Re: Today's terrible tomato travail theorem.

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 "www.locoworks.com" <videochas@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> In past posts I bewailed the poor performance of the tomatoes in my
> greenhouse, with their leaves turning over and changing to a vivid
> purple hue.  All the fixes suggested here had no effect.  I was
> distraught.
> 
> Today, just after noon, I was in the greenhouse.  I went to check the
> soil moisture by sticking my finger in the pots.  It was moist all
> right, but it was uncomfortably hot as well.  The sun beating on the
> pots had raised the soil to the temperature of hot coffee (or tea, if
> you prefer).
> 
> Now, I have rigged some heavy plastic board to shade the pots.  I
> await further developments and I will post them here.  Thanks to those
> of you who have kept with me so far.

You need to open up more ventilation in the greenhouse, and consider 
some shade cloth over the roof.
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