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Posted by armyofda12mnkeys 7a (My Page) on Fri, Feb 10, 12 at 23:57
I was just reading about microclimates and was curious...
if you place a bunch of big colored rocks or slabs of cement besides your fruit trees that are black, what happens? and what if they were white?
So i know black absorbs heat, so does it absorb heat from sun in daytime and then at night in the winter days then release it, helping the plants in winter if they are zone-pushing plants? (and maybe it would also have effect of warming the soil too much in the summer if still leave them in place in the summer, causing problems with dry soil.)
Anyone have any pictures of interesting artificially setup microclimates in their gardens?
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| I don't think you would get much microclimate effects from this for fruit trees unless you pretty much create an entire parking lot or paved area (at least patio sized) with rock walls as well. They just wouldn't hold enough heat to carry much difference to the tree--you would need more radiational heating such as from a garage or house wall extending the height of the tree. On the other hand, they would probably warm the soil and encourage the trees to break dormancy earlier in the spring through warmer soil. You might not want this as it would increase your exposure to frost damage from early flowering. |
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| ahh, didnt think about the warmer soil and dormancy. >house wall extending the height of the tree.
yeh that makes sense as most of trees interested in like figs/pomegranates can die to ground and regrow from roots, so more interested in protecting the top :). Cool, thanks for reply. |
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