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Hi, I live in Sanantonio Texas. I have planted a garden for the first
time in my life. Everything seems to be growing well. My question is, will my plants reproduce fruit/vegetables all summer into the fall, or will some die and I will need to plant another crop in the late summer. I have planted: beans peas cucumbers zucchini squash tomatoes corn on the cob broccoli Thanks, Rodger |
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Hi, I live in Sanantonio Texas. I have planted a garden for the first time in my life. Everything seems to be growing well. My question is, will my plants reproduce fruit/vegetables all summer into the fall, or will some die and I will need to plant another crop in the late summer. I have planted: beans peas cucumbers zucchini squash tomatoes corn on the cob broccoli You live there and don't know how to write the name of your city correctly? Something smells fishy. Nothing fishy. Just a serious question. I actually live in the greater Northeast San Antonio. A small city called Schertz. Near Randolph Air base. |
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In article , Wolf Kirchmeir
wrote: Is there a garden club or horticultural society in San Antonio? What about the Texas State Agriculture Department? Both are good sources for the information you seek. If you join the club, you'll also make good friends. Your local library will also have useful books - just ask. Librarians may not know the answers, but they are very good at helping you find them. (Plug - my niece is a librarian in Midland MI). San Antonio has garden clubs up the wazoo & the point of first contact would be the San Antonio Botanical Garden and the adjacent San Antonia Garden Center. -paghat the ratgirl -- Get your Paghat the Ratgirl T-Shirt he http://www.paghat.com/giftshop.html "In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot." -Thomas Jefferson |
Relax,
Some of these people get all bent out of shape about nothing. I live in Austin your neighbor to the North. Most serious gardeners in this area plan on having at lease 3 if not 4 gardens. I have a garden for each of the 4 seasons and so can you. Once plants become tired or diseased you replace them with new ones that will be complemented by the expected weather. Since you live in San Antonio, you will have only a few really cold days. Buy a gardening book about Texas gardening and I'm sure you will find out all you need to know. Gardening is not ROCKET SCIENCE. Don't be afraid to experiment and fail. Even the most experienced gardeners sometimes don't do the right thing. Have Fun Jim "paghat" wrote in message ... In article , Wolf Kirchmeir wrote: Is there a garden club or horticultural society in San Antonio? What about the Texas State Agriculture Department? Both are good sources for the information you seek. If you join the club, you'll also make good friends. Your local library will also have useful books - just ask. Librarians may not know the answers, but they are very good at helping you find them. (Plug - my niece is a librarian in Midland MI). San Antonio has garden clubs up the wazoo & the point of first contact would be the San Antonio Botanical Garden and the adjacent San Antonia Garden Center. -paghat the ratgirl -- Get your Paghat the Ratgirl T-Shirt he http://www.paghat.com/giftshop.html "In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot." -Thomas Jefferson |
since no one replied to you... assuming no disease (eg, the squash and
cukes may get borer, or mildew, or both), the broccoli and peas will certainly stop in the summer. The corn is a one time thing. The beans, it depends. string beans keep producing for a long time, but shelling beans come all at once. indeterminate (tall) tomatoes should keep producing, while determinate (bush) may come all at once. cukes and squash should continue producing into the fall. At any rate expect some slowdown, even for continuously producing crops, after the first two months of harvest. |
Schertz is considered to be part of the greater NE San Antonio
region. In fact, San Antonio ( down town River walk) is 15 miles from my house. wrote: wrote: Hi, I live in Sanantonio Texas. I have planted a garden for the first time in my life. Everything seems to be growing well. My question is, will my plants reproduce fruit/vegetables all summer into the fall, or will some die and I will need to plant another crop in the late summer. I have planted: beans peas cucumbers zucchini squash tomatoes corn on the cob broccoli You live there and don't know how to write the name of your city correctly? Something smells fishy. Nothing fishy. Just a serious question. I actually live in the greater Northeast San Antonio. A small city called Schertz. Near Randolph Air base. They are all annuals and will all die in the fall. I can't think of any perennial vegetables. If you live in Schertz then you don't live in San Antonio. I live in Shoreline and our southern city limit abuts Seattles northern city limit but I don't live in greater North Seattle I live in Shoreline. |
On 20 May 2005 18:42:20 -0700, "simy1" wrote:
since no one replied to you... assuming no disease (eg, the squash and cukes may get borer, or mildew, or both), the broccoli and peas will certainly stop in the summer. The corn is a one time thing. The beans, it depends. string beans keep producing for a long time, but shelling beans come all at once. indeterminate (tall) tomatoes should keep producing, while determinate (bush) may come all at once. cukes and squash should continue producing into the fall. At any rate expect some slowdown, even for continuously producing crops, after the first two months of harvest. Thanks for the tips. You have been very helpful. Much different that little child molester who said I smell like fish. SOB should come to Texas so we can teach him some civility. He is probably just a troll anyway, looking for your boys on the net. |
Jim Marrs wrote:
[...] Even the most experienced gardeners sometimes don't do the right thing. And don't I know it! |
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On Fri, 20 May 2005 22:28:29 GMT, "Travis"
wrote: Something smells fishy. you post answers with little knowledge or clarity, that's VERY fishy! |
"Jim Marrs" expounded:
Even the most experienced gardeners sometimes don't do the right thing. True - and some of them won't admit it, either! ;- -- Ann, gardening in Zone 6a South of Boston, Massachusetts e-mail address is not checked ****************************** |
if I may give you one more tip... broccoli and peas are winter
vegetables for San Antonio. They will take frost and keep on growing when the weather is milder. They both suffer above 80F. In the summer, it is best if you stick to heat tolerant veggies (okra and watermelon, and cowpeas). |
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