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Old 02-06-2011, 08:50 PM posted to rec.gardens
Paul M. Cook Paul M. Cook is offline
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Default Possibly a garden disaster


"David E. Ross" wrote in message
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On 6/1/11 8:03 PM, Higgs Boson wrote [in part]:
On Jun 1, 3:23 pm, "Paul M. Cook" wrote [also in part]:

My question is are the cucurbits salvageable or
should I plan on starting all over again? The SoCal growing season is
pretty short.


WHAAATTT???!!! Whachewtallkinbout! I grow all year. Just rotate the
crops according to the season.


Oops! I missed this.

HB is very correct. Produce is grown on the Oxnard Plain (about 50
miles from downtown Los Angeles) year round, merely adjusting what is
grown by the expected amount of heat and cold.


I should have saidd short season for what I grow.

Anyway, I yanked them all. I'll start over again. This time I'm using a
dwarf melon called Minnesota Midget for the chilly SoCal summer weather.
Hopefully the weather will be more agreeable to this next attempt. No sign
of root rot. Just very yellow stunted plants.

Paul