USDA Zones

peter · Post by **peter** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 4:02 pm

Equivalent USDA Zones Europe.
Maybe important for gardeners!

http://www.tropenland.at/trp/cont/exote ... europa.asp

Post by **daiv** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 9:09 pm

Wow, that is really neat peter, thanks for sharing. I never knew that almost all the UK was zone 8/9. I figured most of Europe was colder than that.

What makes the center of England a zone warmer? Is it lower elevation there?

parodias · Post by **parodias** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 9:46 pm

Nice attempt but it looks like a joke to me .. Most of West EU zone 8 ?? Including the center of Spain ? Maybe they had that low temp once in the last 50 ? 100? years ?
Besides, to me that USDA zone system is just worthless in growing cacti .. zone 6 at 10% relative humidity may be just harmless while zone 9 and up at 100% relative humidity will kill your plants

as simple as that

peter · Post by **peter** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 10:27 pm

daiv wrote:What makes the center of England a zone warmer? Is it lower elevation there?

Hi

I don’t think in that way Daiv. Maybe a reason of agglomeration?
I wonder that a part of the norwegian coast belongs to zone 8/9.

PS: Data from Spain
http://www.marblenet.es/pjse/mapuse.htm

Best regards

parodias · Post by **parodias** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 10:44 am

Strictly speaking BE belongs in zone 6 as every 25-30 years we dip to -20C