plantmaps.com » Texas http://www.plantmaps.com/blog Plant, Gardening and Botany Related Maps Sun, 22 May 2011 14:50:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Interactive Last Frost Date Map for Texas http://www.plantmaps.com/blog/2010/11/17/interactive-last-frost-date-map-for-texas/ http://www.plantmaps.com/blog/2010/11/17/interactive-last-frost-date-map-for-texas/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 10:51:13 +0000 admin http://www.plantmaps.com/blog/?p=521 Using historical climate data from NOAA, Plantmaps has created a new interactive map displaying average annual last frost dates for Texas as well as major cities in Texas which will assist gardeners and growers with frost protection:
Last Frost Date Map for Texas

Last Frost Date Map for Texas


The interactive last frost date map can assist gardeners and growers trying to decide when to plant seeds, when to plant a garden and what type of plant frost protection to use.

]]> http://www.plantmaps.com/blog/2010/11/17/interactive-last-frost-date-map-for-texas/feed/ 0 Interactive First Frost Date Map for Texas http://www.plantmaps.com/blog/2010/11/17/interactive-first-frost-date-map-for-texas/ http://www.plantmaps.com/blog/2010/11/17/interactive-first-frost-date-map-for-texas/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 10:49:34 +0000 admin http://www.plantmaps.com/blog/?p=518 Using historical climate data from NOAA, Plantmaps has created a new interactive map displaying average annual first frost dates for Texas as well as major cities in Texas which will assist gardeners and growers with frost protection:
First Frost Date Map for Texas

First Frost Date Map for Texas


The interactive first frost date map can assist gardeners and growers trying to decide when to plant seeds, when to plant a garden and what type of plant frost protection to use.

]]> http://www.plantmaps.com/blog/2010/11/17/interactive-first-frost-date-map-for-texas/feed/ 0 Interactive Texas Drought Conditions Map http://www.plantmaps.com/blog/2010/09/23/interactive-texas-drought-conditions-map/ http://www.plantmaps.com/blog/2010/09/23/interactive-texas-drought-conditions-map/#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 09:59:30 +0000 admin http://www.plantmaps.com/blog/?p=169 Plantmaps has created a new interactive Texas Drought Conditions Map based on the Palmer Drought Index produced NOAA.  A drought index is produced for each climate division in Texas.   Each climate division is assigned a drought level based on it’s current drought index value.  If the region is suffering from drought conditions, the interactive drought conditions map reports the amount of rain needed to alleviate the drought.   Other data that make up the Palmer drought index that are incorporated into the interactive maps are:  Average Temperature, Average Precipitation, Upper and Lower Soil Moisture and a crop moisture index.

Interactive Texas Drought Conditions Map

Interactive Texas Drought Conditions Map

In addition to the interactive drought conditions map, plantmaps.com also has several other valuable tool for Texas gardeners, farmers and environmentalists such as the interactive Texas USDA hardiness zone map, the interactive Heat Zones map and the interactive Ecoregions map.

]]> http://www.plantmaps.com/blog/2010/09/23/interactive-texas-drought-conditions-map/feed/ 0 Interactive Texas Plant Zone Hardiness Map http://www.plantmaps.com/blog/2010/02/18/interactive-texas-plant-zone-hardiness-map/ http://www.plantmaps.com/blog/2010/02/18/interactive-texas-plant-zone-hardiness-map/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:00:26 +0000 admin http://www.plantmaps.com/blog/?p=13 plantmaps.com has added an interactive USDA zone map for the State of Texas.  Texas covers several hardiness zones ranging from 6b to 8b.

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