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Re: Companion planting, frost damage to tomatoes

Hi John-

Sorry, but you have the wrong Mary. I am in Napa, zone 9.

Mary

John Orwick wrote:
>
> Hi , Mary
>
> I shall be pleased to compare notes with you. I don't know if my notes
> will have much application to your situation. My only reason for even
> considering container gardening is to keep the minimum night time
> temperatures above 55 degrees, so that tomatoes will continue to set.
>
> I can grow tomato plants in the garden all year long, by covering the
> them on the few nights that we get frost. But in the winter nice PLANTS
> are all that I get. NO tomatoes. I grow lettuce and peas during the
> winter with no protection.
>
> I discovered that by moving the tomato plants indoors at night they set
> fruit and if I can get fruit it will ripen outdoors.
>
> What I am searching for are any ideas which will make moving containers
> in and out easier.
>
> Good luck with your garden.
>
> John
>  Thu, 29 May 1997 15:32:09 -0600 Robert Peterson <sgtpete@MAILZONE.COM>
> writes:
> >>My early tomato experiment in containers worked so well that I plan
> >to
> >>try it again in the fall to extend production into winter. I would be
> >>interested in any suggestions that would make transporting the
> >containers
> >>in and out easier.
> >>
> >>oldjohn@juno.com
> >>John Orwick
> >>El Monte, CA
> >>
> >I am also planning on doing some winter gardening.  I live in Montana
> >and
> >it is such a short growing season that I have given up on getting
> >things
> >planted outside.  We are making some of the patio boxes discribed in
> >"the
> >book".  I am hoping to be able to do it year round.  Maybe we could
> >compare notes.  I also plan to get some pickle buckets from a local
> >resteraunt.  I have a number of peppers started and no way of planting
> >in
> >the spot my landlord wants to call a garden (nothing but clay soil
> >with
> >weedy manure in it).
> >
> >Mary Peterson
> > park county,MT, zone 4
> >
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