Office Work, Part Deux: Professional Mayhen

[sparkles2307]

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wonders what it would cost to move toAZ so she could grow tomatoes in the fall

And learn that your Spring tomatoes can freeze to the nub in March and the replacements not mature enough to produce befor its too hot to have them produce fruit... or miss one single day of watering and lose a whole bed of strawberries

still better than -40 in March in northern MN

 

[mclevinson]

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And learn that your Spring tomatoes can freeze to the nub in March and the replacements not mature enough to produce befor its too hot to have them produce fruit... or miss one single day of watering and lose a whole bed of strawberries

still better than -40 in March in northern MN

Well. Yeah. You don't have to shovel the heat. What I need is a summer home some place away from the desert. Someplace cool, and green, and shady.

 

[sparkles2307]

McFly, its green and shady here.

 

[LarryPQ]

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I have posted the calendar I use in the AZ thread before....but when I started there it was on age 140 or somehting.

 

[LarryPQ]

TOmatoes will produce until the first frost, and then you have a bajillion pounts of green tomatoes.

Right now you should cut your tomatoes back by a third--AT LEAST. If you have a semi-shady spot, you can start new tomatoes from seed. I am planting mine where there is shade in the summer, but then full sun in the fall/winter.

 

[sparkles2307]

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Wouldnt it also work to do something mobile with them like in pots on a pallet or something so you can move them to the sun or shade as needed?

on TEG theres an AZ gardener that grows them in a shaded kiddie pool so they sit in water all the time.

 

[LarryPQ]

No. Pots dry out too fast, and the sun (QUITE LITERALLY) heats the pots up so much they cook the roots. You'd have to use such huge pots, you wouldn't be able to move them anyway.

Vegetables

Solarize garden soil: Prepare bed for fall planting, irrigate and then cover with clear plastic for six weeks. This will kill or drive out many of the soil pathogens.
Prepare bed for fall planting

Plant Seeds

Snap Beans, Bok Choy, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Chinese Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Collard Greens, Corn, Cucumbers, Kale, Kohlrabi, Lettuce (Head & Leaf) Leeks, Mustard, Green Onions, Summer Squash
Plant Transplants

Tomatoes

 

[mclevinson]

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Oh Sparky, My desert parched self wants to carry that around with hers.

 

[LarryPQ]

Ender is watching the painting guy on PBS. He is FACINATED. And all pumped up to paint.

 

[sparkles2307]

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Bob Ross!?