Re: Amy's tomato-starting query

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• Subject: Re: Amy's tomato-starting query
• From: W* N* R* <w*@JUNO.COM>
• Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 08:06:56 EDT
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Janet,

Since soil temperature is critical for tomatos and peppers, how can it be
warmed?  Would you advise covering the soil with black plastic prior to
transplanting?  Would the application of warm water when transplanting
help?

TIA
Bill

On Fri, 17 Oct 1997 11:33:30 -0400 Janet Wintermute
<jwintermute@IDSONLINE.COM> writes:

>here's some advice with which others on the List are free to disagree.

>Air temp is not as critical as soil temp.  If the dirt is still cold,
>the
>transplants will go into growth shock and just sit there, shivering
>miserably and refusing to grow.  Toms and peps are both *slow* to
>recover
>from such insults.

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• Amy's tomato-starting query
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