A. griffithii v.pradhan

[Adam Fikso]

Well, Henry--On the basis of your observations, I'll accept  it.


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From: "Henry" <treehugger53ah at YAHOO.COM>
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Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: A. griffithii v.pradhan


> Adam,
>
> As an experiment, I planted a row of grape hyacinth perpendicular to
> the house all the way to the street.
>
> Those near the house came up first and were a foot tall before those
> twenty feet from the house came up at all.
>
> There was a gradual shortening of the plants as you left the house, but
> out to twenty feet they came up early. All the ones beyond twenty feet
> came up together much later.
>
> The plants five feet from the house were only a few inches shorter than
> the ones directly next to the foundation.
>
> Based on this, it is my feeling that foundation heat would be playing a
> modifying role even five feet from a foundation.
>
> --Henry Fieldseth
> Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, zone 4
>
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