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Best position for a vegetable patch
On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 16:33:42 +0100, "Jo Hall"
wrote: As I mentioned in my reply to Jon, the nice south facing part of our garden is very open to the wind. I am not really sure what damages plants mo lack of sun or lots of wind! Definitely lack of sun. Nearly all veg and herbs require "full sun" which means at least 6 hrs/day of direct sunlight. More is better. Your lettuce might be ok on the shady side, but beans, peppers, tomatoes, etc. need lots and lots of sun. |
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On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 16:33:42 +0100, "Jo Hall"
wrote: As I mentioned in my reply to Jon, the nice south facing part of our garden is very open to the wind. I am not really sure what damages plants mo lack of sun or lots of wind! Definitely lack of sun. Nearly all veg and herbs require "full sun" which means at least 6 hrs/day of direct sunlight. More is better. Your lettuce might be ok on the shady side, but beans, peppers, tomatoes, etc. need lots and lots of sun. |
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from Frogleg contains these words: On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 16:33:42 +0100, "Jo Hall" wrote: As I mentioned in my reply to Jon, the nice south facing part of our garden is very open to the wind. I am not really sure what damages plants mo lack of sun or lots of wind! Definitely lack of sun. Nearly all veg and herbs require "full sun" which means at least 6 hrs/day of direct sunlight. LOL. Have you visited the northern half of the UK, Frogleg? :-) Janet. |
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The message
from Frogleg contains these words: On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 16:33:42 +0100, "Jo Hall" wrote: As I mentioned in my reply to Jon, the nice south facing part of our garden is very open to the wind. I am not really sure what damages plants mo lack of sun or lots of wind! Definitely lack of sun. Nearly all veg and herbs require "full sun" which means at least 6 hrs/day of direct sunlight. LOL. Have you visited the northern half of the UK, Frogleg? :-) Janet. |
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The message
from Frogleg contains these words: On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 16:33:42 +0100, "Jo Hall" wrote: As I mentioned in my reply to Jon, the nice south facing part of our garden is very open to the wind. I am not really sure what damages plants mo lack of sun or lots of wind! Definitely lack of sun. Nearly all veg and herbs require "full sun" which means at least 6 hrs/day of direct sunlight. LOL. Have you visited the northern half of the UK, Frogleg? :-) Janet. |
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The message
from Frogleg contains these words: On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 16:33:42 +0100, "Jo Hall" wrote: As I mentioned in my reply to Jon, the nice south facing part of our garden is very open to the wind. I am not really sure what damages plants mo lack of sun or lots of wind! Definitely lack of sun. Nearly all veg and herbs require "full sun" which means at least 6 hrs/day of direct sunlight. LOL. Have you visited the northern half of the UK, Frogleg? :-) Janet. |
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On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 17:28:02 GMT, Janet Baraclough..
wrote: The message from Frogleg contains these words: On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 16:33:42 +0100, "Jo Hall" wrote: As I mentioned in my reply to Jon, the nice south facing part of our garden is very open to the wind. I am not really sure what damages plants mo lack of sun or lots of wind! Definitely lack of sun. Nearly all veg and herbs require "full sun" which means at least 6 hrs/day of direct sunlight. LOL. Have you visited the northern half of the UK, Frogleg? :-) No. Just London. However, because it's darker there in winter, there'll be *more* sun in summer, no? I do stand by my advice -- the more sun, the better. |
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On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 17:28:02 GMT, Janet Baraclough..
