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To: Eric in the Ozarks; who knows what evil?

The biggie problem with tomatoes and heat is night time temps. Once those go much about 72F you’re toast. I find that the cherry varieties tend to produce better mainly because they’ve got more blossoms open at once and stand a better chance of timing that pollination when the temp/humidity are favorable. Also the heat tolerant varieties tend to do better for a few more degrees of nighttime heat than the others.

YMMV.

Trinidad Scorpions are about twice as hot as ghosts on average. I’m pinging a pepper expert to this as well.


44 posted on 05/16/2014 1:50:19 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Black Agnes

We’re growing only the small tomato varieties. Last year, our big tomatoes didn’t do well (probably because of the heat.)

On another subject, I observed the first dead armadillo on the highway today. I thought the cold from last winter might have killed them off but no luck.

Time to get out the 2 X 6 boards and coon traps. A couple years ago, I nailed eight of these critters in one summer.

A Texas buddy remarked they are “good eating.” I don’t know if he was kidding but I’ll stick with more recognizable fare.


47 posted on 05/16/2014 1:56:56 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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