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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
I'm in new Mexico and in a 1,200 year mega drought but I can grow apple trees, which shouldn't grow here.
Ones that lasted 4 years and weren't killed by hail, frost or weren't eaten by deer, or had roots eaten by moles have rooted in and need little to no irrigation and are growing like crazy.
My neighbor is graphing orange tree branches on an apple tree and it appears to be working. Funny how you actually can get oranges from an apple tree, in new Mexico during a mega drought.
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Seems like I always saw apple growing on the east side of Cloudcroft, heading to Artesia.
Snowlines are rising faster than trees can migrate. The farther you climb ,at some point, there's no longer any 'soil' or soil microbes.
Without snowpack, it's game over.
According to the archaeologists and Earth's history, all civilizations that relied on irrigation ultimately failed.
It won't be overnight, but there's no optimistic appraisal.