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Re: Rain, Frost and Acid soil

Thanks Leslie for all the information. I hope that this message comes with
an attachment from our Bureau of Meterology detailing the weather conditions
in Powelltown. I afraid that my idea of cold is probably a bit warped in
comparision to North American standards, as you can see fom the attachment
that I probably fit into a Zone 9. Our equivalent to  your "country agent"
is probably our Department of Agriculture but as I am a Chemist by
occupation I have done a few simple soil tests myself and found the pH to be
around 5.0 to 6.0. Some of the vegies you have mentioned I have already
planted, most are up and doing well. This area is also good for plums and
berries (especially blackberries that some times take over)

see you latter

-----Original Message-----
From: Leslie L. Smith <thinkfast@linkfast.net>
To: veggie-list@eskimo.com <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
Date: Thursday, 18 February 1999 3:33
Subject: 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)
>                      Copyright © 1994-1998 The Virtual Garden , All
>Rights Reserved
>
>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.
>
>
>
Title: Climate Averages for POWELLTOWN (POWELLTOWN FOREST OFFICE)
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Climate Averages

Make sure you understand what the Climate Averages are all about before you make use of the following details. 

                                   
CLIMATE AVERAGES - long term mean values of weather data                                               
                                                                                                       
 086094    POWELLTOWN (POWELLTOWN FOREST OFFICE)   Commenced: 1942    Last record: 1996                
Latitude: 37.88 S    Longitude: 145.74 E    Elevation:  189.1 m     State:  VIC                        
                                                                                                       
    JAN    FEB    MAR    APR    MAY    JUN    JUL    AUG    SEP    OCT    NOV    DEC     ANN   No. %age
                                                                                               Yrs comp
                                                                                                       
Mean Daily Max Temp (deg C)                                                                            
    25.3   25.1   22.9   18.5   14.8   12.3   11.8   13.1   15.9   18.1   20.2   23.0    18.3  26.3  72
Mean no. Days, Max >= 40.0 deg C                                                                       
     0.0    0.2    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0     0.2  12.9  95
Mean no. Days, Max >= 35.0 deg C                                                                       
     1.1    1.4    0.5    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.1    0.3     3.4  12.9  95
Mean no. Days, Max >= 30.0 deg C                                                                       
     6.6    7.5    3.0    0.1    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.2    0.9    4.8    23.0  12.9  95
Highest Max Temp (deg C)                                                                               
    37.8   41.7   37.2   30.3   23.9   18.4   17.7   22.4   26.1   31.6   35.0   37.5    41.7  12.9  95
                                                                                                       
Mean Daily Min Temp (deg C)                                                                            
    10.6   11.4    9.7    7.3    5.7    3.8    2.7    3.4    4.8    6.6    7.9    9.6     6.9  25.8  71
Mean no. Days, Min =                                                                                  


 













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