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sueb <siouxbeeme@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Jul 7, 8:37 am, "www.locoworks.com" <videoc...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Jul 6, 11:21 pm, "Marie Dodge" <inva...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > "www.locoworks.com" <videoc...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > On Jul 5, 4:18?am, "Marie Dodge" <inva...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > Why are you growing them in a greenhouse when it's summer? They do
much
> > > > better outside in the fresh air and even better when planted in
the
> > > > ground.
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> > > This is in northern California, on the coast, near the Oregon
border.
> > > Outside daytime temperature yesterday was 64F at high noon outside,
> > > 80F in the greenhouse, with all three vents open. If I was
planting
> > > them in the ground I'd need to break through the permafrost with a
> > > pickaxe first... well maybe, not quite, but you get the idea.
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> > > That's a bummer. My tomatoes are a little behind this year because
we had
> > > a
> > > gloomy dark drizzly spring here in Tennessee. Our days are now
sunny, hot
> > > and very humid. The tomatoes are finally growing normally but little
to
> > > pick
> > > so far.
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> > My whole reason for constructing the greenhouse was to grow tomatoes.
> > Fresh from the garden, still warm from the sun, you can eat them like
> > an apple!
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> > This is my first experiment with a greenhouse, all as previous
> > gardening was done in southern California, where greenhouses have to
> > be refrigerated for the plants to survive.
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> > I was told that it is too cold here to grow tomatoes, so I took the
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> Have you tried varieties developed to grow in San Francisco? Would
> be a good experiment for next year to grow those outside and compare
> them to the greenhouse performance.
>
> Susan B.
Or check with a local nursery for varieties and/or technique.
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