AHS Heat Zones - bonsaiTALK Community

17-Oct-2004	#1
TreeBay Tips:5¢ Advice:Free *MODERATOR GROUP* Join Date: Aug-2001 Location: Silicon Valley Country: USA USDA Zone: 9 AHS Heat Zone: 4 Posts: 9,737	AHS Heat Zones We've added an element to our Forum Profile to gather each user's AHS Heat Zone. This optional field is the complement to USDA Growing Zone. While the USDA Zone records the average minimum temperature, the American Horticultural Society's AHS Heat Zone rating reflects the number of days (in the average year) that you'd expect to experience temperatures over 86F (30C). This is the temperature above which many plants begin to experience heat-related stress. You can enter this value in your user profile by going to User CP-> Edit Profile. It's in the Additional Information section, down below USDA Zone. There are a couple ways of finding the AHS Heat Zone for your own climate: Lookup by Zipcode (easy for US zip code) Lookup by Map #1(this is in PDF form, so if you don't have the free Acrobat Reader Plugin, this method won't work) Lookup Map #2 (this is rougher, but available without the plugin Guesstimate using the Chart "The 12 zones of the map indicate the average number of days each year that a given region experiences "heat days"-temperatures over 86 degrees (30 degrees Celsius). That is the point at which plants begin suffering physiological damage from heat. The zones range from PHP Code: `AHS HEAT ZONE: # Heat Days 1: 0 2: 1 to 7 3: 8 to 14 4: 15 to 30 5: 31 to 45 6: 46 to 60 7: 61 to 90 8: 91 to 120 9: 121 to 150 10: 151 to 180 11: 180 to 210 12: More than 210` __________________ Want to be a seller on bonsaiAUCTIONS? Get authorized today! bonsaiTALK: Over 100,005.36 Megabytes Served this Month!

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17-Oct-2004	#2
Carl_Bergstrom Old Mister Crow Join Date: May-2002 Location: Seattle, WA. Country: USA USDA Zone: 8 AHS Heat Zone: 2 Posts: 3,197	Nice! Can we add these on the sidebar for posts, just as we do with USDA zone? Cheers, Carl __________________ In love with trees

17-Oct-2004	#3
TreeBay Tips:5¢ Advice:Free *MODERATOR GROUP* Join Date: Aug-2001 Location: Silicon Valley Country: USA USDA Zone: 9 AHS Heat Zone: 4 Posts: 9,737	I can see yours, can you see mine? AHS Zone rating, that is. Regards, Matt __________________ Want to be a seller on bonsaiAUCTIONS? Get authorized today! bonsaiTALK: Over 100,005.36 Megabytes Served this Month!

17-Oct-2004

Carl_Bergstrom

Old Mister Crow

Join Date: May-2002

Location: Seattle, WA.

Country: USA

USDA Zone: 8

AHS Heat Zone: 2

Posts: 3,197

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Originally Posted by TreeBay

I can see yours, can you see mine?

Yep. And I'm afraid yours is bigger than mine...

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17-Oct-2004	#5
RonMartin(deceased) Bonsai nare-do-well Join Date: Jan-2003 Location: Summerville SC Country: USA USDA Zone: 8A AHS Heat Zone: 8 Posts: 4,653	Good show Matt. I think that this information will be of great help.

17-Oct-2004	#6
Will_Heath BANNED Join Date: Apr-2004 Location: Clinton Township, MI Country: USA USDA Zone: 6 MI AHS Heat Zone: 4 Posts: 4,227	Strange that Michigan And Cali could share the same heat zone. Another plus!

17-Oct-2004	#7
rowan57 bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman Join Date: Apr-2004 Location: Nr Halifax Country: England USDA Zone: 8 AHS Heat Zone: 2-3? Posts: 857	is it possible to find out this info for the UK so i can display it as well? Thanks Rowan __________________ In literary and art criticism there are two criteria, the political and the artistic.... Words and actions should help to unite, and not divide, the people of our various nationalities I often talk to myself because i am the only one who truly understands me.

17-Oct-2004

Pill_Man

A very humble student

Join Date: Jul-2004

Location: Canandaigua, NY

Country: USA

USDA Zone: 6

AHS Heat Zone: ?

Posts: 326

Quote:

Originally Posted by TreeBay

We've added an element to our Forum Profile to gather each user's AHS Heat Zone.

I come up with 3 zones for my zip.. 2, 3 and 4. Is this possible?

17-Oct-2004	#9
heymikey(deceased) bonsaiTALK Master Join Date: Oct-2002 Location: East bay, Ca. Country: USA USDA Zone: 9 AHS Heat Zone: 7 Posts: 400	Heat zones heyMatt; Few plant-oriented web sites have info on the heat zone ratings for various plants. The best one I have found is Monrovia Nursery's web site plant catalog. First look up the plant of interest and then click on the 'Growth' section. If forum members know of other helpful sources they should inform us. Disclaimer--I am in no way associated with Monrovia Nursery. Regards, heyMikey!! http://www.monrovia.com

17-Oct-2004	#10
BonsaiMon bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman Join Date: Sep-2002 Location: Va Beach Country: USA USDA Zone: 8 AHS Heat Zone: 6,7 Posts: 667	......This is the temperature above which many plants begin to experience heat-related stress. Temperate climate plants that is... This is when many tropicals begin to flurish..:0) __________________ peace, tom stoute http://bonsaiinsights.spaces.live.com/

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