RE: Testing , an tomatoes

I did a control albeit not for every variety (would
have taken up too much space). The ones without the
red plastic are pooping along as usual, lots of fruit
but still green...

It would be interesting to try all three together-no
plastic,black plastic, and the red plastic. Maybe next
year.

--- Joe Seals <gardenguru@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'm curious, Deborah...
> 
> Did you have a control patch this year along with
> the
> red foil?  That is, did you grow some tomatoes
> WITHOUT
> the foil, the usual way?  If so, did you see a
> difference?
> 
> I'm not convinced that red foil is significantly
> better than, say, using black plastic to warm up the
> soil or simply waiting later in the season to put
> out
> plants.
> 
> My non-scientific observation down here (in Santa
> Maria, the capital of cool summer weather), we had a
> bumper crop of tomatoes this year in home gardens. 
> With or without red foil or just about anything else
> extra.
> 
> The difference here was that we had an incredibly
> warm
> late winter-early spring and, until just recently,
> nights that were not all that cold and damp.  And
> maybe more bees.
> 
> Joe 
> 
> --- Deborah Lindsay <corvidae2001@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > It's been very cool here in Oakland this summer.
> > We even had a few drops of rain early this week.
> > Rain in August...a shock.
> > 
> > For those in cool medit climates who have been
> > frustrated in trying to get tomatoes to ripen,
> > I can report that red plastic used as mulch
> actually
> > works as advertized. I've been picking good
> > flavorful
> > ripe tomatoes since mid-July. Those of you in SF,
> > Berkeley, and Oakland must know what a thrill that
> > has
> > given me! This is the first time I've had ripe
> > tomatoes before September since 1979 when I moved
> to
> > Oakland.Yippee!!
> > 
> > --- "Joynson, Carol" <carol.joynson@medtronic.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > We're all on vacation or protrate in the heat -
> or
> > > at least, our gardens are....
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> > > [o*@ucdavis.edu]On Behalf
> > Of
> > > Deborah Lindsay
> > > Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 1:17 PM
> > > To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> > > Subject: Testing
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Just checking to see if I am still subscibed.
> > > Haven't
> > > see any messages for awhile.
> > > 
> > > Deborah
> > > 
> > > 
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> =====
> Joe Seals
> Santa Maria, California --
> where the weather is always perfect
> and my NEW garden will soon be blooming and full of
> birds and butterflies
> 
> 
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