Subject: Re: [Homestead] Big basil and other features of a hot climate
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 19:10:16 -0600
On 12/15/06, Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:
I have wintered both tomatoes and sweet potatoes here. The tomatoes
don't do much ripening after it gets cool, like now, highs in
seventies, lows in forties. I think of tomatoes as perennials.
Could a plastic covering structure be used to get the heat up to
encourage ripening?