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To: Viking2002

Under tents? Because of rain?


19 posted on 10/20/2019 6:45:50 PM PDT by Vision (Obama corrupted, sought to weaken and fundamentally change America; he didn't plan on being stopped.)
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To: Vision

No, out of the baking sun. The last time I got on the mower - a good two months ago - the sun came out from behind a cloud, and it was scalding. Even with regular watering, you can imagine what that must to to a garden. What few vegetables we have gotten so far have had to be left out longer than normal for them to get to market size. I had several green bean plants vining, and all but a few beans turned yellow on the vine, even with a lot of water. In years past, we’d have been bagging them by the quart and freezing them. Rain had nothing to do with it - we’ve actually had to use a lot of water because we simply haven’t had any rain. The soil was rated as normal last year, and now it’s rated abnormally dry. Combine that with heat indices in the 100’s for weeks on end, and you walk around feeling like a jar of dry-roasted peanuts. Too much heat + too little rain = stubborn plants.


20 posted on 10/20/2019 7:05:18 PM PDT by Viking2002 (WARNING: Eating too much oatmeal can make you look like Wilford Brimley.)
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