Re: Happy new year!
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  • Subject: Re: Happy new year!
  • From: J* S* <i*@q.com>
  • Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 09:40:47 -0800
Grafting tomatoes kinda baffles me. I have an acquaintance who once was
touting tissue culture for figs. Mind, if you stick a fig branch in the
ground, it'll root. So I don't see the point of making a big project out of
something that's totally unnecessary.

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On Jan 8, 2013, at 8:42 AM, Catharine Carpenter wrote:

> We had a class here (unfortunately, I could not attend) on grafting your own
tomatoes. Could be less expensive than buying them!
> Happy New Year to all!
> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>
> On Jan 7, 2013, at 8:27 PM, Zemuly wrote:
>
>> Wow, Cindy, that's great. I admire your vegetable gardening. I often
>> tell customers how to grow vegetables, but I can't imagine having the
>> time to actually grow more than tomatoes and peppers in pots. I am also
>> really glad you are feeling better.
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Jan 7, 2013, at 5:22 PM, "Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 412 CS/SCOSI"
<cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all, happy new year! Hope your holidays were good. I came down with a
>>> bad cold right after Christmas so none of the things I planned on doing
>>> got done.  But the weather was pretty unpleasant too so I probably
>>> wouldn't have done anything outside anyway.  I knew it was bad when I
>>> looked forward to going back to work, because it would mean I wasn't
>>> sick.
>>> The usual pile of seed catalogs showed up though, so I had something to
>>> do when I wasn't asleep.  I notice the big thing in the veggie catalogs
>>> this year is grafted tomato plants.  Getting kind of expensive if you
>>> ask me, but I guess not everyone wants to start 20 tomato plants from
>>> seed.  I have most of mine planned out the only question is will I have
>>> enough time to deal with it. Last year the corn came ripe when we were
>>> away, by the time I picked it, it was pretty tough. This year I thought
>>> I'd try the sh2 varieties that are supposed to hold longer.  And maybe
>>> mark on the calendar when I think it'll be ready.
>>> I did get to spend quite a few hours in the greenhouse while it was
>>> sunny, I turned the thermostat up a little so the fan doesn't come on
>>> till it's about 85 in there. Very nice. It has been getting pretty cold
>>> at night though so I may have to run the heater. I notice the croton and
>>> the coleus are suffering, and there's even one of the pelargoniums
>>> looking a bit unhappy.
>>> I got an email from a guy who wants to interview me about my website for
>>> his radio program. I guess it's internet radio. Has anyone listened to
>>> his program? It's "In the Garden with Ron Wilson".  I'm going to
>>> download a podcast tonight and see what it's like, think he wants to
>>> talk to me next Saturday.
>>>
>>> Cyndi
>>>
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