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Winter
test 2003: Individual participant card
Nr. 091
Hans Christian Askly
Denmark
~ Ruds Vedby
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CACTUS ART
NURSERY
Cultivation and Mail Sale
of Cacti and Succulents. |
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The house I live in. |
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Hi Valentino
Thank you for your quick reply - and YES I will very much like to
participate in the winter test. I will send you the required as
soon as possible, but can right now tell you that I live on the
countryside about 85 km. west of the capitol of Denmark - Copenhagen.
The correct position is Latitude 55.30N and longitude 11.20E. The
altitude is 25m over sea level. The weather in Denmark is rather
humid. The last couple of summers have been dry, but from late
September until May, we have a lot of rain or snow. The temperature
in summer can get up to 30 degrees and in winter it is mostly around
0 degrees, but can get as low as 20 degrees.
I keep my cactus in a heated greenhouse, that I have build last year.
It is 30 square meters. I keep the temperature at 8 degrees during
winter. The cactus can do with much less, but my wife collect
succulents, and they require more heat. I can have the cold hardy
plants in my old greenhouse, that for the moment are used for
storing plants, that can't do with the wet climate during winter. |
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BACK TO
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| Landscape: the coutryside |
My garden |
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| Greenhouse |
CACTUS collection |
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| The tests plants in
their new home |
Plants |
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March 03 2004 Hello again...Send
you a picture of the three plants I've received, just potted. The one on
the left is in my normal greenhouse, and the two other in the cold
greenhouse. The plants are still OK. We have had night
temperatures
down to -7' the last two weeks, but it haven't had any effect on the
plants. I plan to start watering the plants in the greenhouse in about a
fortnight, if the weather is sunny. Cheers Hans Chr.
Askly |
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March 21 2003 ...The plants in
the winter hardy contest are doing fine. the lowest temperature recorded
is -12' in February. Now the temperature is round 5 to 10' C, but it is
rather humid.... |
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April 12 2003 A little
information on the test-plants. They are doing very well. I've watered
the plants in the cold house for the first time on April the 1'st, and
they are now looking just as strong and healthy as the Pediocactus in
the greenhouse. Both of the Pediocacti have big flower buds, and I think
they will flower within the next week. I'll send you some photos, when
they flower. |
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July 12 2004 ...the winter
test plants are all doing well and growing. There is no sign of
different growth in the two Pediocacti, despite of their different
environment during the winter. The lowest temperature in the winter was –
12’ C in the cold house. I also include a picture of flowers in the
Pediocactus despainii from the cold house taken on April 15th. |
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April 2006 The plants from the
winter hardy test are still doing fine. There are flower buds in both of
the plants in the “cold house” and the one in the heated greenhouse.
This winter we had down to minus 14 degrees
Celsius.
Cheers Hans Chr. Askly |
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