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Old July 20, 2019   #596
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When I first started learning about growing tomatoes (Before I was a Tomatoville member) I read a lot of books from the 1940s through the 1990s. They all said not to over-summer tomato plants in my area because 100+ temperatures will zap all of their energy and most likely kill them.

They are right. I have seedlings with their first true leaves growing outdoor in dappled shade. They look like the seedlings started in winter indoors.

So when to say when for those tomato plants that did so well up until now? My thought is to get rid of them and solarize the buckets.

I thought this was a local thing, but I just replied to Sue in Connecticut. The high temperature there is higher than here in Texas. Heat causes problems that taxes a plant that mimics diseases or maybe helps the diseases - IDK, excessive heat is just as bad as freezing to me. Thank about how excessive heat affects you.
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