RE: The First Zucchini; first tomato

I would think you could keep the plants going indefinitely in that
climate even if they aren't bearing all the time - although does disease
wipe them out? 

Cyndi


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of Bonnie Holmes
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 10:18 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] The First Zucchini; first tomato

Do you not get two seasons of tomatoes?  


> [Original Message]
> From: james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 6/8/2007 1:11:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] The First Zucchini; first tomato
>
> Interesting, Bonnie, and... amusing. I just harvested my last tomato 
> of the season.
>
>
> On Jun 8, 2007, at 10:06 AM, Bonnie Holmes wrote:
>
> > I have just harvested the first of my soft-neck garlic...large and 
> > nice flavor.  Also, have my first tomato of the season.
> >
> > Speaking of National Geographic, you might want to see "A Passion 
> > for Order", June 2007 issue on Linnaeus.
> >
> >
> >> [Original Message]
> >> From: Zemuly Sanders <zemuly@comcast.net>
> >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> Date: 6/7/2007 9:10:14 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] The First Zucchini
> >>
> >> That was very interesting, Daryl.  Thanks to your observations in 
> >> your
> > posts
> >> I've been particularly aware of bees and other small pollinators in

> >> my
> > yard.
> >> So far there seem to be right many of them.  I learned from the May

> >> issue
> > of
> >> National Geographic that the European honeybees were brought here 
> >> by the English colonists so they could have mead.  The bees' 
> >> ability to be nondiscriminating in their pollination has enabled us

> >> to have many fruits and vegetables that would otherwise be 
> >> unavailable.
> >> zem
> >> zone 7
> >> West TN
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Daryl" <pulis@mindspring.com>
> >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 5:12 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] The First Zucchini
> >>
> >>
> >>> I used to have so many honeybees that I couldn't walk across the 
> >>> lawn barefoot when the clover was blooming, and the dogs were
often stung.
> > The
> >>> hum in my apple trees, or in the holly outside my window was 
> >>> audible
> > from
> >>> several feet away. I'd listen to it as I worked with the windows 
> >>> open.
> >>>
> >>> The tracheal and varroa mites took their toll on honeybees here 
> >>> over
> > the
> >>> years, but the other pollinators increased. This year, we had 
> >>> plenty of Carpenter Bees, but not many Bumbles or Masons, and I 
> >>> have seen only
> >>> 2
> >>> honeybees -one honeybee in April and one last week. Whatever the 
> >>> cause
> > of
> >>> CCD (besides big ag trying to push hives to the limit), there's
> > something
> >>> else going on with the other pollinators here, too.  I'm hoping 
> >>> it's a fluke of the weather, but - no apples, no holly berries 
> >>> here, and that
> > was
> >>> before the big freeze.
> >>>
> >>> By the way, this website has some good no-nonsense stuff about the
> > bees,
> >>> for those who are interested.
> >>> http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mvanishingbees.htm
> >>>
> >>> d
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> >>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 6:44 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] The First Zucchini
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> About bees.
> >>>>
> >>>> I have a friend who is a bee researcher at LSU. He says he's 
> >>>> involved
> > in
> >>>> investigating CCD. He says the reports of 60-70 percent swarm 
> >>>> disappearance are media nonsense and not supported by the facts. 
> >>>> He
> > says
> >>>> "normal" swarm disappearance is 20-40 percent, and he suspects 
> >>>> most of that is caused by beekeepers moving their hives a lot. He

> >>>> says moving hives, while profitable for beekeepers, is very 
> >>>> stressful for bees.
> >>>> He
> >>>> also adds that the Einstein quote about bee disappearance leading

> >>>> to
> > the
> >>>> end of the food chain was probably not said by Einstein and, at 
> >>>> any
> > rate,
> >>>> shows enormous ignorance about the "messy" science of biology.
> >>>
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