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Post by paulf on May 10, 2018 14:08:11 GMT -5
Despite the coldest March and April, with two blizzards in April, soil temperature, daytime air temperature and nighttime air temperatures made it possible for tomatoes to be planted out on exactly dead center the average planting date over the past ten years in my garden. The hard part is done: Peppers hit the dirt this evening
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Post by Laura_in_FL on May 10, 2018 14:19:13 GMT -5
Nice! I remember how concerned you were during the cold April that you might have to hold your plants for weeks waiting for the air and soil to be warm enough for planting. I'm glad to hear that the weather cooperated so you could plant on time.
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Post by september on May 10, 2018 15:50:14 GMT -5
Congratulations! It's always a relief to finally have them in the ground, I bet you feel good! I wish I didn't have two or three more weeks to wait on mine.
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Post by pepperhead212 on May 10, 2018 16:09:23 GMT -5
Great! The weather here was like that - after a cold March and April, May suddenly turned warm! I got my tomatoes in on 5-1, and would put all of my peppers in this weekend, except that some are too small! Tomorrow, EPs and largest peppers will go in. Hopefully, this storm tonight won't make it too muddy out there.
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Post by paquebot on May 11, 2018 11:56:13 GMT -5
Until this year, I have always pushed the limit on when to plant tomatoes. Earliest for main crop was 5 May. But for every plant set out, there's always something ready to put over them for protection. Nothing out yet this year but forecast has said that it was possible for all of May to date.
Martin
The truth is more important than the facts.
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