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Re: How much heat can those vegetables take?

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>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?
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> > 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
I read your original post as saying that you'd grow cukes and fillet beans 
in containers, but you didn't specify that for your pickling cukes and 
spaghetti squash.  If they're in containers, they should be okay. Concrete 
leaches lime that is very alkaline into nearby soil.  That was my 
point.  Margaret L


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