Re: planting out dates?

**H*@aol.com**

I don't see anyone referring to Grower Degree Days in this  thread.  Does 
anyone follow or use this tool?  Many Extension offices  throughout the US 
publish this data on a daily, weekly and monthly basis so  commercial growers 
and pesticide applicators know exactly when to expect  disease, insect and 
weed seed germination.  It's primarily based on current  temperature data 
compared to recent data and historical data and has proven to  be quiet 
affective in providing planting dates, spraying dates etc. to minimize  crop loses, 
maximize crop yields and pinpoint pesticide applications (yes, even  if 
organic they are still pesticides).  It's a great deal more precise than  
planting tomatoes on Memorial Day, putting down pre emergents for crabgrass at  
peak forsythia bloom or digging up a lawn to know just when white grubs are 
at  the right stage for treatment.

A

Andrew Messinger
The Hampton Gardener is a  registered trade mark and is published every 
Thursday in The Southampton Press,  The Press and the Easthampton Press

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