Posted on 07/13/2009 8:06:53 AM PDT by Bulwinkle
“Most other vegetables such as lettuce, PEPPERS, squash, carrots, green beans and broccoli are not affected.”
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/house/blog/gardening/2009/07/late_blight_affects_tomatoes_a.html
more:
Late blight threatens Maryland tomato crops
Funguslike disease gains abnormally early start
By HEATHER ROTH Staff Writer
Published 07/13/09
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/env/2009/07/13-26/Late-blight-threatens-Maryland-tomato-crops.html
Our lawn is turning yellow, farmers are complaining that they can’t hay, and our roads are getting potholes large enough to swallow a tank. In Maine this going to be remembered as the summer that wasn’t.
We’ve been in the triple digits and low humidity for the past 3 weeks. I water them every morning and evening. The larger tomato’s aren’t producing at all, but the Julienne (a variety of grape tomato) are producing heavily. Jalapeno’s and okra are producing a bumper crop though.
My father was from Rumford, and, I have two sisters up near farmington and anthoer in carabasset valley...the last couple of years have started to change their view of global warming.
And:
1816 - The Year Without Summer
By: Lee Foster, Meteorologist
As we all know living in New England means enduring long winters and savoring the short summers. However, in 1816, the summer season was shorter than normal and is commonly referred to as “The Year Without Summer”........
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/car/Newsletter/htm_format_articles/climate_corner/yearwithoutsummer_lf.htm
Yeah. It’s happened before but it sure does make you want to pop any jerk complaining about global warming.
Thanks! I’ll keep a close eye on the tomatoes then. The peppers are having an terrible time with the lack of sun.
Here near Seattle, I fought something earlier in the year going after my chard and spinach.
Best I could figure after googling was it was something called “downey mildew”.
Now that it has pretty much dried out and warmed up a bit, the stuff grows faster than it gets infected.
Still, I was unhappy because I love spinach. But I am gonna get about a half ton of spinach seeds, which is a good thing!
My taters are doing great. Tall plants, abt 2 feet tall, lots of leaves and few flowers. Don’t know whats going on underground, but I’m keeping my fingers crossed.
Just a few, but I don't know if the numbers have been sustained. We're still in somewhat of a minimum, and have been for the last two years.
Other than a plague of grasshoppers & Colorado potato beetles, my spuds are looking mighty fine. And the tomatoes are the best looking, sturdiest we've had in years.
LOL! That’s okay — we don’t need anything in return. That made me burst out laughing.
Tubers, or not tubers, that is the question.
(Snaps fingers) Doggone. I never get the word.
Climate Change?
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