From: Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net   
      
   Snag wrote:   
      
   > 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' .   
      
   I'm ~90 miles NW of Carol, so I'm getting the same heat   
   and humidity numbers as she is, minus the off shore breezes   
   from the ocean and bay that she's getting.   
      
   I've got green tomatoes on five of my six tomato plants,   
   plus one red one on the Supersweet 100 bush that I'll be   
   eating later this morning.   
      
   The weird thing is the Jelly Bean tomato plant has lots   
   of little tomatoes, but they don't look right. I've grown   
   this variety for years, but these look like mutants. Lobed   
   tomatoes (some look like accordians!) and they seem to be   
   turning yellow instead of red. (Yeah, I know there is a   
   yellow Jelly Bean variety, but the seed package shows   
   red ones.) And those yellow tomatoes aren't ripening; they're   
   hard as rocks. :/   
      
   Meanwhile, I'm trying the Blue Lake bush beans in a pot   
   like Boron recommended, and I've got lots of blossoms and   
   tiny green beans coming along. YAY! I won't get a big pot   
   full of beans, but any is better than none.   
      
   My dwarf sugar snap peas are gasping their last, but I'm   
   allowing them to mature and dry on the vines since I can't   
   get these seeds anymore. I'll save these and use them for   
   my fall crop plus next spring. Variety: Patio Pride in   
   case anyone sees them from a source other than Scheepers.   
      
   New seeds planted and growing for Adelaide carrots and   
   White Sweet Spanish onions. Still waiting for the new   
   shallot seeds to germinate.   
      
   Lots of herbs still going, but the pansy plants a neighbor   
   gave me have given up the ghost. In spite of the shady   
   place I gave them, I guess they couldn't handle the heat   
   and humidity. :(   
      
   Whew!   
      
   I'm giving everything a good watering in the mid-afternoon   
   plus an extra swallow or two for the big tomatos in the   
   mornings. So far, so good.   
      
   Nyssa, who will now wait for reports from other locations   
      
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