Approximate DTM? for fun

AlittleSalt · August 3, 2017

I have wondered about approximate DTM and if where you are gardening makes much difference? I'll use Big Beef F1, 73 DTM as an example - everyone has heard of Big Beef.

One Big Beef F1 plant is planted in zone 5 in New York at the optimal time.
One Big Beef F1 plant is planted in zone 9 in Texas at the optimal time.

Both places get the right amount of rain, no bugs eating them, no diseases, no Roundup overspray, and since we're pretending those things don't exist - the soil PH is the same with the same nutrients in the soil.

Would the DTM be the same? Or would the sun intensity difference between the two locations change the approximate DTM?

I'm just curious.

August 3, 2017	#1
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Approximate DTM? for fun I have wondered about approximate DTM and if where you are gardening makes much difference? I'll use Big Beef F1, 73 DTM as an example - everyone has heard of Big Beef. One Big Beef F1 plant is planted in zone 5 in New York at the optimal time. One Big Beef F1 plant is planted in zone 9 in Texas at the optimal time. Both places get the right amount of rain, no bugs eating them, no diseases, no Roundup overspray, and since we're pretending those things don't exist - the soil PH is the same with the same nutrients in the soil. Would the DTM be the same? Or would the sun intensity difference between the two locations change the approximate DTM? I'm just curious.