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Thread #118665   Message #2699143
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
13-Aug-09 - 12:35 AM
Thread Name: BS: Gardening, 2009
Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
The main thing about night time temps that affect tomatoes here is that if it doesn't drop below 80 degrees at night they won't pollinate. This has been an unusual summer. We usually end up with several weeks where it stays that hot, but after a couple of really hot weeks in early July, it has been cooler. And rainy at times.

My answer to hot temps is to go around with the blossom set spray and a cotton swab, and touch each flower. They tend to get pollinated by going to all of the flowers, but just in case, the liquid on the swab will trick the plant to thinking it has been pollinated.

I tried some of my chard tonight--it has reached the point where it's kind of bitter. I'll start some new this week. It's had a good run.

SRS