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  • From: Bill Shoemaker <wshoemak AT illinois.edu>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] tracking soil temps
  • Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:43:05 -0500 (CDT)

> Zone really doesn't matter in summer growing. Zones
> tell us the average annual coldest temp but nothing
> about frost dates, expected rain, average summer
> temps, etc. I'm in 5 and sadly, still have snow in
> April some years. We can start planting peas in
> late April or early May on a good year but corn has
> to wait until at least early June in my area.

To emphasize your point, we often have snow showers in April, even into May.
But we'll plant corn in early April. We have greater fluctions of
temperatures than the east coast but build up heat units and ground
temperature quicker in the Spring.

Bill

William H Shoemaker, UI-NRES
Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
St Charles Horticulture Research Center
535 Randall Road St Charles, IL 60174
630-584-7254; FAX-584-4610




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