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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

I'm also zone 9.  When you say that your tomatoes "are done" do you mean they 
have their blossoms set, or that you already have tomatoes?  ...bobf 



----- Original Message ----
From: "Bunjov AT aol.com" <Bunjov AT aol.com>
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 6:16:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Plants are blooming

Bob -

I tend the vegetable garden for a friend - we are zip code 92365 - and I  
believe we're Zone 9?

Tomatoes are done - peppers are also 'knotty'. Melons, which she has never  
attempted before, were not doing well, lying on the ground, and she wanted to 
 
rig up some sort of cheesecloth support (or equivalent), but I suggested she 
buy  the little 50-cent containers of thigh-high pantyhose at the local 
WallyWorld,  and hang them on the chainlink fence which surrounds that 
garden. 

They appear to be doing well, but they are small. I call them her Joe  Namath 
melons. 

Sandy
Mid-Mojave


In a message dated 9/20/2008 6:07:05 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
bobford79 AT yahoo.com writes:

I have  about 16 tomatoes, maybe 10 have blossoms.  four bell pepper plants, 
all  have buds and a few smell knotty looking peppers.  We finally had four  
consecutive days of below 104 degree temperature, that is supposed to be the  
baseline for blossoms to set.  Hopefully in a few weeks I will start  
harvesting .  The okra and squash are still barren.  

The  past few mornings have been nice and cool.  It is just breaking dawn and 
only 84 degrees.  Must go find my sweater  ........bobford



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