North Texans are you planting out this weekend?

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

Yes, north wind and clouds here. Some of the tomato plants I took outside don't like it either. It's 56F right now and I'm wearing a thin windbreaker. I'm still thinking of planting out a few larger plants to see if that helps. They keep having lower branches wilt and look awful. Oh well, I started way too many anyway.

Mine seem to be as happy as a clam outside.
Yesterday I was out in a tee shirt and flip flops spreading peat moss and spraying with diluted vinegar.

Worth

[newgardener_tx]

Plant out this week!!! Most of the plants are from seeds. There were fine until too much rain from last week. Trying to have more space for each plant this year. Decrease from 8 plants to 5-6 for 4x8 box, decrease from 6 to 4 plants for 4x6 box. Still have 7-10 space.

[OzoneNY]

Originally Posted by hornstrider

I planted 4 plants last night. I started hardening off plants about a week ago. They were in the shade of patio for 3 days, and placed outside on the fourth day under very overcast day, and the sun has not peeked through the clouds in the last 2 weeks. Today is cloudy once again, and I plan to plant out the remaining 40 plants by this weekend. Crazy weather

Nice, compared to mine, you got trees!

[BigVanVader]

I'm not in Texas but I will be planting some not so great looking seedlings that would be hard to sell this weekend just for the heck of it. If they get killed or continue going downhill I will just rip them out. It has been in the 70s here all week and it would be nice to get a jump on the season with the beefsteaks since they abort once we hit summer temps....which the past few years can be anytime between May and August

Raybo,

San Antonio is one of my favorite places on earth to simply be. The history is overwhelming if you happen to be a history nut as I am. I always try to eat at least one authentic Mexican meal when there at a little restaurant in a strip mall along Interstate 10. Their menus are in Spanish and the last time I was there none of the wait staff spoke English so it was interesting.

I used to drive to San Antonio as a kid before there was a river walk. I purchased truckloads of seasonal produce including tomatoes at a wholesale produce market, and hauled them home. I fell in love with San Antonio and return as often as possible.

Our daughter and son in law flew out to Surprise Arizona and watched a few of the Texas Rangers pre-season ball games. It was around 80 degrees F in Surprise. This past Tuesday, they drove up to the south side of the Grand Canyon. That is a drive I've always enjoyed. I've attached a photo to show the difference in weather between Surprise and the Grand Canyon. You can tell by her hair the wind was blowing and you can tell by their clothes, the temp was well below 80 degrees F.



I'm glad you had the opportunity to visit Texas. I hope you enjoyed it. We always try to be welcoming to everyone.

Ted

[Worth1]

Ted I would give anything to have a place at the bottom of the grand canyon.
I would go there and never come out and I bet I could survive.

Worth

[Stvrob]

Originally Posted by Worth1

Ted I would give anything to have a place at the bottom of the grand canyon.
I would go there and never come out and I bet I could survive.

Worth

Worth,
You should flip thru this book about John Wesley Powell's expedition in 1871 And see if you find it interesting.

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20667...-h/20667-h.htm


Or this one about his first expedition in 1869
https://archive.org/stream/explorati...e/n11/mode/2up

That second one is also a free kindle book if you have a kindle app.

Edit, actually, i just noticed that they are both free on kindle!

[mdvpc]

I planted out this morning. My plants were 2 feet tall. I buried them real deep in my raised beds.

[Worth1]

Lordy what a beautiful day it turned out to be.
I was sitting outside and decided to put up the Cages too.
Came back in the get another chocolate stout see y'all later.
Not gonna waste this day.

Worth

[Cheryl2017]

First round of plants out. I planted the larger ones. The rest of the seedlings are hardening off but still kind of small. The weather was perfect. I hope to get everything planted by the first of April.

[creister]

Ted,

I see you mention a coming cold spell, do you have a website?

[Direct Sunlight]

Originally Posted by tedln

My normal plant out date of March 1 has come and gone. Four inches of snow on the ground in the first week. Long range forecast is calling for a deep dip in the jet stream over the central United States in the last week of march with more freezing weather over north Texas. Most years, I don't worry about it and simply plan on covering them in the ground as needed. This year, my plants are too tall to cover and some even have small tomatoes on them. I started hardening them off under cloudy skies two days ago. I left them out overnight and it cooled to 37 degrees F. during the night. They did fine, but I probably won't plant out until after the last freeze in late March. I will hold some spares back in case we get a late frost in April.

Ted

Thanks for the heads up! I plan to plant tomatoes right after Easter, and let the chips fall where they may. I'm just in too low an area to start it up yet, cold air sinks right down the hill.

[rnewste]

The Grand Canyon was breathtaking:



What I enjoyed later this afternoon was an internal tour of the Glen Canyon Dam at Lake Powell:



The Generating Room was very impressive, down in the base of the Dam:



Off to Zion tomorrow..

Raybo

[creister]

Ray,

Is Zion the national park? That is where they filmed Jermiah Johnson if I remember right.

Originally Posted by creister

Ted,

I see you mention a coming cold spell, do you have a website?

Nope! No webpage, just a local, DFW area prognosticator attempting a long range forecast through March. He was using computer models to indicate low pressure movements which will allow the jet steam to dip severely in the central United States bringing arctic air in behind the jet stream.

Actual temperature forecasts through March and April don't indicate any temps below freezing. The coldest night I can find is March 20 on Accuweather at 39 degrees. It's probably pretty safe to plant out in north Texas, but I'm still waiting a while. All thru this winter, the forecasters have been surprised how quickly the severely cold weather has developed with less than a weeks warning in most cases. I went to bed this past Monday night with a local low forecast of 44 degrees. When I woke up Tuesday morning, the temp was 37 degrees. It still isn't an exact science.

When you add the fact that I have been very, very lazy this winter, it bolsters my resolve to wait a little longer to plant out. I can always blame it on the weather instead of my laziness.

Ted