Tomatoes, cucumbers and sweet peppers in December?
Our average first frost date is 15 November. During the pre-dawn morning of the 11th we briefing touched 31 degrees, hit an afternoon high of 68 degrees, followed the next day by a high of 80 degrees.
Plants which survived the awesome summer heat are bearing fruit and the bees are still flitting from blossom to blossom doing their busy work. But, the tomatoes are still green, the surviving cucumber plants are producing fewer and smaller cukes. Bell peppers are decent producers but the peppers are smaller than in the spring.
Oddly, the seranno, jalapeno, and pablano peppers are going like gangbusters even with the fluctuating night and daytime temps, as are our cherry tomatoes.
Ten day forecast calls for night temps 38 - 48 degrees and day temps 64 - 76 degrees.
With a little luck, maybe we’ll have vine ripened tomatoes for Christmas.
Snow peas, broccoli, cabbage, collards, onions and garlic are coming along nicely. And so are all the potted herbs. Only the Thai basil seems to be giving up.
Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!
The pepper plants in my greenhouse are still producing well, as is the crazy papaya. Hopefully, I'll get some good fruit off of it this year.