Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

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>; 
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>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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