[NAFEX] direct seeding

Diane Whitehead voltaire at islandnet.com
Sun Feb 20 21:52:48 EST 2005


As someone with an 11 month spring, and 0, though occasionally 1 
"heat days", direct seeding of heat lovers is not an option, unless 
the direct seeding takes place in a greenhouse. I have a long growing 
season, but it is a cool one.

I do have tomatoes which come up from dropped fruit from the previous 
year.  They start germinating about August, and I can't remember that 
I have ever had fruit set from one of them.

Peppers produce fruit, but I have to start them in the winter, and 
finally plant them out in my hottest spot sometime in June, already 
in flower.

Forget the real heat lovers, like watermelon, canteloupe, okra, eggplant.

-- 
Diane Whitehead  Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
maritime zone 8
cool mediterranean climate (dry summer, rainy winter - 68 cm annually)
sandy soil



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