canadianplant
@canadianplant
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RE: Post your coldest temps of the 2011/12 winter

-28C...... Coldest day so far without windchill. Jeese, don't worry about the ZONES. I know you know how to calculate the USDA zones temperatures. In...

14 years ago
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RE: Post your coldest temps of the 2011/12 winter

-28C...... Coldest day so far without windchill.That is still zone 5 right :x

14 years ago
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RE: What seeds are you starting this winter?

Adam - Thats the most common thing ive read searching the webs. Most places suggest 2 years, or sometimes 3. Regardless, one is going into pretty mu...

14 years ago
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RE: What seeds are you starting this winter?

Jesse- For what it's worth, the only paw-paw that has made it for me was a larger sized sapling, perhaps 3' high at planting. I had ~100 seedlings tha...

14 years ago
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RE: What seeds are you starting this winter?

I wish I couldve planted them, but in january, even with the extreme highs we have, the ground is too cold. I have no choice but to fridge them!I hea...

14 years ago
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RE: Post your coldest temps of the 2011/12 winter

They arent too sure if its coming down there or not paul. Id be on your toes!

14 years ago
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RE: Post your coldest temps of the 2011/12 winter

new low, -25C in my yard, and -28C at the airport! Windchills at the airport are at -38C, less in my area due to the houses and trees helping to bloc...

14 years ago
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RE: What seeds are you starting this winter?

Just finished sowing more Trachycarpus nainital, Phormium tenax purpureum, Magnolia virginiana, Yucca recurvifolia, Yucca torreii, Yucca aloifolia gre...

14 years ago
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RE: Winter Project: Palms, Bamboo and Others

Thats right, mine is a giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum), not a coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens). Dawn redwood is nice and it is soft and ...

14 years ago
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RE: Post your coldest temps of the 2011/12 winter

All I can say is, "migraine anyone?"

14 years ago
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RE: Post your coldest temps of the 2011/12 winter

It's getting colder and colder... -21C tonight. Can imagine the sunrise time temp...For those who are missing snow: Yay, free insulation!

14 years ago
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RE: Winter Project: Palms, Bamboo and Others

Im surprised I dont see more people on here growin dawn redwood (metasequoia glyptotroboides). Hardy to zone 4 or 5, is a real redwood, and ws brough...

14 years ago
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RE: New Winter Predictions for 2011!

Paul, thanks for the great news!! :D It's not often that I catch weather breaks in NS. I think you might actually have a summer this year cameron!

14 years ago
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RE: Winter Project: Palms, Bamboo and Others

Gleditsia triacanthos (honey locust) and Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust) are widely planted in the Niagara and Hamilton Ontario areas. They aren'...

14 years ago
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RE: Winter Project: Palms, Bamboo and Others

You can be the Johnny Locust seed of your generation. 8) There have been a couple trees that I thought werent here, but turned out to be everywhere.....

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