Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Wayne" <wa2yne@gmail.com>]

I think it might depend in part on the variety of tomato, as well as the 
night temperatures.
In Hughson, near Modesto California, we got temps over 100 many days, and 
even more that were over 90. But it would cool some at night. Most of the 
varieties of tomato We had growing set plenty of fruit.
These included ones called Celebrity, seemingly determinate, but often 
grew` a second crop, A variety of large cherry tomato that I brought from NY 
with me (once set fruit grew till frost or freeze did too much damage), some 
grape tomatoes, as well as two types of heirloom yellow tomatoes. One of the 
yellows did fair in fruiting, the other grew few fruit, but plenty of plant 
and blossoms.
I might try those here, if I can find where I put the seeds and if they'll 
germinate enough.
One was Golden Queen, set a fair amount, but not as much as the 
Celebrities, and the other was Stetsons Yellow, which grew huge delicious 
tomatoes, but so few of them. Plenty of plant though.
May need to do some shade cloth, not easy with the wind here, but I'll need 
to fence the garden well anyway to keep the critters out.  I can fasten 
shade cloth to the top of the fence, and some down the sunward sides.
I did grow tomatoes in Rochester NY in an area that got only 1/2 a days 
real sunlight due to the trees. And cukes do great in partial shade...
Here we get temps well over 100 a good part of  the year. Already getting 
some 80's.
YMMV

Wayne WA2YNE
www.desert-rat.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Hargesheimer" <minifarms2@yahoo.com>
To: "E. E. Mitchamore Jr" <emitch@att.net>; 
<livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
Cc: <jgoettemoeller@hotmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Veg. Garden Shade Cloth?


> When the air temperature is 90 and over no fruit will set.  When the 
> temperature is below that the fruit will set.  You might check TX A & M 
> University website or USDA, etc for more info.