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  • From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
  • Cc: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Growing tomatoes and vegetables from seed for the fall
  • Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:08:03 -0700 (PDT)

'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.







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