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  • From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Veg. Garden Shade Cloth?
  • Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:59:32 -0700


I've read on the ATTRA site that blossom drop, failure to set fruit, is
largely due to temperatures over 80 daytime or below 55-60 night. Other
factors come into play, ventillation or lack thereof in a greenhouse, wet
soil, wind, too direct sun, etc.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 2/28/2007 at 3:37 PM Wayne wrote:

>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.
>>
>
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