Re: Rain, Frost and Acid soil

At 11:16 PM 2/17/99, scott fabb wrote:
>I have just moved to a small rural town in Victoria (southern Australia).
>The climate is considered cold by Australian standards with frequent
>frosts in the winter and slightly acidic soil from the high rainfall. I
>have only been here four months but have sucessfully grown tomatoes,
>zuchinis carrots capsicums a number of herbs and some moderately
>sucessfull pumpkins (all raised from open pollinated heritage seeds). I
>would be interested in anyones experiences in growing vegtables in similar
>climates especially with regard to acidic soils

sounds like my neighborhood can you send Highs & lows??

in fact here is a table from the Virtual Garden web site.
this might help us help you.

         If you live outside North America
         In order to better use our Plant Encyclopedia and other
         VG reference materials, you can roughly translate the
         USDA hardiness zones by finding out how low your
         area's temperatures can reach, and then use the chart
         below to find your corresponding zone.

         Zone 1: below -46 C (below -50 F)
         Zone 2: -46 to -40 C (-50 to -40 F)
         Zone 3: -40 to -34 C (-40 to -30 F)
         Zone 4: -34 to -29 C (-30 to -20 F)
         Zone 5: -29 to -23 C (-20 to -10 F)
         Zone 6: -23 to -18 C (-10 to 0 F)
         Zone 7: -18 to -12 C (0 to 10 F)
         Zone 8: -12 to -7 C (10 to 20 F)
         Zone 9: -7 to -1 C (20 to 30 F)
         Zone 10: -1 to 4 C (30 to 40 F)
         Zone 11: above 4 C (above 40 F)
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Lows are important but so are HIGHs do you know your frost dates?
we have acidic soils here in the south.
 we just add limestone (do get a soiltest from the county agent then add
the reccomended amounts.) do you have something like a county agent??-
try a nurshery .

I am guessing almost anything would grow there. you are starting the fall
season soon are you not??

broccoli, cauliflower, cabbages should be planted now.asparagus tooo.
lettuces do well in the cooler weather, some looseleafs survive down to
-10C. maybe more!
hope this is a start!

--leslie
Master Gardener Intern (Student), Zone 7(b?) low of 9F this year, in Humid,
HUMID Cullman, Alabama.

So much to learn so little time.
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