Winter
test 2003: Individual participant card
Nr. 077 Darek Raczko
Poland ~ Warszawa
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CACTUS ART
NURSERY
Cultivation and Mail Sale
of Cacti and Succulents. |
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The typical
landscape of my area... |
...and the view through the window. |
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Hi Valentino,
I hope winter humidity here will not damage the cacti. Temperature
is not a problem. If cacti can grow in Finland, they can grow in
Poland as well. Here some information concerning the climate of
Warsaw:
the altitude is around 100m, and the temperature ranges usually
between -20 to +30C (extremes are around -32 and +38C), with regular
temperature in winter -5 to +5, and +20 to 30C in summer. Average
year rain/snow drop is about 600mm, most between October and April.
Snow covers my area irregularly - some winters there is no snow at
all, some we have snow for 3-4 months (like the last one). The
winters are unpredictable here, due to location on the zone where
the air from Atlantic mixes with continental one.
Thanks
for invitation to the test anyway.
Best,
Darek
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Encephalocarpus strobiliformis |
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To see more
picture from Darek collection
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| The test plants in
their new home |
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January 07 2004 Hi Valentino,
I received the plants on the last day of 2003. All plants are in very good shape. Winter
test plants are repotted, and goes outside tomorrow. Until now we had
too cold weather to just take them out, with no thermal shock. I kept
them in 3-5 C for a week, and we expect some -10 to -15C next week again.
They will spend some 3 months of winter weather outside, anyway.
All the best, Darek |
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February 02 2004 My winter
test plants are okay after 3 weeks of temps minus 10-15°C. |
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The one from inside the house
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The balcony winter survivor has started to
bud a couple weeks go, and is almost ready to have flowers
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April 01 2004 It
looks like the winter in Poland is definitely gone. Winter test cacti
are doing great, and survived the winter with no problems at all.
Temperatures ranged between -15 to +14. In the coldest times both cacti
looked totally frozen (a little glassy and green-blue), and then
got back to normal shape. I must say, that the cold kept
Pediocactus is doing better comparing to the one kept around +8 to
+10 with all my other cacti inside. I watered a little all of them
just a few days ago. How others are doing? And what is the result
of the test, after all? Thanks again for invitation for the test, which
was a great fun, and may help to grow my favourite plants. And
thanks for the cacti itself. |
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