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Old 01-09-2009, 07:03 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible
Frank Warner Frank Warner is offline
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Default Heat wave killed my corn

I've got a few rows of corn in the back yard. They were coming up
nicely; beautiful, lush and green, and we'd actually managed to eat a
few ears before a sudden heat wave seemed to kill them off. Temps in
the triple digits the last three days turned them from green to brown,
although they were irrigated every day during the hot spell.

Now I wonder, should I pick all the corn as soon as I can and freeze
it? Will the plants "bounce back" now that the weather is more normal,
so I can go back to picking them only after the water has come to a
boil?

On a brighter note, the watermelon seemed to thrive in the heat!

-Frank

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