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Re: How much heat can those vegetables take?

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Margaret Lauterbach" <mlaute@micron.net>
To: "Square Foot Gardening List" <sqft@listbot.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2001 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: How much heat can those vegetables take?


> You may have to water your cucumbers and fillet beans more than once a day
> during the hot weather.  Isn't the west side of your house in shade until
> noon?  Spaghetti squash and pickling cucumbers should be okay in the heat,
> but if they're planted close enough to concrete that can leach into the
> soil, the pH may be way too high for crops to grow.  Margaret L
>

Thanks for your response. Yes, the west side of the house is in the shade
until noon or so, but then it gets hot right away. I'm not sure I understand
what you mean by concrete leaching into the soil... I was planning on
building 2x4x2deep boxes and use a good garden mix inside the boxes. Is that
still a risk? What if my boxes were a foot away from the concrete?

Annie
annie@esargent.org


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