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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

'half a block from Encanto Park....I'm planting for fall...bobford


--- On Mon, 7/21/08, Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:

> From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Growing tomatoes and vegetables from seed for the 
> fall
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Monday, July 21, 2008, 7:55 PM
> On Jul 21, 2008, at 6:15 PM, bob ford wrote:
> 
> > I have transplanted nursery stock to ground for so
> long  that I have  
> > just about forgotten the vagaries of growing from seed
> packets.  I'm  
> > using seed this summer because the past few years it
> has been hard  
> > to find nursery stock before the beginning of October.
> >
> >  I'm planting tomatoes, peppers , bush-beans and
> cucumbers for the  
> > fall.  The packs say germination in 6-8 days and 70 to
> 90 days for  
> > maturity.  I can probably safely transplant to ground
> as early as  
> > the first week of September, unless we have a late
> heat wave.  I'm  
> > thinking to start the seeds inside this coming weekend
> .  If this  
> > sounds too early, would someone please let me know.  I
> don't  
> > remember just how well to trust the information on the
> seed  
> > packs.......bobford
> 
> Where are you located? Most of us are long since eating
> tomatoes and  
> cucumbers.