years
>or so with a personnal best in 2002 of 805
>(before I couldn't get over 228).  And oui I am
>french.
>
>Best regards
>
>Richard
>
>
>
>Salut Richard,
>
>You said you live way up North? I mean Madawaska area is not so North. What
>about me living near Quebec city growing a 1100 pounder! Just a bit closer
>to the North Pole than you ;-)
>
>I agree with you that the growing rate is better when the overnight
>temperature is over 70. When the growing rate set down in september,  is it
>because less shorter daylight or colder overnight temp? I don't know.
>Anyway, I plan to start earlier in 2004 in order to have the best growing
>rate in August and I will still use large hoophouses over my plants in may
>and june. I believe it is the only way to have good plants when we live up
>North to the latitude 450.
>
>I never heard from you on the list before. How long are you growing AG? Your
>personnal best? Do you speak french?
>
>Regards
>Claude

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