Managing the heat - Page 2

Kikaida · June 24, 2015

Nice to know I'm not alone, next year starting way earlier...I'll see how my crop holds over during the summer and if it produces well in the fall. If not, may do two crops. One start on Feb. 1 and pulled when the heat comes, the second Aug. 1 and left for the frost. Only dealing with around 12 plants so not a major effort there.

feldon30 · June 24, 2015

What luck! I'm growing Big Beef and Indian Stripe this year.

Mojave · June 24, 2015

It's been a cool Spring/Summer until a couple of weeks ago, when the summer heat finally raised it's ugly head. Some, but not all, of my tomatoes are really suffering. Some of my peppers too. Tomorrow is supposed to be in the 100's. First thing in the morning, I'm going to try and set up shade with burlap and bed sheets over my most sensitive ones, at least until the temps become more civil.

Gardeneer · June 25, 2015

Up in PNW ( Seattle, WA), we are getting some heat too.

But not that bad. RH during the day is about 48%.
Highs forecast for the next 15 days are 88F to 95F . Average for this time of year is 70F.

Hmm. I can manage it. Just have to water more often.

It is good for my tomatoes and peppers. Most of them have set a lot already and they should grow them faster from now on.

Gardeneer

pauldavid · June 25, 2015

We had 102° today with heat index of 112°. I didn't even want to go into the garden!

b54red · June 25, 2015

Early last week we had a heat index of 127 one day. It was really hot with my thermometer showing well over 100 and Weather Underground said it reached 107. This week has been very hot also but not quite reaching those extremes and we did get a half inch of rain on Monday night so it was a bit steamy yesterday but slightly cooler. It did save me having to water for a few days maybe.

Bill

Kikaida · June 25, 2015

Dang!...I'll stop crying about the upper 90s!

saltmarsh · June 25, 2015

It's 92 outside with a heat index of 100. Humidity 52%. UV index 12/12.

One of the advantages of using a trellis for the tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants. Claud

June 24, 2015	#16
Kikaida Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Valencia, CA Posts: 258	Nice to know I'm not alone, next year starting way earlier...I'll see how my crop holds over during the summer and if it produces well in the fall. If not, may do two crops. One start on Feb. 1 and pulled when the heat comes, the second Aug. 1 and left for the frost. Only dealing with around 12 plants so not a major effort there. __________________ Fun FIRST, safety second...

June 24, 2015	#17
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	What luck! I'm growing Big Beef and Indian Stripe this year. __________________ [SIZE="3"]I've relaunched my gardening website -- [B]TheUnconventionalTomato.com[/B][/SIZE] * [I][SIZE="1"]*I'm not allowed to post weblinks so you'll have to copy-paste it manually.[/SIZE][/I]

June 24, 2015	#18
Mojave Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: SF Bay area Z9a Posts: 821	It's been a cool Spring/Summer until a couple of weeks ago, when the summer heat finally raised it's ugly head. Some, but not all, of my tomatoes are really suffering. Some of my peppers too. Tomorrow is supposed to be in the 100's. First thing in the morning, I'm going to try and set up shade with burlap and bed sheets over my most sensitive ones, at least until the temps become more civil. __________________ Bill _______________________________________________ When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. -John Muir Believe those who seek the Truth: Doubt those who find it. -André Gide

June 25, 2015	#22
Kikaida Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Valencia, CA Posts: 258	Dang!...I'll stop crying about the upper 90s! __________________ Fun FIRST, safety second...

June 25, 2015	#19
Gardeneer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7 Posts: 4,916	Up in PNW ( Seattle, WA), we are getting some heat too. But not that bad. RH during the day is about 48%. Highs forecast for the next 15 days are 88F to 95F . Average for this time of year is 70F. Hmm. I can manage it. Just have to water more often. It is good for my tomatoes and peppers. Most of them have set a lot already and they should grow them faster from now on. Gardeneer

June 25, 2015	#20
pauldavid Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: NE Louisiana, Zone 8A Posts: 1,179	We had 102° today with heat index of 112°. I didn't even want to go into the garden!

June 25, 2015	#21
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	Early last week we had a heat index of 127 one day. It was really hot with my thermometer showing well over 100 and Weather Underground said it reached 107. This week has been very hot also but not quite reaching those extremes and we did get a half inch of rain on Monday night so it was a bit steamy yesterday but slightly cooler. It did save me having to water for a few days maybe. Bill