Re: The First Zucchini; first tomato

Bonnie, Cyndi--Yes, two seasons, but we start the second one [October planting] with new plants. Most tomatoes--with the exception of the wild tomato--just peter out when it gets hot at night. The wild one will produce heavily into mid summer before it dies off. We've tried to hold regular tomato plants, both slicing and paste types, over, but it doesn't work very well; they seem to lose vigor, have severe die-back in the heat, and never quite recover. We've even tried pruning them back... but the results were the same.
Have to admit, I've never tried it with cherry tomatoes, because we've never grown them, but this year we have some in a hanging basket, so I think I'll prune and monitor.
Peppers are different; they'll produce like crazy for 3-4 years with only modest attention during their summer siesta. Our Turkish pepper is into it's second year and is way more productive than it was last year. I started drying and grinding the little devils this year, and so far have about 8 ounces of powder that will peel your head like an onion, but makes great chili powder when diluted with sufficient paprika and other spices [cumano, oregano, thyme, etc]. 


On Jun 8, 2007, at 1:18 PM, Bonnie Holmes wrote:


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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