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When last we left our heros, on Tue, 01 Jul 2003 02:09:18 GMT,
(zog) scribbled: there are several articles that mention continous high temperatures preventing on plant ripening. Cite, please. Pam, no vague hand waving allowed. -- "Maybe you'd like to ask the Wizard for a heart." "ElissaAnn" |
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I had the same problem.I planted them April. For over two months I
waited to get them to ripen since I started seeing green ones. I live in FL. Finally I just collected all green ones from the plants. I am little upset myself, not even one ripen tomato I enjoyed so far after all the hard work I put in i.e protecting the plants from bugs, worms and caging and tying them with twine etc. Finally I am questioning is it really worth growing tomatoes or any vegies? May be I am missing something? srk |
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"srk" wrote in message
om... I had the same problem.I planted them April. For over two months I waited to get them to ripen since I started seeing green ones. I live in FL. Finally I just collected all green ones from the plants. I am little upset myself, not even one ripen tomato I enjoyed so far after all the hard work I put in i.e protecting the plants from bugs, worms and caging and tying them with twine etc. Finally I am questioning is it really worth growing tomatoes or any vegies? May be I am missing something? srk April seems a bit late for transplanting tomatoes in most of Florida. See http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/VH028 for UFL's Coop. Ext. recommended planting dates. Olin |
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Strawberries are about done. I've been getting 2-4# daily (actual weight on
a scale) from about 100 sq ft of bed. That worked out to about 40 pints of jam. I'm pretty pleased with that. Tried three varieties of peas this year. Sugar Ann, Early Perfection and Alaska. Sugar Ann won't be back ... not enough yield. Early Perfection will get another chance and Alaska is a definite 'plant again'. I have yields from it that look like the seed catalogs! Mezclun is still standing, although some has begun to bolt. The Indian Summer spinach is about done. The dill is looking mighty good and I just gave away about 100 Greek Oregano plants that were shading my pickling cukes. The pickling cukes are about 2' up the trellis now (big difference in growth rate once I got the oregano off 'em) and the bush beans are ready for their first picking. I have my tomatoes and peppers growing in the bed nearest the neighbors (south facing) cinderblock garage wall that I painted white last year. They like the heat. Last year, Ky. Wonder pole beans were just outstanding in that location. We still have 30 qts of beans left from only 16 ft of trellis. I got a late start with Mortgage Lifter so I only have flowers at this point. I have already bought the things I will need next year to get them off to a proper start. The seeds didn't get planted until the 2nd week of April so I can't complain to have such nice, stocky tomatoe plants out there setting a LOT of blooms. Are ML's REALLY that prolific? I have edible jalapenos now but I clearly got sold mis-labeled Anaheims ... the pepper on those plants is held blossom end up and is very nearly a sphere. I'm not certain how my garlic is doing ... the tops seem inclined to recline. Are they ready to pull? They were planted in straight compost, well above any actual dirt, as an experiment. I have 'second cropped' black seeded Simpson and Grand Rapids lettuces among the onions and garlic. I figure that the peas, garlic and onions will be out of those beds pretty soon. My only concern is that this means I will lose my shade for the lettuces. Oh well ... can't all be gems, I guess. Nearly all of my onions split. I'm letting them form bulbs just to see what they come up with. All of the herbs are doing well. I have 4 kinds of mint, 4 kinds of basil, greek oregano, fennel, tarragon, chamomile, sage and a couple others whose names elude me at the moment. I talked the missus into using volunteer opal basil plants as a border in the front flower beds. There's more going on out there but this is what comes to mind at the moment. Bill -- I do not post my address to news groups. |
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Tomatoes not ripening
On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 15:41:00 -0400, Pat Meadows wrote in
rec.gardens.edible: I'm definitely going to try Stupice next year. I have Early Girls this year: lots of little green tomatoes, but nowhere near 'almost ripe'. I have both Stupice and Early Girl. Stupice is way ahead of Early Girl, probably due to the cruddy weather we had. Actually, Lemon Boy is also ahead of Early Girl this year. -- Gardening Zones Canada Zone 5a United States Zone 3a Near Ottawa, Ontario |
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