[QUOTE=Fiishergurl;510092]Barb,

I wonder if my lettuce will be bitter from the heat. I'm going to taste some when I get home tonight.

Can I grow cucumbers this time of year?

Ginny

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Ginny, just gorgeous. You are such a talented gardener. Your peas gave me ideas.
Lettuce isn't bitter usually until it starts to bolt. i bet yours will be OK. I sure hope it cools off soon so you can grow them, ever try melons?

Ginny, your lettuce will be fine; as Marsha said, it gets bitter when it bolts and yours is definitely not bolting.

It is a great time to grow cucumbers. I picked 5 cukes yesterday and 2 this AM. My Beit Alpha and Parkseed Garden are next to each other and both producing. Bees are pollinating it. I planted a Lemon Cucumber plant and it doesn't even have a flower.

If I may, lettuce bolts due to long day length not heat alone.
People think it is heat because it gets hotter at about the same time as the days get longer.:)
You can actually stop it from bolting by covering it to stop the amount of sun exposure.

This also hold true for some plants that go to seed in the fall.
It isn't the cooler weather but the short day length and longer nights.
By interrupting the long darkness by turning on a light it will stop the plant from putting out seeds.
Three that I know of right off hand are cannabis, poinsettia and jade plants.

Worth

Marsha/Barb,

I tried both lettuces (hubby did too) and you were right, they are fine. Barb, I'm thinking your backyard like you mentioned makes things hotter than normal I think you said because of the pool deck and such. While my arrangement on the water and with some of my areas getting partial shade makes our growing environments very different even though we are only an hour apart.

Worth - i didnt know that about the light. Good to know.

Marsha - I havent tried growing melons.

Ginny


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[QUOTE=Fiishergurl;510152]Marsha/Barb,

I tried both lettuces (hubby did too) and you were right, they are fine. Barb, I'm thinking your backyard like you mentioned makes things hotter than normal I think you said because of the pool deck and such. While my arrangement on the water and with some of my areas getting partial shade makes our growing environments very different even though we are only an hour apart.

Worth - i didnt know that about the light. Good to know.

Marsha - I havent tried growing melons.

Ginny


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Ginny rather than me write about a bunch of stuff here is a link that explains bitterness and bolting in lettuce.
Easy to read and not loaded with a bunch of technical babble.:lol:

Worth
[url]https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB4QFjAAahUKEwi5-fyol9vIAhVKOiYKHU_TCCI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vegetablegardener.com%2Fitem%2F5044%2Fwhy-lettuce-bolts-and-what-you-can-do-about-it&v6u=https%3A%2F%2Fs-v6exp1-ds.metric.gstatic.com%2Fgen_204%3Fip%3D70.112.84.39%26ts%3D1445692252131034%26auth%3D5hi52yuaq7bj24n72il54jipcn2g4rq4%26rndm%3D0.22524361707981178&v6s=2&v6t=1983&usg=AFQjCNEjT-wpyLBkH8KUZnAceRnATb8Kaw[/url]

Salts as fertilizer info from the past.
 

[QUOTE=Fiishergurl;510089]Hi Zenbaas,

From what I can tell the salt doesnt bother them at all. Its the wind, rain and humidity that cause a problem. If i dont buzz my blossoms with an electric toothbrush every day, i get very few larger tomatoes developing due to the humidity. Also, we were in a different location the first year that was literally on the sea wall and my plants were about 15 feet from the water and they were fine. I will post pictures of that later. Our vehicles get a coating of salt also and they are farther away from the water than the plants so I know there is salt flying around.

Ginny

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See reply #21.

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Kurt - I clicked the link and read the information but got confused. Is it saying salt is good or bad? Or maybe both?

Ginny

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Getting lots of blossoms and tomatoes now.. :-)

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So the heat has done a number on some of the pea plants and petunias. But the tomato plants are loving it.

Here are some updated pictures of a Cherokee Purple plant that I had posted a picture of in the original post...

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Ginny

Ginny, as usual beautiful garden and nice pictures. Such a great set of tomatoes on CP. You are doing great job with that brush.

We too use parts of fish and other crustaceans to feed our plants. Last fall and early spring this year we fertilized tomato beds with it like never before. And it payed off. Boy, it payed off. This summer our production was up by more than 80%.
It is nice to see you using it too.

Comforting to know at this moment and as a community, we have beautiful tomatoes growing somewhere.

Oh thats so good to hear. How far down did you bury it? Or did you emulsify it?

I think I am going to do two to four more holes in the ground. Currently I only have two. We have been catching lots of fush snd freezing the carcasses to either use in the crab traps or in the ground... :-)

Ginny


[QUOTE=efisakov;512664]Ginny, as usual beautiful garden and nice pictures. Such a great set of tomatoes on CP. You are doing great job with that brush.

We too use parts of fish and other crustaceans to feed our plants. Last fall and early spring this year we fertilized tomato beds with it like never before. And it payed off. Boy, it payed off. This summer our production was up by more than 80%.
It is nice to see you using it too.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Ricky Shaw;512665]Comforting to know at this moment and as a community, we have beautiful tomatoes growing somewhere.[/QUOTE]

Isnt it interesting how all our growing seasons vary. A lot of people in Florida dont have any tomatoes growing during the height of the growing season in the northern areas.

Ginny

Ginny, I made holes about 1-1.5 foot deep than made a hill above it as well. Worked just fine.

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I topped my pepper plants. First time trying that and the plants are coming back bushy and healthy as ever.

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These are shi-shi-tos.

Ginny