22-03-2003, 11:28 AM
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Does anyone feel like me?
In article ,
(Sharon Curtis) writes:
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| | I'd also like to see something like this, but isn't one of the problems that
| | even within the UK there is quite a wide variation in temperatures and
| | seasonal changes, so it would be hard to give advice appropriate for all?
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| Actually, this is a FPM (Frequently Posted Myth). There is relatively
| little variation within the UK, though there is enough that simple
| advice like that has to be modified for location.
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| I don't think this is a myth at all. I was talking to my Dad (in Cornwall)
| on March 16th, and apparently their daffodils have been out for a month
| now. Ours haven't really got started up here (in Clackmannanshire).
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| So if you try giving advice about what to do about leftover daffs
| after flowering, you're immediately getting a difference of several weeks.
I didn't say that there is no difference, but that it is a myth that
there is quite a wide one. It is typically LESS than the variation
between years. Mine haven't really started, either, though ones in
less cold gardens have.
And remember that you are comparing close to the extremes of the UK
with Cornwall and Clackmannanshire. To be fair, you need to compare
close to extreme years.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren,
University of Cambridge Computing Service,
New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QH, England.
Email:
Tel.: +44 1223 334761 Fax: +44 1223 334679
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