Raleigh. 101 degrees. Heat Index 116. Just plain silly.... - Page 2

Tania · July 14, 2011

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Originally Posted by rnewste

Nate,

I am a thousand miles South of you in (sunny) San Jose, and this is our forecast for tomorrow:

Hourly Forecast
6 am

59°F
Feels Like
59°F 9 am

63°F
Feels Like
63°F 12 pm

68°F
Feels Like
68°F 3 pm

71°F
Feels Like
71°F 6 pm

68°F
Feels Like
68°F 9 pm

61°F
Feels Like
61°F

Raybo

Ray,

I would have been absolutely ecstatic if we had your weather here in Anmore. 64F high and 48F low today, rain and more of the same weather coming. I do not think we had a single day above 72F yet this year.

Tania

gourmetgardener · July 14, 2011

Yes, same 200 miles inland, normally hot and dry in the central valley, but this year been a challenge. experienced brutal heat like NC back in the summer of '09 in Kelowna, BC. The secret during hot weather is calcium, calcium, calcium, and more calcium. The plant sucks calcium from the fruit because it can't uptake enough from the roots, causing fruits to abort, and whatever fruits there are will have blossom end rot. Try Cal Trac or Calcium Nitrate foliar sprays, but do it in the evenings.

Dewayne mater · July 14, 2011

It really isn't too big a deal to have some hot weather, even really hot weather, that lasts a week or two. As my fellow Texans and neighboring Oklahomans can tell you, it is the unrelenting heat that is day after day, week after week, and eventually month after month that starts to wear on you mentally and ends tomato production. This is going to be just such a summer without so much as a passing shower to temporarily cool things down. Argh.

If you have heat followed by breaks in the heat, your plants can put out new flowers and set new fruit. When it is over 100 daily and never cools lower than the 80s, your plants are just lucky to stay alive and produce nothing.

dipchip2000 · July 14, 2011

Temp here today is 105 and not any breaks for at least next 10 days and maybe longer. I pulled 2 Berkley Tye dye last night and replaced them with Indian Stripe. I have about 9 more Indian Stripe and 12 Big Beef that are about 14 inches tall and will replace more in next few days. The plants I am replacing are 6ft tall and look healthy they just are not producing fruit anymore. I am planting the Indian Stripe and Big Beef for the fall tomatoes as per B54red. I started the new plants as seeds and started them outside on the patio so they should be acclimated already and maybe start growing soon. I am using drip irrigation and hoping to produce some eating tomatoes in an extended season. Maybe by the time these are ready to produce the heat will have moderated a little bit. Looking forward to September and relief from heat.

ron

**nctomatoman** · July 22, 2011

And here we go again! 102 yesterday. last night when I went to bed at midnight the heat index was 95. Right now - 12:15 (hungry for lunch) - 98 degrees, dew point of 74, heat index of 107. Feels worse - no breeze at all.

Watering is best done at 6 AM....when it is "only" 80 degrees! So hard to keep the plants happy throughout the day - watering at dusk is just no fun at all.

Yet - lots of happy tomatoes, peppers and eggplant out there!

We are all going to cook at Tomatopalooza tomorrow!

cottonpicker · July 22, 2011

Noon time, today..... Philadelphia... 99 deg., Heat Index 114.

LD

Ruth_10 · July 22, 2011

104 F here, yesterday, according to WeatherUnderground. I watered the strawberries early this morning. They're about the only thing that gets watered. Newspaper and straw mulch keep the tomatoes reasonably happy in this weather.

As an aside, our indoor/outdoor thermometer records highs and lows for the 24 h starting at midnight. BUT--the readout only goes up to 99 F. Guess it was just too expensive to add one more digit to the display (insert rolling eyes for sarcasm here).

cloz · July 22, 2011

My two outdoor thermometers say 99 F in the shade. Weather Channel says it's 101 F and feels like 117 F. My infrared temp gun says its 145 F on the surface of my back deck. Guess I could cook dinner out there.
So far all my tomato plants are green and healthy. Some are setting tomatoes well, some not so well.

nicky · July 22, 2011

I am in Ontario Canada and we are having an insanely hot couple of weeks - for us.

I set up a little 6x8 greenhouse last fall & put it in the warmest most sheltered spot in my yard, thinking that I would be moving it in the spring. Well... it hasn't been moved to its permanent spot yet. The thermometer inside the greenhouse registers up to 60C (140F). The thermometer has read the limit every day (and most nights) for the last 2 weeks.

I thought at 140+F the tomatoes and peppers would fry. The peppers are dropping their blossoms but the tomatoes are growing 3-6" per day and every flower is setting fruit! I am constantly "toothbrushing vibrating" the flower clusters. My Evergreen tomato was 1'8"with no blossoms on July 7th. Today it is 4'10" with about 20 fruit and 30 more blossoms!!! If I could just get the peppers stop dropping their flowers... ah well, can't have everything.

And - I'm spoiled - we have a massive pool that I can fall into after my weeding!

FILMNET · July 22, 2011

Yuck no sea breezes here on the coast of Ma

Full Moon · July 22, 2011

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we have a massive pool that I can fall into after my weeding!

Mind me coming over? I'm just next door

nicky · July 22, 2011

We've got the table all set up for you!!! Just bring your bathing suit and some tomatoes!!!

Medbury Gardens · July 22, 2011

Yuck??,got to be better than what ive got to look farward to over the next day or so-

Very cold southerlies are expected to bring snow to low levels to southern and eastern regions of the South Island during Sunday and Monday,with a high risk of significant amounts of heavy snow about North Canterbury Marlborugh and Nelson .

