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  • From: <bob AT bidumup.com>
  • To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [Market-farming] Different Ideas
  • Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 20:01:16 -0500

 

By the way, does anyone in the Southern States (FL, TX, AL, GA, LA, OK, etc.) have any luck growing cooler weather crops during the summer monthsI use Willhite's for most of my Southern crops, but it would be really great to be able to grow something besides melons, black-eyed peas & okra in August!

Maridian Carlton

 

What is wrong with melons, black-eyed peas and okra?  You also have pintos, tomatoes, kidney beans, some kinds of turnip greens (7 top if you keep covered) but as far as lettuce there is still some growing in my garden that was from a mixed mescaline mix the small red bib type. The rest has gone to seed. Rocket will still grow and some types of arugala. My arugala that was the second planting is still going strong even though the Mexican spotted betel is all over it. Zucchinis and yellow squash you still have time to get a crop in but they will really have to be kept wet to make it in July and August. The okra is just now starting to come out and I will probably plant some more and I pretty sure you have time to get a crop of  the real sweet corn in. Cucumbers are going crazy right now and they can still be planted along with some of the super hot peppers that are thin skinned as they and the tamatillos will survive the heat. Try some lentils for a change as the heat likes them. Just about all the collard greens feed some other critter this year maybe because of all the unusual rain patterns.

Bob C




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