Viewing post #337559 by KAMasud

I am looking carefully at ATP corners. In profiles things go up to zone 13b but no maximum/minimum criteria has been set. How ever in the database in the minimum cold hardiness section there is a criteria profile of lowest temperature but things terminate at zone 11? Now lets see what the maximum recommended zone is up to, well it does go up till zone 11 but there is no criteria set as to what is the maximum temperature? It all depends upon individual creativity and how he considers things should be.
After zone 11 it seems Jonna's zone starts and he has taken 13a, so far so good. After Jonna's zone the tropical and the equatorial zones start and it can be given 13b. Now what/where is zone 12? If Jonna's zone is 13a and he lies between Karachi and Bombay, then the minimum temperature at sea level should not go below 18c UNLESS there is a cold wave from some snow covered mountain but the maximum temperature can easily hit 50c with 100% humidity in the rainy season. If there is a sea nearby then the year long average humidity should lie some where near 50%.
If we give 13b to the Equator then maximum temperature will be 32c and minimum at 26c with 100% humidity most of the time. How to explain the discrepancy between 13a and 13b? The intelligent will understand but there should be some criteria for normal every day people, dunces like me.
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Then along comes Melissa to throw out the baby with the bath water, zone 16?? I spent a lot of time trying to sort it out but now I am totally disoriented Oh well, win some lose some, back to the drawing board. Are you some where near the International Date Line, this side or that side? Your luck runs out according to which side you are on but the problem is did the Mayans agree with what we call the Date Line . Jonna, any knowledge or stories about it?
Regards,
Arif.