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Originally Posted by FILMNET

Yuck no sea breezes here on the coast of Ma

Full Moon · July 22, 2011

That does look VERY inviting.

Looks like you guys are in for a big night.

Medbury Gardens · July 22, 2011

Dont you wish you were back down in this part of the world again hey

July 22, 2011	#20
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	And here we go again! 102 yesterday. last night when I went to bed at midnight the heat index was 95. Right now - 12:15 (hungry for lunch) - 98 degrees, dew point of 74, heat index of 107. Feels worse - no breeze at all. Watering is best done at 6 AM....when it is "only" 80 degrees! So hard to keep the plants happy throughout the day - watering at dusk is just no fun at all. Yet - lots of happy tomatoes, peppers and eggplant out there! We are all going to cook at Tomatopalooza tomorrow! __________________ Craig

July 22, 2011	#21
cottonpicker Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SE PA..near Valley Forge Posts: 839	Noon time, today..... Philadelphia... 99 deg., Heat Index 114. LD __________________ "Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause". Victor Hugo

July 22, 2011	#22
Ruth_10 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MO z6a near St. Louis Posts: 1,349	104 F here, yesterday, according to WeatherUnderground. I watered the strawberries early this morning. They're about the only thing that gets watered. Newspaper and straw mulch keep the tomatoes reasonably happy in this weather. As an aside, our indoor/outdoor thermometer records highs and lows for the 24 h starting at midnight. BUT--the readout only goes up to 99 F. Guess it was just too expensive to add one more digit to the display (insert rolling eyes for sarcasm here). __________________ --Ruth Some say the glass half-full. Others say the glass is half-empty. To an engineer, it’s twice as big as it needs to be.

July 14, 2011	#17
gourmetgardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Canada (Zone 6b) Posts: 119	Yes, same 200 miles inland, normally hot and dry in the central valley, but this year been a challenge. experienced brutal heat like NC back in the summer of '09 in Kelowna, BC. The secret during hot weather is calcium, calcium, calcium, and more calcium. The plant sucks calcium from the fruit because it can't uptake enough from the roots, causing fruits to abort, and whatever fruits there are will have blossom end rot. Try Cal Trac or Calcium Nitrate foliar sprays, but do it in the evenings.

July 14, 2011	#18
Dewayne mater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2008 Location: DFW, Texas Posts: 1,212	It really isn't too big a deal to have some hot weather, even really hot weather, that lasts a week or two. As my fellow Texans and neighboring Oklahomans can tell you, it is the unrelenting heat that is day after day, week after week, and eventually month after month that starts to wear on you mentally and ends tomato production. This is going to be just such a summer without so much as a passing shower to temporarily cool things down. Argh. If you have heat followed by breaks in the heat, your plants can put out new flowers and set new fruit. When it is over 100 daily and never cools lower than the 80s, your plants are just lucky to stay alive and produce nothing.

July 14, 2011	#19
dipchip2000 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Muskogee, Oklahoma Posts: 664	Temp here today is 105 and not any breaks for at least next 10 days and maybe longer. I pulled 2 Berkley Tye dye last night and replaced them with Indian Stripe. I have about 9 more Indian Stripe and 12 Big Beef that are about 14 inches tall and will replace more in next few days. The plants I am replacing are 6ft tall and look healthy they just are not producing fruit anymore. I am planting the Indian Stripe and Big Beef for the fall tomatoes as per B54red. I started the new plants as seeds and started them outside on the patio so they should be acclimated already and maybe start growing soon. I am using drip irrigation and hoping to produce some eating tomatoes in an extended season. Maybe by the time these are ready to produce the heat will have moderated a little bit. Looking forward to September and relief from heat. ron

July 22, 2011	#23
cloz Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Southern Connecticut Posts: 435	My two outdoor thermometers say 99 F in the shade. Weather Channel says it's 101 F and feels like 117 F. My infrared temp gun says its 145 F on the surface of my back deck. Guess I could cook dinner out there. So far all my tomato plants are green and healthy. Some are setting tomatoes well, some not so well.

July 22, 2011	#24
nicky Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Ontario Posts: 600	I am in Ontario Canada and we are having an insanely hot couple of weeks - for us. I set up a little 6x8 greenhouse last fall & put it in the warmest most sheltered spot in my yard, thinking that I would be moving it in the spring. Well... it hasn't been moved to its permanent spot yet. The thermometer inside the greenhouse registers up to 60C (140F). The thermometer has read the limit every day (and most nights) for the last 2 weeks. I thought at 140+F the tomatoes and peppers would fry. The peppers are dropping their blossoms but the tomatoes are growing 3-6" per day and every flower is setting fruit! I am constantly "toothbrushing vibrating" the flower clusters. My Evergreen tomato was 1'8"with no blossoms on July 7th. Today it is 4'10" with about 20 fruit and 30 more blossoms!!! If I could just get the peppers stop dropping their flowers... ah well, can't have everything. And - I'm spoiled - we have a massive pool that I can fall into after my weeding!

July 22, 2011	#25
FILMNET Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North Charleston,South Carolina, USA Posts: 1,803	Yuck no sea breezes here on the coast of Ma

July 22, 2011	#29
Full Moon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Montréal, Canada Posts: 347	That does look VERY inviting. Looks like you guys are in for a big night.

July 22, 2011	#30
Medbury Gardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Medbury, New Zealand Posts: 1,881	Dont you wish you were back down in this part of the world again hey