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Growing exotics and global worming
I don't believe most of the nonsense written about this. This year has been a disaster, and I don't think that it will be unusual. I lost a lot (including Salvia viridis and other labiates) due to the 6 months of cold and wet. And it took forever to warm up enough for the exotics to start. My Passiflora incarnata didn't break surface until June, and my Erythrina crista-galli until a fortnight later. Vegetables planted out failed to grow, and that happened even to ones I started indoors. A huge number of the things that the press claim we will be able to grow don't mind frost, but DO demand a decent summer. At present it is warm, but the nights are already closing in. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Growing exotics and global worming
"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... I don't believe most of the nonsense written about this. This year has been a disaster, and I don't think that it will be unusual. I lost a lot (including Salvia viridis and other labiates) due to the 6 months of cold and wet. And it took forever to warm up enough for the exotics to start. My Passiflora incarnata didn't break surface until June, and my Erythrina crista-galli until a fortnight later. Vegetables planted out failed to grow, and that happened even to ones I started indoors. A huge number of the things that the press claim we will be able to grow don't mind frost, but DO demand a decent summer. At present it is warm, but the nights are already closing in. I opened this because I thought it was about worms! Mary Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Growing exotics and global worming
"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... I don't believe most of the nonsense written about this. This year has been a disaster, and I don't think that it will be unusual. I lost a lot (including Salvia viridis and other labiates) due to the 6 months of cold and wet. And it took forever to warm up enough for the exotics to start. My Passiflora incarnata didn't break surface until June, and my Erythrina crista-galli until a fortnight later. Vegetables planted out failed to grow, and that happened even to ones I started indoors. A huge number of the things that the press claim we will be able to grow don't mind frost, but DO demand a decent summer. At present it is warm, but the nights are already closing in. Regards, Nick Maclaren. Bloody southern bedwetters always moaning:-) Yep you are right about some things requiring a decent summer and I guess that many require a once in a decade (if we are lucky) type summer such as we had in 95. There does appear to be an almost sudden realisation that many of the so called "Tropicals" will survive even a hard winter if it ain't too wet. Survival is one thing but getting plants to perform tolerably with rubbish light levels is near impossible--but we try. One long, cold and wet winter will devastate my patch but I live in hope. |
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Growing exotics and global worming
"Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" wrote in message ... "Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... I don't believe most of the nonsense written about this. This year has been a disaster, and I don't think that it will be unusual. I lost a lot (including Salvia viridis and other labiates) due to the 6 months of cold and wet. And it took forever to warm up enough for the exotics to start. My Passiflora incarnata didn't break surface until June, and my Erythrina crista-galli until a fortnight later. Vegetables planted out failed to grow, and that happened even to ones I started indoors. A huge number of the things that the press claim we will be able to grow don't mind frost, but DO demand a decent summer. At present it is warm, but the nights are already closing in. Regards, Nick Maclaren. Bloody southern bedwetters always moaning:-) Yep you are right about some things requiring a decent summer and I guess that many require a once in a decade (if we are lucky) type summer such as we had in 95. There does appear to be an almost sudden realisation that many of the so called "Tropicals" will survive even a hard winter if it ain't too wet. Survival is one thing but getting plants to perform tolerably with rubbish light levels is near impossible--but we try. One long, cold and wet winter will devastate my patch but I live in hope. I also find that the pundits are obsessed with averages, it makes little difference if the winter has on average been the warmest for 100 years if one night got down to -7c which was the case this year, one cold night undoes all the good of a mild winter and palms etc won't grow in winter however warm if the light levels are low. So I am with Nick and reckon the next person that tells me I should try Bougainvillea again now global warming is here needs shooting! (Politely of course) -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs) |
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Growing exotics and global worming
Nick Maclaren wrote: I don't believe most of the nonsense written about this. This year has been a disaster, and I don't think that it will be unusual. From your title I wondered if it was an international campaign to eliminate intestinal parasites. I lost a lot (including Salvia viridis and other labiates) due to the 6 months of cold and wet. And it took forever to warm up enough for the exotics to start. I have lost quite a few tender convolvulus and suffered cold damage on other tender South African plants grown outside as annuals. The datura is well on but languished in the cooler weather recently, and H. petiolaris is nearly 3 weeks late flowering. Strangley the Nashi pear which I assumed might be tender has a record crop ths year. Plums looking good too. My Passiflora incarnata didn't break surface until June, and my Erythrina crista-galli until a fortnight later. Vegetables planted out failed to grow, and that happened even to ones I started indoors. The tough ones are OK. But even spuds have suffered frost damage in late May! A huge number of the things that the press claim we will be able to grow don't mind frost, but DO demand a decent summer. At present it is warm, but the nights are already closing in. That is going to be a problem. We will still have short summers due to our latitude and global warming will not alter that at all. Also global warming is an average - some places may end up cooler (as we may well do if or rather when the north Atlanic conveyor stalls). Regards, Martin Brown |
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the latest scientists prediction models for our isles make grave reading. obvioulsy its all computer predictions are can't be guaranteed but they believe we will lose the effects of the gulf stream in anywhere from 10-30 years. this basically keeps our winters relatively mild
what they believe were in for is colder and drier winters. wetter/windier springs and autumns; and hotter/drier summers anyhows if what they are predicting comes true on a global scale then 200 years from now 60% of the worlds cities will be underwater, deserts will have spread massively, and fresh water will be the most precious resource |
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Growing exotics and global worming
"Tiger303" wrote in message ... ... fresh water will be the most precious resource Fresh water already IS a precious resource. Mary |
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