Thanks Keith for your thoughtful reply. New Zealand has a very small population and economy. Records of chilling times would be a very low priority. Interesting your notes about soil temperatures. In Christchurch we always planted vegetables on the last…
Category: Weather and Temperature
Discussions about weather impact and temperature on daffodils.
Global warming & daffodils
Keith Kridler Mt. Pleasant, Texas Below is a link to our nearby agricultural research center chilling hours page. New Zealand should have similar research centers that have been tracking weather for many years. http://etweather.tamu.edu/chill.htm Interesting thing for our part…
Study
Hi Folks, I have been contacted by a local teacher who has a Science scholarship… She has decided to explore the idea that daffodil flowering time may be an indicator of Global warming. I have advised that there are many…
Early season in Georgia too
Our show will be all late season poets except for what the northerners from Tennessee bring in Ralph, yer King Alfreds you sent me are blooming this year after sitting out last year – 5 buds on 6 bulbs, two…
Daffs in Mississippi
Yes, Becky….. we’re in REAL TROUBLE here in Jackson, MS… We’re at least 2 weeks ahead of a normal blooming season- maybe even 3 weeks on some varieties… About the only GOOD THING I can say right now about that…if…