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   Snag to cshenk   
   Re: Heat building in July in Virginia Be   
   03 Jul 24 13:50:30   
   
   From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 7/3/2024 11:13 AM, cshenk wrote:   
   > We've shifted (as normal) to the 90's with a lot of 'feels like' in the   
   > hundreds.   
   >   
   > Sadly all but 1 of my 6 squash died.  All but 1 zucchini.  My early   
   > girl tomatoes aren't making it but the more heat tolerant versions are   
   > kicking in.  Beans (yellow and wax) failed for the first time.  Shortly   
   > time to put in 3 more lettuce beds.   
   >   
   > I'm still cropping around it all though.  9 tomatoes, 2 banana peppers   
   > today.   
   >   
   > First year trying to start most from seeds.  Learning curve as ecpected.   
   >   
      
      We've been seeing temps in the high 990's here for several weeks now   
   .Raining infrequently so I've been watering about every 3 or 4 days in   
   the morning before it gets hot . I'm using well water , city water would   
   cost us a fortune . It costs me about 20 cents per hour for a   
   guesstimated 250 gallons .   
      My garden is going bonkers , everything has just exploded in the last   
   3 weeks . My tomato plants are all loaded , the cucumber is producing   
   well , and I can hardly wait for the green beans to start producing .   
   I've already picked one nice 8" zucchini , just gotta decide how I want   
   to use it . It's about to get real busy for my wife . I do the growin' ,   
   she does the cannin' .   
   --   
   Snag   
     It's great to be white !   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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