humdity and heat

ronsmith100 · May 2, 2011

I am reading so much about tomatoes theses days. I am surely hooked.

Anyway I wanted to find a tomato that would do well in my area in my heat. It was suggested I try Super Sioux and Mexico. So I've got them going. But I am still not clear on what "hot weather" means to a tomato in different parts of the continent. The heat of say Georgia can get high but it simply cannot be the same kind of heat as in the mountains with low low humidity. For example when it is 107 here I think the tomatoes find it hard to handle the blistering radiance of high altitude thin dry air. Transpiration is off the charts up here too.

Any high altitude desert-like tomato people here?

I'm near Kanab, UT
5500 ft

May 2, 2011	#1
ronsmith100 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Southern Utah Posts: 26	humdity and heat I am reading so much about tomatoes theses days. I am surely hooked. Anyway I wanted to find a tomato that would do well in my area in my heat. It was suggested I try Super Sioux and Mexico. So I've got them going. But I am still not clear on what "hot weather" means to a tomato in different parts of the continent. The heat of say Georgia can get high but it simply cannot be the same kind of heat as in the mountains with low low humidity. For example when it is 107 here I think the tomatoes find it hard to handle the blistering radiance of high altitude thin dry air. Transpiration is off the charts up here too. Any high altitude desert-like tomato people here? I'm near Kanab, UT 5500 ft