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- From: Pat Meadows <pat@containerseeds.com>
- To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Re: Siberian Growing Methods
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 08:13:49 -0500
On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:42:34 -0800, you wrote:
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> Unfortunately this does not work on the Canadian prairies. Why not? We
>don't get the predictable snow cover. As an example, for two years I grew a
>Lapins sweet cherry on dwarf rootstock in a very large pot. I planted the
>pot on its side in the garden in late fall. However, even though I
>shovelled all the snow off the entire back yard, there wasn't enough of it
>to cover the tree reliably, and I had a lot of winter damage. Mind you, I
>had the only backyard in Edmonton with no snow on the grass...My contacts in
>Siberia have told me they get reliable heavy snows, up to 6 ft. of snow, so
>this method works for them. So some years this would work here, but many
>years this method would not work due to the lack of enough snow when some
>really cold weather, say -35C or -40C hits.
I wonder what would happen if you covered the tree and pot
with insulation in lieu of snow? Maybe it would work?
Pat
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Re: [NAFEX] Peach Question
, (continued)
- Re: [NAFEX] Peach Question, Todd Ravitch, 02/10/2005
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[NAFEX] Peach Question,
kieran or donna, 02/10/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] Peach Question,
Pat Meadows, 02/11/2005
- Re: [NAFEX] Peach Question/plum hardiness, tanis grif, 02/11/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] Peach Question,
Pat Meadows, 02/11/2005
- [NAFEX] Peach Question, Ray Kaminski, 02/13/2005
- [NAFEX] Peach Question, Ray Kaminski, 02/13/2005
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[NAFEX] Peach question,
Ray Kaminski, 02/13/2005
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[NAFEX] Ultra Hardy European Plums,
Bernie Nikolai, 02/13/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] Ultra Hardy European Plums,
Diane Whitehead, 02/13/2005
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[NAFEX] Re: Siberian Growing Methods,
Bernie Nikolai, 02/14/2005
- Re: [NAFEX] Re: Siberian Growing Methods, Pat Meadows, 02/14/2005
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[NAFEX] Re: Siberian Growing Methods,
Bernie Nikolai, 02/14/2005
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[NAFEX] another pet peeve - small print,
Diane Whitehead, 02/13/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] another pet peeve - small print,
Betty Mayfield, 02/14/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] another pet peeve - small print,
Diane Whitehead, 02/14/2005
- Re: [NAFEX] another pet peeve - small print, Betty Mayfield, 02/14/2005
- Re: [NAFEX] another pet peeve - small print, Pat Meadows, 02/14/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] another pet peeve - small print,
Diane Whitehead, 02/14/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] another pet peeve - small print,
Pat Meadows, 02/14/2005
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[NAFEX] email font sizes,
Charles Paradise, 02/14/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] email font sizes,
Pat Meadows, 02/14/2005
- Re: [NAFEX] email font sizes, Diane Whitehead, 02/14/2005
- [NAFEX] why we're all going to hell, Stephen Sadler, 02/14/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] email font sizes,
Pat Meadows, 02/14/2005
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[NAFEX] email font sizes,
Charles Paradise, 02/14/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] another pet peeve - small print,
Betty Mayfield, 02/14/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] Ultra Hardy European Plums,
Diane Whitehead, 02/13/2005
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[NAFEX] Ultra Hardy European Plums,
Bernie Nikolai, 02/13/2005
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