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  • From: Chris Reid <chriscreid AT yahoo.com>
  • To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] phenology
  • Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:54:46 -0700 (PDT)

To  answer the question about bloom times or other events varying a lot with no apparent connection, the connection is not time -- it is ORDER of events.  Plants are said to bloom in the same order each year, even if the dates change. (This is not to say that a forsythia in an optimalexposure that blooms before other forsythias might not be ahead of another  "earlier" plant in a northern exposure, e.g.)

This probably correlates in many cases with growing degree days -- in fact, some are using phenology to predict insect activity.

Here are some links for the people interested in more on phenology:

http://www.usanpn.org/?q=species_search  The US phenological network is tracking 250 species and their bloomdates -- you can participate if you want to.

Here is a link to some order of bloom info sites for wildflowers (if you are a beekeeper, this could be interesting).

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/academic/agriculture/permaculture/phenology.html
Here is a list of other phenological monitoring sites, including everything from hummingbirds to monarchs to foliage.

http://www.usanpn.org/?q=links#phenology_networks

Looks like Ohio State is doing a phenology garden network, and they talk about the links between phenological events and insect activity.  Here's the link:

http://phenology.osu.edu/

Chris Reid
Stamford, CT





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