Current climatic conditions

injinji

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Little chilly at nights this week but next looks nice. Might be able to get another 2 weeks on the tomato plants . . . . . . . .
I've got some late tomatoes going. They got big in a hurry, and have small tomatoes on them already. But it has been non stop keeping the worms at bay.

Most seasons the first killing frost is late December to early January. Last year we had 17 heavy frost by the new year. I still haven't decided if I'm going to attempt a spring crop. I lost the first two rounds last year.
 

BarnBuster

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I've got some late tomatoes going. They got big in a hurry, and have small tomatoes on them already. But it has been non stop keeping the worms at bay. Most seasons the first killing frost is late December to early January. Last year we had 17 heavy frost by the new year. I still haven't decided if I'm going to attempt a spring crop. I lost the first two rounds last year.
End of August or so I prune off any ping pong ball size or smaller and any new flowers. No worm problems around here, a little blossom end rot early. I grow Celebrity, Early Girl, Big and Better Boy and Sweet Million (best cherry I've found). These are all grown in pots so watering can be a PITA.
 

injinji

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End of August or so I prune off any ping pong ball size or smaller and any new flowers. No worm problems around here, a little blossom end rot early. I grow Celebrity, Early Girl, Big and Better Boy and Sweet Million (best cherry I've found). These are all grown in pots so watering can be a PITA.
I grow in raised beds at the riverhouse and in ground level beds here at the sandhill. Until two weeks ago I was fighting too much rain. Now I have none. It can take me a little time to get in the everyday watering habit.

This round is a lot of beefsteak, but a few of the other strains I grew earlier in the year. This is my third round of tomatoes. Round two was straight in the ground in the new garden (longleaf pines pre-Michael) and they crashed and burned. Not enough mulch or stakes and too much rain. But these are in what was a pepper patch last year.


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OldMedUser

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Hard to believe it's almost October.

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Same here way north of OR. Working up a sweat in a t-shirt just moving a little compost to my patch today and it's supposed to be record breaking heat for the next week or so. That means around 75F for highs where 65 or lower is normal. 10 years ago we'd have frost before the end of Aug.

The patch I started 3 years ago is well populated with big fat worms so I transplanted about 50 or so to the new patch to get them going in there too. Added a wheelbarrow of half rotted compost to it so they have something to eat before it does freeze up.

New hemp plant being built down the road and a field of hemp laying down to ret over the winter only 6 or 7 miles from me too so could be my outdoor growing days are numbered. Been finding some mystery seeds in my plants I'm cropping now. Must have happened over a month ago as all the seeds are ripe so Whaaaa!

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injinji

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We have a nice cold front coming in. Yesterday was about 92F. Today's high was 85F. At 2015 it's clear, 71F with 38% humidity. Forecast low of 57F with no chance of rain. Even with Ian in South Florida, it doesn't look like we are going to get any rain from it.
 

BarnBuster

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My lows are in the 50's, so the rapid growth phase of mine are over. I still might get a few tomatoes ripe before frost.
I've never tried cooking/frying green tomatoes and thought about it this year. Never did care for green ones that I brought inside to ripen although I did hear of one method of removing all the leaves from the vine(s) and hanging the complete plant inside.

Edit: Just looked outside this morning and a big sugar maple across the street has leaves turning. sure sign
 
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injinji

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I've never tried cooking/frying green tomatoes and thought about it this year. Never did care for green ones that I brought inside to ripen although I did hear of one method of removing all the leaves from the vine(s) and hanging the complete plant inside.

Edit: Just looked outside this morning and a big sugar maple across the street has leaves turning. sure sign
I'm not a big fan of fried green tomatoes. The wife fried some red ones in the air fryer this year. Pretty damn good, if you like that kind of thing.

I have golf ball sized tomatoes with night time temps in the 50's. Maybe they have time. My peppers are still tooling along. And the wife was so excited about the couple of compost pile squash we made, that she had me put the squash scrap in the garden, and I have a couple dozen young squash plants. They are looking good, but there is no way they will make it. If it makes her happy, I will water them until frost.
 

OldMedUser

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I'm about 70 miles north and didn't feel it.



Crazy warm and dry October going on here in the PNW.

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That warm ridge that is keeping you guys heated up is also warming us up here. Supposed to be the first time since records have been kept that the 3 days of our Thanksgiving weekend are all going to be over 20C/69F. At least in Edmonton tho we are 6 hours north of that it's still nice here too.

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injinji

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We got a good rain a couple three days ago. An inch and a half. It was much needed. This morning was our first in the 40's. (49F) At 1015 it's sunny, 75F with 49% humidity. Forecast high low of 88/56F with no chance of rain.
 

xtsho

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We got a good rain a couple three days ago. An inch and a half. It was much needed. This morning was our first in the 40's. (49F) At 1015 it's sunny, 75F with 49% humidity. Forecast high low of 88/56F with no chance of rain.
That's about the amount of rain we've had here since June. It's been dry dry dry. I'm still watering the plants in my yard and it's halfway through October.
 

injinji

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What the fuck, over? My lows are forecast to be in the 30's Wednesday, Thursday and Friday mornings. The actual frost warning is a few miles to our west, but I don't have high hopes for my tomatoes to make to ripe.

At 1925 it's fair, 69F with 81% humidity. (we did have a passing shower a couple three hours ago) Forecast low high of 50/66F with no chance of rain.
 

injinji

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We had a light frost yesterday morning, but the real deal today. Low of 31F. I picked about four gallons of green tomatoes this morning.

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