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Re: Sprouts Update

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Peg -- LOL. Now it's MY turn to crack up. But what a great tip! I'll
remember that one. Thanks for sharing.

Patricia S
Zone 7b, West Georgia

>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


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