RE: What did you grow that was new this year?
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- Subject: RE: What did you grow that was new this year?
- From: M* L* <m*@micron.net>
- Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 06:35:50 -0600
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At 11:52 PM 10/14/98 GMT, you wrote:
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>Dear Fred, ...Okra grows almost wild here in Oklahoma....I watered from
>beneath the plant and all my bushes grew lovely pods....had one crop
>before hot weather in August and after the heat wave a whole new
>harvest....I do not know what snake beans are Fred....I grew all kinds
>of peppers ...and they fair bent the pepper bushes to the ground...in
>future I will stake pepper plants.
>Ruth Shultz
>Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Ruth, those three-ring tomato cages that aren't fit for tomato plants are
excellent for chile plants, and easier to use than staking. In spring we
can get the 3-ring cages for 50cents each, on sale. I also use them on
newly set out tomato seedlings for a final hardening off. From the ground
up: tomato seedling, three ring cage, double newspaper page affixed to top
by clothespins so that seedling is shielded from overhead sun, getting sun
in morning and late afternoon. After a few days the green color of the
seedling darkens, then I remove the three-ring cage to reserve it for use
on chile plants, and leave it until we close down the garden. Margaret
