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Old January 10, 2016   #12
Dutch
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Originally Posted by PaulF View Post
I tend to pay attention to average last frost date, actual soil temperature and historical last frost date. Somewhere in all those numbers is a date when tomatoes and peppers get planted. Mostly it is what the weather is like when I finally get around to feeling like it is time to plant without losing everything and then wait a few more days just to be sure.

Pretty dang scientific, huh.
Yep! I agree and do it much the same way.
Intuition based on based on data.
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