wrote: The message from Frogleg contains these words: On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 16:33:42 +0100, "Jo Hall" wrote: As I mentioned in my reply to Jon, the nice south facing part of our garden is very open to the wind. I am not really sure what damages plants mo lack of sun or lots of wind! Definitely lack of sun. Nearly all veg and herbs require "full sun" which means at least 6 hrs/day of direct sunlight. LOL. Have you visited the northern half of the UK, Frogleg? :-) No. Just London. However, because it's darker there in winter, there'll be *more* sun in summer, no? I do stand by my advice -- the more sun, the better. |
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"Frogleg" wrote in message ... | However, because it's darker there [ the North] in winter, | there'll be *more* sun in summer, no? ??? *More * than what? The south? If you mean this as it sounds, then no: Northern England is 'darker' than Southern England in winter. It's also darker in summer and any other time of year. It's darker because the sun is lower in the sky and so hits the ground more obliquely which means there is less energy from the sun per square metre. During our summer, we get more sun relative to the southern *hemisphere* because of the angle of the earth's axis relative to its orbit, but because Britain isn't near the equator, it all gets sunnier at the same time during summer and darker at the same time during winter. And because Northern Britain is further from the equator than Southern Britain, it's always darker up north :-( -- Martin & Anna Sykes ( Remove x's when replying ) http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~sykesm |
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"Frogleg" wrote in message ... | However, because it's darker there [ the North] in winter, | there'll be *more* sun in summer, no? ??? *More * than what? The south? If you mean this as it sounds, then no: Northern England is 'darker' than Southern England in winter. It's also darker in summer and any other time of year. It's darker because the sun is lower in the sky and so hits the ground more obliquely which means there is less energy from the sun per square metre. During our summer, we get more sun relative to the southern *hemisphere* because of the angle of the earth's axis relative to its orbit, but because Britain isn't near the equator, it all gets sunnier at the same time during summer and darker at the same time during winter. And because Northern Britain is further from the equator than Southern Britain, it's always darker up north :-( -- Martin & Anna Sykes ( Remove x's when replying ) http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~sykesm |
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"Frogleg" wrote in message ... | However, because it's darker there [ the North] in winter, | there'll be *more* sun in summer, no? ??? *More * than what? The south? If you mean this as it sounds, then no: Northern England is 'darker' than Southern England in winter. It's also darker in summer and any other time of year. It's darker because the sun is lower in the sky and so hits the ground more obliquely which means there is less energy from the sun per square metre. During our summer, we get more sun relative to the southern *hemisphere* because of the angle of the earth's axis relative to its orbit, but because Britain isn't near the equator, it all gets sunnier at the same time during summer and darker at the same time during winter. And because Northern Britain is further from the equator than Southern Britain, it's always darker up north :-( -- Martin & Anna Sykes ( Remove x's when replying ) http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~sykesm |
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In article , Martin Sykes
writes Northern England is 'darker' than Southern England in winter. It's also darker in summer and any other time of year. It's darker because the sun is lower in the sky and so hits the ground more obliquely which means there is less energy from the sun per square metre. During our summer, we get more sun relative to the southern *hemisphere* because of the angle of the earth's axis relative to its orbit, but because Britain isn't near the equator, it all gets sunnier at the same time during summer and darker at the same time during winter. Eh? So why in summer is sunset later in scotland compared to SW? And because Northern Britain is further from the equator than Southern Britain, it's always darker up north :-( -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm |
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In article , Martin Sykes
writes Northern England is 'darker' than Southern England in winter. It's also darker in summer and any other time of year. It's darker because the sun is lower in the sky and so hits the ground more obliquely which means there is less energy from the sun per square metre. During our summer, we get more sun relative to the southern *hemisphere* because of the angle of the earth's axis relative to its orbit, but because Britain isn't near the equator, it all gets sunnier at the same time during summer and darker at the same time during winter. Eh? So why in summer is sunset later in scotland compared to SW? And because Northern Britain is further from the equator than Southern Britain, it's always darker up north :-( -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm |
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"Kay Easton" wrote in message
... Eh? So why in summer is sunset later in scotland compared to SW? My 'guess' (and I may be completely wrong here) is that if you look at a map, Scotland is further west than most of England but we are in the same time zone. The further west you are, the later the sun will set so I'd expect that if you look at the figures closely, the sunset time in Scotland say for Glasgow, would be similar to that for Cornwall and both would be much later than sunset in Kent. -- Martin & Anna Sykes ( Remove x's when replying ) http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~sykesm |
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"Kay Easton" wrote in message
... Eh? So why in summer is sunset later in scotland compared to SW? My 'guess' (and I may be completely wrong here) is that if you look at a map, Scotland is further west than most of England but we are in the same time zone. The further west you are, the later the sun will set so I'd expect that if you look at the figures closely, the sunset time in Scotland say for Glasgow, would be similar to that for Cornwall and both would be much later than sunset in Kent. -- Martin & Anna Sykes ( Remove x's when replying ) http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~sykesm |
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