Market Farming

[Marie Kamphefner <kampy AT grm.net>]

Hi,

By pushing it, I mean it's kind of late to be planting strawberries.  If 
you want to try planting some in the middle of July, I wouldn't plant very 
many.  Just test it out and see what happens.  It would help, I'd think to 
have the irrigation system.

Marie in Missouri


At 08:44 AM 06/25/2001 -0700, you wrote:
> > From: Marie Kamphefner <kampy AT grm.net>
> > It is pushing it to plant strawberries now, but I have done it before.
>
> When you say pushing it, what do you mean?  What can happen?  My field is 
> fully irrigated on a computerized system so fortunately I shouldn't have a 
> water problem, would 2" for the 1st 2 weeks do it then go down to 
> 1"?  Also around end of July to early August we get an "ol faithful" heat 
> spell of 40C - 46C (if my memory serves me right that is about 105 - 115F) 
> would it be safe?  The earliest I could plant would be mid July, swarmed 
> with other garden duties!