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  • From: "William H Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT illinois.edu>
  • To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Hail damaged drip tape? and perfection
  • Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:48:57 -0500

We’ve been wet for weeks. I’ve only had 1 day of field work in almost three weeks. Diseases are starting to show up. I’ve had growers with tomatoes in tunnels report that they are seeing Leaf Mold show up in their tomatoes. That is one nasty problem. After almost thirty years of doing this, I’d prefer hot and dry to wet and cool any time. Drip and heat will make a better crop and timely, though it’s hard on workers.

 

Bill

William H. Shoemaker

Sr. Research Specialist, Food Crops

University of Illinois - Crop Sciences

St Charles Horticulture Research Center

535 Randall Road, St Charles, IL, 60174

630-584-7254, FAX-584-4610

wshoemak AT illinois.edu


From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Pamela Crowe
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 7:15 AM
To: Market Farming
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Hail damaged drip tape? and perfection

 

 

On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 2:21 AM, <KAKerby AT aol.com> wrote:

I have to just smile at all this.  I was muttering on another list (OK, I was whining on several other lists) that we have yet to see 75F here this year (and I wonder why my basil is so depressed).  I can hear yet more rain coming down as I type.  I think we've had more rain in the last 2 months, when we're typically drying out, than we had in the two months prior to that.  I don't think we got above 60F today, and we've actually had a fire going in the woodstove since about 10am when I realized it wasn't going to warm up.  <pout>

 

 

I've got the sunshine and humidity-----------way too much----------------such a deal.

Will trade a portion of the apparent 110(lucky to get to 80 low) here for some rain.

Have watched the heat lightning and thunderstorms that crop up in the evenings---------but I never get a drop of them.

I try slicing my way through this wet, sunshine laden air trying to save my crops from the stress of it all that has been going on for days. I did not go to the FM yesterday since there are notices everywhere about this heat advisory and anything I would take would not last long sitting out in this disasterous heat.

The extremes of late are just amazing.

 

Pam




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