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Re: Sprouts Update

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I was cracking up when you said you were petting your sprouts.... you can't
accuse us of being a selfish bunch.

Last "early" spring...I got excited and planted my Early Girls, and
Brandywines,   in March ( I am in zone 9, so that isn't as crazy as some of
you might think) anyway, we had some unseasonable cold weather here in
California last spring, and I was told all of the blooms would fall off.

Someone told me if I went out and "flicked" each bloom, it would make them
set.  Well every day, in the cold and rain, I was flicking my tomato plants.

Those plants held their blooms and produced fruit faster than allot of my
more experienced and wiser gardener friends.

Such a good feeling when you bring up a bunch of good "kids" and they
produce, even though you are going by the seat of your pants.

Peg

every one of those plants
-----Original Message-----
From: Patricia J. Santhuff <psanthuff@mindspring.com>
To: sqft@listbot.com <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Saturday, September 04, 1999 8:35 PM
Subject: Sprouts Update


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>Thanks to all the folks who posted suggestions for me. It really helped.
>
>I thought and thought and finally decided that my little sprout babies
>weren't getting enough light (maybe the fluorescent bulb I had them under
is
>weak), so I bought a shop light and 2 gro-lite bulbs, which we installed
>today. I also replanted them and *buried* those spindly little legs of
>theirs below several inches of new soil. They now LOOK much better, and I'm
>hoping they'll straighten up and grow right. ;-)
>
>I didn't add a fan, but I'm *petting* them several times a day.
>
>Boy, this is a lot of work!! BUT the steps I took felt *right,* so we'll
>see. I'll keep ya'll posted.
>Thanks again.
>
>Patricia S.
>Zone 7b, West Georgia
>
>
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