CY we say,
“I Love Memphis”
- Wettest months: March, April, May, November, December
- Driest months: August, September, October
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- Greg Touliatos suggests “Cut back on watering in Sept to stress plants and help them wind down for winter”.
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- Soil PH tends to be acidic
- Plant Hardiness Zone: 7b
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- there are 11 separate zones in US + Southern Canada)
- (each zone is 10 degrees warmer or colder in winter than the adjacent zone)
- The higher the number the warmer the gardening temps——
- Before 1990 we were zone 7, -in 1990 changed to 7a, in 2012 changed to 7b
- The new map is generally one 5°F half-zone warmer than the previous map throughout much of the US
- www.garden.org/zipzone
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- Number days growing season = 236 DAYS
- Last frost: April 8, First frost Nov 27 (on average)
- Annual rainfall—54” yr
- Water bill: 100 cfw=748 gallons, city charges $1.83 per 748 gal water based on 2015 rates
- Wind direction: summer—usually west to east, winter—northwest to southeast