Maurice Tougas wrote: >>>> Thirdly, consider hours of sunlight per growing season. I've never seen a "zone chart" for this. Might be an interesting project for some statistician (Wes!), but developing some sort of sunlight zone similar to traditional hardiness zones should influence height/width ratio. <<<<
Well, at that point, we should also take into account the latitude. The more South, the higher the sun will be at noon, and in the North, the sun doesn't get as high, but the daylength is longer. Is there any model that takes these factors into account for optimisation of orchard layout? Claude Jolicoeur Quebec _______________________________________________ apple-crop mailing list [email protected] http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop
