105°F in Santa Rosa, 107°F here. Opened up the house last night to cool
off. The outside temp went to 53°F, the house to 70°F.

The paper says it will be 99°F today, Accuweather.com says 92°F.

The heat didn't seem so bad yesterday, but I'm feeling a little stunned
today. The tomatoes enjoyed the heat. You could almost watch them redden.

Chance of showers on Sunday, go figure.
--
- Billy
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/2/maude
http://english.aljazeera.net/video/m...515308172.html

On 8/25/2010 12:14 PM, Billy wrote:
105°F in Santa Rosa, 107°F here. Opened up the house last night to cool
off. The outside temp went to 53°F, the house to 70°F.

The paper says it will be 99°F today, Accuweather.com says 92°F.

The heat didn't seem so bad yesterday, but I'm feeling a little stunned
today. The tomatoes enjoyed the heat. You could almost watch them redden.

Chance of showers on Sunday, go figure.

Here's a question for you, Billy.
Will excessive heat cause tomatoes to go dormant?

In article ,
Frank wrote:

On 8/25/2010 12:14 PM, Billy wrote:
105°F in Santa Rosa, 107°F here. Opened up the house last night to cool
off. The outside temp went to 53°F, the house to 70°F.

The paper says it will be 99°F today, Accuweather.com says 92°F.

The heat didn't seem so bad yesterday, but I'm feeling a little stunned
today. The tomatoes enjoyed the heat. You could almost watch them redden.

Chance of showers on Sunday, go figure.

Here's a question for you, Billy.
Will excessive heat cause tomatoes to go dormant?

Here you go Frank, Billy has been busy with carbon issues and more.

http://ag.arizona.edu/ceac/research/.../heattrial.htm

The tough part is defining the question. In this case it was
tomato heat tolerance.

--
Bill S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden
globalvoicesonline.org
http://www.davidmccandless.com/

On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:08:48 -0400, Frank wrote:
On 8/25/2010 12:14 PM, Billy wrote:
105?F in Santa Rosa, 107?F here. Opened up the house last night to cool
off. The outside temp went to 53?F, the house to 70?F.

The paper says it will be 99?F today, Accuweather.com says 92?F.

The heat didn't seem so bad yesterday, but I'm feeling a little stunned
today. The tomatoes enjoyed the heat. You could almost watch them redden.

Chance of showers on Sunday, go figure.

Here's a question for you, Billy.
Will excessive heat cause tomatoes to go dormant?

they won't polinate if too warm at night
they'll shrivel up and die if too hot during the day

On 8/25/2010 1:29 PM, AZ Nomad wrote:
On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:08:48 -0400, wrote:
On 8/25/2010 12:14 PM, Billy wrote:
105?F in Santa Rosa, 107?F here. Opened up the house last night to cool
off. The outside temp went to 53?F, the house to 70?F.

The paper says it will be 99?F today, Accuweather.com says 92?F.

The heat didn't seem so bad yesterday, but I'm feeling a little stunned
today. The tomatoes enjoyed the heat. You could almost watch them redden.

Chance of showers on Sunday, go figure.

Here's a question for you, Billy.
Will excessive heat cause tomatoes to go dormant?

they won't polinate if too warm at night
they'll shrivel up and die if too hot during the day

Had not thought about pollination. I had a lot of ripe tomatoes but now
only a few green and not as many as in the past. Protracted hot weather
seems to have brought on a stasis. Weather is getting cooler so maybe
numbers will come back.

On Aug 25, 9:14*am, Billy wrote:
105°F in Santa Rosa, 107°F here. Opened up the house last night to cool
off. The outside temp went to 53°F, the house to 70°F.

The paper says it will be 99°F today, Accuweather.com says 92°F.

The heat didn't seem so bad yesterday, but I'm feeling a little stunned
today. The tomatoes enjoyed the heat. You could almost watch them redden.

Chance of showers on Sunday, go figure.
--
- Billy
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/2...01072816515308...

Hi Billy
I am going to answer all other posts here at once.

Thanks for correcting the Chaffin farm website to
www.chaffinfamilyorchards.com/
It is a great place; I went on a tour of their farm this Spring.( It
was COLD then.)
They do CSA and the local farmers markets. Their fruits are all
wonderful and
they always sell out.

I have to get all my outside work done early also. Temp got to 102
yesterday.
Today it is 96 at 1pm. I had to quit at 10am. Nights have been a
cool 55-60.
You asked about Lake Oroville. No we don't go there much; it is mainly
a boater's
lake. It's not very cool there unless you are out on the water, and
it's not a very
pretty lake. We do like Black Butte Lake, to the west. It's like
going back to
early Calif. of about 200 years ago. Also we go up to the mountains.
This evening
we will take a supper and go up to Butte Meadows by the creek.

Garden continues even in the heat. I kind of neglected the zuch, and
found 2
this am about 24 inches long, 14 inches around at the blossom end and
weigh
about 10 lbs each! The peaches have been wonderful, but I picked the
last
this am.. Figs are still good. Tomatoes took a little break for about
a week, but
I had a ripe one in a sandwich today, so they are back.. Super Sweet
cherry
continues even thru the heat.

You keep cool also
Emilie
NorCal

On Aug 25, 12:44*pm, Frank wrote:
On 8/25/2010 1:29 PM, AZ Nomad wrote:



On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:08:48 -0400, *wrote:
On 8/25/2010 12:14 PM, Billy wrote:
105?F in Santa Rosa, 107?F here. Opened up the house last night to cool
off. The outside temp went to 53?F, the house to 70?F.

The paper says it will be 99?F today, Accuweather.com says 92?F.

The heat didn't seem so bad yesterday, but I'm feeling a little stunned
today. The tomatoes enjoyed the heat. You could almost watch them redden.

Chance of showers on Sunday, go figure.

Here's a question for you, Billy.
Will excessive heat cause tomatoes to go dormant?

they won't polinate if too warm at night
they'll shrivel up and die if too hot during the day

Had not thought about pollination. *I had a lot of ripe tomatoes but now
only a few green and not as many as in the past. Protracted hot weather
seems to have brought on a stasis. *Weather is getting cooler so maybe
numbers will come back.

Yes, they will resume with cooler weather.
Tomato varieties vary with their tolerance for hot weather.
I have found Park's Whopper Improved, and Beefy Boy to withstand
high temperatures well. Super Sweet cherry never stops.
Cool nights do help.
Emilie
NorCal

In article
,
mleblanca wrote:

Today it is 96 at 1pm.

Presently 2 PM and 99°F. I don't think it's done.
--
- Billy
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/2/maude
http://english.aljazeera.net/video/m...515308172.html

In article
,
Billy wrote:

In article
,
mleblanca wrote:

Today it is 96 at 1pm.

Presently 2 PM and 99°F. I don't think it's done.

Thinking easy sauna.

Hope the dew point is below 60 F.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYVdheJlnlY

--
Bill S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden
globalvoicesonline.org
http://www.davidmccandless.com/

Frank wrote:
On 8/25/2010 12:14 PM, Billy wrote:
105°F in Santa Rosa, 107°F here. Opened up the house last night to
cool off. The outside temp went to 53°F, the house to 70°F.

The paper says it will be 99°F today, Accuweather.com says 92°F.

The heat didn't seem so bad yesterday, but I'm feeling a little
stunned today. The tomatoes enjoyed the heat. You could almost watch
them redden. Chance of showers on Sunday, go figure.

Here's a question for you, Billy.
Will excessive heat cause tomatoes to go dormant?

No but it can interfere with flowering.

David

In article ,
Bill who putters wrote:

In article
,
Billy wrote:

In article
,
mleblanca wrote:

Today it is 96 at 1pm.

Presently 2 PM and 99°F. I don't think it's done.

Thinking easy sauna.

Hope the dew point is below 60 F.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYVdheJlnlY

I'm glad that they had subtitles;O)
--
- Billy
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/2/maude
http://english.aljazeera.net/video/m...515308172.html